Lee Kyung-sil says her 89-pyeong apartment nearly went to auction, Kim Ji-sun readily lent her 100 million won

Comedian Lee Kyung-sil shared the story of how her junior, Kim Ji-seon, readily lent her 100 million won last year when she was facing financial difficulties.

On Saturday, Episode 185 of 'Knowledge Interview' featuring Lee Kyung-sil was released on the YouTube channel 'Knowledge Inside'.

In the video, Lee said, "I have never borrowed money from my colleagues before. The year before last, when things were getting noisy due to an issue with our apartment, I needed a bit over 200 million won but was short by 100 million won. For the first time, I asked a colleague if they could lend me some money."

Lee said that she contacted her junior comedian Kim Ji-seon at the time, saying, "Ji-seon, I am trying to resolve this now but I am short by 100 million won. I am not asking you to lend me the full 100 million; will you lend me as much as you can? I am in a situation where I need to come up with 100 million won right now."

She continued, "A little while later, I received a text from Ji-seon saying, 'Don't borrow money here and there, I will just send you the 100th million won,'" recalling, "I was so grateful and so moved to tears at that moment."

She added, "I wanted to pay it back all at once, but I couldn't. I repaid the 100th million won over several months. It took about a year, I think."

Lee said, "My gratitude toward Ji-seon is so full in my heart that whenever I create something, the first person who comes to mind is Ji-seon."

She continued, "The person I am most grateful to right now is Kim Ji-seon," adding, "I always text her saying, 'I will never forget this gratitude until I die,' and she replies, 'Sister, stop it.' But I still say, 'No, it's true. Thank you.'"

It was reported last year that an apartment with a Han River view located in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, owned by Lee Kyung-sil, with an exclusive floor area of 293 square meters (approximately 89 pyeong), was put up for auction. The apartment is reportedly one that Lee purchased for 1.4 billion won in 2007 and has been living in.

It is known that Lee, whose investments went awry as she sought stable income, failed to repay approximately 1.33 billion won borrowed using her home as collateral, leading creditor Mr. A to file a claim for the return of the loan and apply for voluntary auction in 2024. The auction proceedings were canceled as Lee settled her debts.