The popular host and comedian Yoo Jae Suk have tested positive for Covid-19, according to his agency’s released statements.
His new agency, Antenna, has announced that the entertainer has tested positive for coronavirus this morning and said,
“Hello, this is Antenna. Antenna artist Yoo Jae Suk took a COVID-19 test this morning (December13) and received a positive result. Yoo Jae Suk completed his second dose of the vaccine in late September. On December 11, he was informed that he came into close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case and immediately took a first PCR test. He received a negative result and was classified as someone who should be monitored manually. Then in accordance with disease control guidelines, he took a second PCR test this morning (December 13) and received a positive result.”
The agency continued to state, “Yoo Jae Suk has currently canceled all scheduled activities and is taking necessary measures following the guidelines of disease control authorities. We will dedicate full efforts for the health and safety of our artists and staff in accordance with the guidelines of disease control authorities. Thank you.”
Yoo Jae Suk Married To WIfe Na Kyung Eun
The entertainer Yoo Jae Suk is married to the announcer, Na Kyung Eun, after dating for two years. Their love story is quite romantic as they first met through a dinner party for the cast of Infinite Challenge. His wife, Na Kyung Eun, first approached him, saying she was a fan, and the comedian was quite shocked as he was also interested in her. According to Producer Lee Ki Jin, Yoo Jae Suk was interested in her and said, “Before he married, he had said that ideally, he would like to date another announcer. No one really had an idea.”
The couple started dating in August 2006 by going on movie dates, plays, or performances where they were always the last people to enter and the first ones to leave.
The couple tied the knot on 6 July 2008 in a private wedding ceremony and made a press conference after finishing the wedding ceremony. The couple looked very happy and joyful on their wedding day, as captured in the photos.
The TV host, Yoo Jae Suk, has shared about his life as a father and husband on a radio show, MBC PowerFM’s Ji Suk Jin’s 2 O’Clock date. He revealed, “It’s weird for me to talk about what I’m like as a father. I didn’t think I’d cry when my second child was born, but I became emotional. Without knowing, I began to cry. There’s something about it that I can’t quite put into words.”
He added, “My second child is now two years old but she’s only six months old. The baby can now hold her head up flip herself over. Today, she rolled over three times and the whole family flipped. My mother saw the baby and called her a ‘human flower’. You know how people smile when they see flowers? It means that’s how you become when you see a baby. She said that for my first child Ji Ho and she said that this time as well.”
He also talked about how he named his second child, Na Eun, from his wife’s name Na Kyung Eun and said, “I try to remember all anniversaries. For birthdays and wedding anniversaries, I try to do something even if it’s not grand. Same with holidays like White Day.”
The comedian Yoo Jae Suk is always praised by all the netizens for his personality on and off-screen. He is also a great and loving husband to his wife as one post on an online community shared Yoo Jae Suk was packing food for his wife, and that said, “After our after party, a Happy Together PD saw Yoo Jae Suk packing up food. He asked, “Why are you packing that? And a bashful Yoo Jae Suk laughingly answered, “Whatever food I eat that I think tastes good, my wife seems to think so as well. That’s why I wanted to take this to her. That’s okay, right?”
The couple welcomed their first child on 1 May 2010 and named him Yoo Ji Ho. Then after eight years, they welcomed a baby girl in their family in
Yoo Jae Suk has shared that he doesn’t want his children to appear on TV and said, “I want my child to measure comfortably and freely. Because I believe now’s the age to play plenty.”
Yoo Jae Suk's Net Worth
The Nation’s Mc titled South Korean entertainer Yoo Jae Suk has an estimated net worth of $11 million. He is one of the highest-paid television personalities in Korea, but he is also a recognized philanthropist who regularly donates to different causes.
The comedian has appeared in over 30 television and film projects since 1991. His works in films like Bee Movie, White Tuft, the Little Beaver, and TV drama shows like Yi San and Banjun Drama are his famous works. It is reported that he had earned approximately $8,500 as an appearance fee in popular variety shows like Infinite Challenge, KBS2’s Happy Together, Gag Family Concert, KBS Great Friends, and many more.
He was also paid about $12,000 per episode as a starting salary in Running Man, which has increased over the years as the show has become popular internationally too. He has been nominated for 79 awards and has won 56 as of 2019, which shows how much popular he is in Korea and outside too. His breakout show was when he got to host Live and Enjoy together in 2002 after nine years of working as an underground comedian.
The entertainer rarely gives interviews, but he sat down for an interview with JTBC and looked back on his 30-year career and shared how Infinite Challenge was important for him that he could never take out of his life and revealed his current show, ‘How Do You Play?’ has been very difficult to continue on his own saying there are limits to the footage and comedy that you can create on your own. He also talked about fear of failure and said, “I don’t have a personal fear of failure. I’m not afraid to fail. But the difficult part of failure is that if I fail, there are lots of other people who will struggle as well. It’s not that I didn’t feel fear of failure at first, but as I kept working, it disappeared little by little. I think that going with the flow is the right course of action.”