Shin Eun-kyung, her explanation on “Healing Camp” was false? “Got paid to get double-jaw surgery?”

On the Feb 5th broadcast of tvN STORY’s “The President’s People”, she said, “I heard that I was the first actress to undergo double-jaw surgery.“

She recalled, “I never even thought about getting double-jaw surgery, and I didn’t care much about my appearance because I had a neutral image. But my brother was living as a tenant. His lease ended, and he had to find another place to live, but I didn’t have the means to help him.”

She went on to explain, “My brother was in immediate trouble. I had no way of making money to help him. At that time, someone offered to pay me for modeling if I underwent double-jaw surgery. So I underwent the surgery and provided a home for my brother. I kept this story to myself.“

Upon hearing this, Kim Soo-mi comforted, “You probably couldn’t talk about getting surgery due to such circumstances back then. I thought you were doing it to become more beautiful.”

Previously, Shin Eun-kyung appeared on SBS’s “Healing Camp” in April 2012, where she mentioned “I didn’t have any dissatisfaction with my image. I wasn’t a pretty actress, so I thought it was a time when I needed a change“, revealing that she underwent double-jaw surgery due to her neutral image.

When asked “There are rumors that you underwent double-jaw surgery for money. Did you receive money for the surgery?“, she responded, “Double-jaw surgery surgery is different from other surgeries, as it can be life-threatening. If you receive money, you should receive compensation for your life, but how much would that be? It’s not like that. It’s a tremendous surgery that takes 3 months to recover.”

Source: Wikitree