Group Super Junior member Kim Heechul confessed that he was diagnosed with a disability due to a past car accident.

The SBS entertainment program ‘My Little Old Boy’ (hereafter ‘Miwoosae’) that aired on the 12th showed Kim Jong-min and Kim Heechul going to see their fortunes for 2025.

On that day, the shaman told Kim Heechul, “Heechul, you are living a life with extras now. You went through a big crisis in your 20s. Your body‘s axis changed a lot back then.“

The shaman then advised, “You need to be careful in July 2025. Be careful in the summer. If you fracture or break something, you could become truly disabled.”

Kim Heechul then mentioned the car accident that occurred in 2006 and said, “Actually, I was originally classified as disabled. I didn’t say anything because it wasn‘t necessary.

He confessed, “After receiving a disability rating, I went to get the sticker to put on the front of the car with my manager, but I thought, ’No, I need to live more actively,‘ and came back without getting it.”

Kim Heechul said, “I didn’t want to admit that my body was in so much pain, so I thought, ‘I just need to overcome it,’ and that was 10 years ago. I didn‘t tell my fans because I was sick and I thought they’d be sad if I told them I received a disability rating.”

Kim Heechul‘s mother, who watched the video, said, “I still get teary-eyed when I think about it. I’m a lot better now, but my leg hurt. My pelvic bone was crushed and my femur was dislocated, so they put a metal rod in. The doctor said I wouldn‘t be able to dance, but I could, and it was painful afterwards. He said, “He said he was having a hard time because of the pain,” and expressed his pity for his son.

Kim Seung-hyun, Donga.com reporter tmdgus@donga.com