Comedian Moon Young-mi expressed her joy at being cast as her first leading role in a drama at the age of 70, but confessed, “It was physically difficult.”

Moon Young-mi will appear on TV CHOSUN‘s ‘Perfect Life’, which airs at 8 p.m. today (6th), and reveal her daily life.

When Moon Young-mi revealed a life-size doll of her slender figure on one side of her house, panelist Shin Seung-hwan asked, “Are you really a teacher?” and “Did you steal someone else’s life-size doll?” Panelist Lee Seong-mi also raised suspicions, saying, “Looking at the chin area, anyone can tell it‘s photoshopped.” Moon Young-mi responded, “I said I was dieting so much, ’Fat is the enemy, when will it go away~‘, so they made it for me on another show,” adding, “Looking at the life-size doll is so stimulating. She explained, ”I weigh 76.1 kg now.“

MC Hyunyoung then asked, ”Haven’t you been diagnosed with stage 3 degenerative arthritis?“ and expressed concern for Moon Youngmi‘s health. Moon Youngmi replied, ”It’s been 6~7 years. I thought, ‘It’ll get better soon,‘ and didn’t go to the hospital right away because my joints hurt. It got to stage 3 because it was too late.“ She also confessed, ”I tripped on my own foot in January of this year,“ and suffered a fracture.

In particular, Moon Youngmi started the day with a groan(?) and worried everyone. She barely managed to drag herself to the kitchen with her joint pain and swollen legs, and without hesitation, she took out various ingredients from meat to vegetables and prepared a meal. Due to the aftereffects of her fracture, she had difficulty opening the lids of side dishes, and her precarious left-handed knife skills drew a lot of concern and anxiety from the studio. Also, she said, ”I try to finish eating before 6 PM,“ and said that she has been fasting for 15 hours. Contrary to her appearance of taking care of her health, it is said that the specialist even criticized her for quickly finishing a greasy breakfast by melting butter on grilled vegetables and grilling 4 slices of pork neck.

On this day, Moon Young-mi also revealed that she had taken on her first leading role in a drama at the age of 70. While challenging the role of ‘Mal-ja, the main character of the drama ‘Mal-ja‘s Wise Parenting Life’, she said, ”I even prepared all the outfits by myself when there was no manager or stylist,“ but added, ”My stamina couldn’t handle it. Still, I was really happy during that time.“

Upon hearing this, MC Oh Ji-ho said, ”I hope your knee gets better so you can continue acting,“ and the cast members did not spare their support.

Photo = TV CHOSUN ‘Perfect Life’

Lee Seul-bi, Donga.com Reporter misty82@donga.com