On the December 8th episode of KBS 2TV’s Let’s Live Together , veteran actress Hwang Seok-jeong shared a deeply personal and painful story about her family — the loss of her older sister in a drowning accident before Hwang was even born.
Appearing alongside fellow actresses Park Won-sook, Hong Jin-hee, and Hye Eun-i at a hot spring for the show’s 238th episode, Hwang revealed, “I can’t swim, and neither can anyone in my family. We all avoid water.”
She explained the reason behind this long-held aversion: “There was my older sister… but when my father was deployed to Vietnam, she went into the water near our house and didn’t come back out. It happened before I was born.”
The trauma left a lasting scar on her family. Hwang continued, “When my father came home and saw that his daughter was gone, he just cried and drank all the time.”
Her mother, devastated by the loss, prayed every day for another daughter. “She prayed, ‘Please, even if she’s not pretty, just give me one more daughter.’ And then I was born. After that, my father stopped crying and became very affectionate toward me.”
Hwang Seok-jeong is a respected South Korean actress known for her versatile character roles across television, film, and theater. A graduate of the prestigious Seoul National University , she broke the mold of typical celebrity backgrounds with her academic credentials and sharp wit.
Though not always in leading roles, Hwang has consistently left strong impressions with her unique screen presence and comedic timing. She became widely recognized for her supporting roles in popular dramas like My Girl , Secret Garden , She Was Pretty , and Misaeng . In My Girl (2005), she played a minor yet memorable role that showcased her knack for eccentric, scene-stealing characters.
Let’s Live Together airs every Monday at 8:30 p.m. KST and follows the lives of middle-aged female stars as they share a home, life stories, and emotional journeys together.
Sources: Daum
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