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Yoon Shi-yoon shares childhood memory

  • Published : Jul 25, 2016 - 13:00
  • Updated : Jul 25, 2016 - 13:00

Actor Yoon Shi-yoon shared a childhood memory involving his grandmother in Sunday‘s episode of “1 Night and 2 Days,” a reality-variety show on KBS.

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(KBS)
Yoon and the cast visited a neighborhood in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, where Yoon‘s maternal grandparents raised him until he completed sixth grade. Yoon’s grandparents welcomed him and the other members of the TV program when they came to visit.

“My grandparents raised me until I graduated from elementary school. Then I moved to Seoul to live with my mother,” Yoon said.

He then recalled a time when he was elected as class president. “You know, it‘s typical for kids to buy and distribute hamburgers or pizza to their classmates once they are elected as class president or vice-president. My grandmother made and distributed fermented rice cakes.

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fermented rice cake made by Yoon's grandmother (KBS)
“It was very immature of me, but at the time, I was embarrassed about my grandmother giving out rice cakes instead of something like pizza or hamburgers. But I was happy to see my classmates truly enjoying the rice cakes.”

Yoon’s grandparents showed the cast some photos of the actor when he was a child. Yoon‘s grandmother also made some food for the crew, including fermented rice cakes.

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Yoon with his grandmother when Yoon was little (KBS)
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Yoon with his grandmother when Yoon was little (KBS)
Yoon Shi-yoon is widely known for having played the role of Kim Tak-gu in ”King of Baking, Kim Takgu,“ which aired on KBS in 2010.

By Lee Ji-hae (jihlee@heraldcorp.com)