"I pay a little congratulatory money and I'm so upset"..."Loud" at Kim Jong Kook's remarks.

Singer Kim Jong-kook (48) has been at the center of controversy after making a sarcastic comment regarding the amount of congratulatory money for Jonathan (24).

In the 726th episode of SBS' "Running Man," which aired on the 3rd, Kim Jong-kook was surprised by the age of the youngest Ji Ye-eun (30), and explained, "I mean I look that young."

In response, the members gathered vitriol, saying, "My comment got fat," and MC Yoo Jae-seok said, "Jong-guk talked a lot yesterday (as of the recording date, October 20) with Jonathan next to me at Cho Se-ho's wedding."

In this atmosphere, Kim Jong-guk said, "I didn't even pay a lot of congratulatory money and I was scared." Ji Seok-jin said, "Do you know how much Jonathan's gift money is? When asked, "Did you ask?" he said, "I can't tell you that. Jonathan told me to keep it a secret."

Words poured out online over Kim Jong-kook's remarks. Viewers are criticized for saying, "It was too much to call Jonathan's congratulatory money, who was born in 2000, "It's a difficult statement to sympathize with," and "Even if I tried to laugh, I was too greedy."

However, some say, "Let's watch entertainment shows only on entertainment shows," "I'm just saying it to laugh," and "I'm not saying it seriously when I watch the actual broadcast."


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