Yoo Jae-seok, working hard on slump, haha. I'm good at being a professional..If you can't do it, get out of here

By Sohee, Kim

Jun 19, 2025

Yoo Jae-seok, working hard on slump, haha. I'm good at being a professional..If you can't do it, get out of here



Singer and broadcaster Ha-ha recalled her first meeting with Yoo Jae-seok.

On the 19th, on the YouTube channel 'Suksuksuk', follow in the footsteps of the entertainment Thetonam… | Entertainment company HaHa | cultivating culture A video titled 'EP.4' has been uploaded. In the video, Ha-ha looked back on her entertainment life under the concept of 'Greatness' and talked about it.

Ha-ha debuted as a solo artist at the age of 19 and began making her face known through MBC's youth drama `Nonstop 3' in 2002. However, contrary to his heightened awareness, he confessed that he was experiencing a slump at the time.




Yoo Jae-seok, working hard on slump, haha. I'm good at being a professional..If you can't do it, get out of here
"I was happy with my singing career, but I got to audition for acting at the recommendation of my boss," Ha-ha recalled. Then "I wasn't ready, but the boss called me and went to the audition." He apologized, saying, `I'm sorry.' He said, `I like non-stop 3, but I won't appear without Yang Dong-geun and Jo In-sung.' 'If you go in, it's only a fake Yang Dong-geun. I said proudly, 'Haha, it's Ha Dong-hoon.'" Then the production team said, 'Look at this guy?He said he began to keep a closer eye on Ha-ha, and eventually passed the audition.

Ha-ha said "I was 22 years old at the time. The worst was unprepared. There was a gap in skills with those who desperately wanted. I didn't know the flow and I didn't know the connection and just wanted to stand out. Others might say, `I'm on a roll, but from then on, I've had a slump, not a slump.'

Then "People didn't know I was going through a slump. I hit the floor and came up. I knew what I was not good at when people around me said 'You're good at it'. So rather, I was becoming more qualified. He began to resent the world and become jealous with ugly thoughts, and then hit the bottom."




It was Yoo Jae-seok who turned the corner for Ha-ha. He "At 1 a.m., a car pulled up in front of me and the window opened. It was Yoo Jae-seok." He recalled his first meeting with Yoo Jae-seok. Then "Does Yoo Jae-seok know me?I thought ', but then the door opened wide and Yoo Jae-seok called 'Haha'. I have all my friends, and Yoo Jae-seok said, `We should do it together sometime.' They recognized me," he said, expressing his respect for Yoo Jae-seok.

Haha says "That word changed my life. I woke up again, shaved in front of my friends, and after that day I went home right away and cried in the shower. I felt guilty that I had wasted unnecessary time and that I could do it again, (Slump) was a foundation, not a bottom" he recalled.

Yoo Jae-seok, working hard on slump, haha. I'm good at being a professional..If you can't do it, get out of here
Ha-ha, who later regained consciousness, reportedly called the president of the agency and asked him to allow Yoo Jae-seok to appear on 'X-Man', where he was an MC.




However, it was not easy to adapt even in the beginning when he appeared in 'X-Man'. Haha said "The producer should practice 'more. I think it's not this way," he said, asking "So, 'Please give me one more chance.' And I changed my strategy from next week. I focused on giving a smile and supporting like my name, with the mind of 'the base, not the bottom.'"

As for MC Yoo Jae-suk and Kang Ho-dong of 'X-Man', "Both of you are warm, but the rigor is different. Just as mom and dad are different, Yoo Jae-suk is like a strict mom."

Then, when Ha-ha asked 'Why do you think Yoo Jae-seok and Kang Ho-dong loved Ha-ha?'When I'm in a slump, my brothers say 'It's default to work hard for me to only work hard. Doing well is more important in a professional. If you don't do well today, you have to leave. Find someone in good condition,' advised him. I think I saw the sincerity of dealing with the program first."

Haha settled on 'X-Man' and went all the way to MBC 'Infinite Challenge'. I went in late for a Christmas special. I told the production team to use me. You went through a lot. And 'Infinite Challenge' was supposed to be gone"Let's play cool for the last time." I went to New Zealand in the summer. That's where 'rolling paper' came out. I made it. I've been in my prime since then," he said with pride.

Finally, referring to SBS 'Running Man", it was too hard to start with. Se-chan must have had a hard time, too. But when Se-chan came in, I felt like I got a thousand troops. He is really good at skits and acting," he said, expressing his affection for his junior.



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