Netflix's original documentary 'I'm God: The People Who God Betrayed' (hereinafter 'I'm God') Actor Kang Ji-seop, who stopped broadcasting after being suspected of being a member of the Christian Gospel Mission (hereinafter referred to as JMS), has returned to broadcasting in two years, drawing attention.
In the 6th episode of the MBN Consolation Project 'Oh Eun-young Stay', which aired on the 28th, participants with other pains bravely brought up their stories and had a real time of comfort. In particular, trot singer Ko Jung-woo confessed for the first time on the show the moment of extreme choice when he jumped into the sea leaving a suicide note, filling the scene with dour silence and tears.
At the end of the broadcast of "Oh Eun-young Stay", Kang Ji-seop appeared as a participant in "Oh Eun-young Stay", which surprised everyone.
Earlier, Kang was criticized for being a member of the cult group JMS after the cult documentary 'I'm God' released on Netflix in 2023. JMS, which was released as one of the episodes of `I am God,' is a cult that committed shocking sexual violence against two goddesses 17 times between 2018 and 2019. It shocked me to deal with Chung Myung-seok, president of JMS, who is being arrested and tried on charges of sexual violence (quasi-rape, quasi-yousa, quasi-forced sexual harassment, and forced harassment).
Since the documentary was released, JMS believers have been searched online, from high-ranking social officers to broadcasts and interpreters, and the entertainment industry has been unable to avoid the aftermath. In particular, Kang Ji-seop was pointed out as a member of JMS, causing a lot of repercussions. On March 16, 2012, Kang Ji-seop posted a message on his personal account, "'My life mentor teacher's birthday', which is the birthday of JMS leader Chung Myung-seok and is suspected of being a member of JMS. In addition, Kang Ji-seop's house, which was released through the broadcast, raised suspicions as a picture related to JMS was captured in the dress room.
In an interview with a media outlet, Kang Ji-seop approached whether he would study the Bible (a JMS believer) while on the street in 1999 or 2000 when he was a college student. I followed it with a pure heart, and I came to go around thinking it was a normal church. I went to worship on the weekend, and I never did any other activities. (Jung Myung-seok) calls himself a messiah and thinks the atmosphere of deification is strange, so he hasn't been going around since about four to five years agoHe denied the belief that he was a member of the JMS in the past but has now withdrawn.
Later, Kang Ji-seop strongly denied the JMS belief by adding a picture of tearing up the painting related to JMS, which sparked suspicion through his personal account story, and writing "Why should you have thrown it away?"
However, despite Kang's explanation, the public's response was cold. Questions continued due to the gap between the message praising the teacher's birthday in 2012 and the claim that he left school four to five years ago. Kang Ji-seop, who was eventually labeled 'JMS believers', was later expelled from all the next films and suspended his broadcasting activities for a while.
Kang Ji-seop, who appeared on KBS2's daily drama 『The Bride of the Typhoon" on the 28th, 2 years and 4 months after the end of March 2023, mentioned his feelings of injustice, the reality of the religion, and his life that went all the way to the abyss in the trailer. Attention is focusing on the upcoming broadcast on August 4 to resolve the injustice and return to the work.
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