Lee Seung Gi, “Working with Ha Ji Won is a dream come true”

On April 11th, MBC‘s ‘The King 2 Hearts‘ posted an interview conducted with Lee Seung Gi on their official website.

Lee Seung Gi who plays the role of South Korean prince Lee Jae Ha said, “In the beginning, the drama gave a review of the characters, the situation between North and South Korea, and how different it is from reality, in order for the viewers to better understand the story. It revealed the evil yet important characters Yoon Jae Moon and Lee Soon Jae, how they would serve as obstacles for Jae Ha and Hangah, how they would be able to become unified, and more.”

“The more the drama unfolds, the more intense it gets,” he added.

In regards to working with his co-star Ha Ji Won, he said, “I’ve always wanted to work with Ha Ji Won, my dream came true. A lot of times you’re disappointed when a situation doesn’t meet your expectations and dreams, but we have better chemistry than I had ever expected and I am learning a lot from her.”

In the script, Jae Ha likes beautiful women who are a little ditzy, and Lee Seung Gi was asked what his ideal type of woman was in real life. “It changes everyday,” he said. “As time passes, my ideal woman changes too. It sounds a bit strange to say my ideal woman is someone who is beautiful and a little ditzy, but through Jae Ha, I realized that that kind of woman may be every guy’s ideal type. It’s a lot more realistic than I first thought.”

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‘The King 2 Hearts’ cast Lee Seung Gi, Ha Ji Won, and Lee Sung Min pose for royal family photos

‘The King 2 Hearts‘ cast Lee Seung Gi, Ha Ji Won, and Lee Sung Min gathered together for a sweet ‘royal family’ photo showing off their stunning looks through new pictures released on April 9th!

While the different styles of dress are certainly interesting to look at, it’s adorable to see the cast loosen up and pose for some playful photos off set.

Representatives of Kim Jong Hak Productions commented, “Ha Ji Won, Lee Seung Gi, and Lee Sung Min are always livening up the atmosphere with their laughs and smiles, thoroughly energizing the set. The three have gotten very close over the past two months of filming and are showing exceptional teamwork together. Please continue to look forward to their acting together.”

‘The King 2 Hearts’ airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9:55 p.m. KST.

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Latest development between Lee Seung Gi and Ha Ji Won on ‘The King 2 Hearts’

Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Gi confirmed their feelings for one another on the latest episode of the popular drama.

On the April 5th episode of MBC’s ‘The King 2 Hearts‘, Jae Ha (Lee Seung Gi) realizes that he has feelings for Hang Ah (Ha Ji Won).

Jae Ha expresses his complicated his feelings to Jae Shin (Lee Yoon Ji), who helps him organize his emotions.

Hang Ah, who realizes Jae Ha has feelings for her, remarked, “I’ll be honest, too. I thought about being with you because I knew I could live a more luxurious life by doing so.”

“I’m serious,” she said. “You seem to think I’m so naïve and sincere, but that’s honestly what I was thinking. And I also wanted to seek revenge.”

“I did like you, but I decided not to marry you because of our North-South relationship,” she continued. “I can just go marry overseas. This is the end,” and shook his hand.

Jae Ha responded by saying, “There is something we do in South Korea whenever something comes to an end. After party.”

Jae Ha prepared an after party for the two of them, and they both drank heavily. Seeing how intoxicated and tired Hang Ah was, Jae Ha suggested she rest on his shoulder.

“Are you going to try and kiss me again?” she asked, to which Jae Ha responded, “What, you want me to?”

“My lips are new. You’ve done it hundreds of times,” she answered, which led to the two sharing a deep kiss.

They were interrupted by Hang Ah’s father Kim Namil and Lee Jae Kang, who were both shocked upon seeing the two.

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Lee Seung Gi reveals his defined upper body in ‘The King 2 Hearts’

 

Singer Lee Seung Gi showcased his fit physique in a new scene in MBC‘s ‘The King 2 Hearts‘.

On the April 4th episode, Lee Seung Gi’s defined upper body muscles appeared on screen in an unexpected shower scene. In the script, Lee Jae Ha (Lee Seung Gi) who completed his Joint Civil Military training came back to Korea to enjoy some well-deserved time off.

His relaxing bubble bath was interrupted by his brother Lee Jae Ha, who relayed information about the North Korean woman he would be meeting for a prospective marriage.

Lee Jae Ha immediately thought of Kim Hangah (Ha Ji Won) upon hearing she was North Korean and remarked, “How can we accept a special forces official into the imperial family?”

As the love line between Kim Hangah and Lee Jae Ha was created on the episode, the citizens in the drama were disturbed at the thought of a South Korean prince marrying a North Korean woman, leading Lee Jae Ha to falsely announce, “I loved her first. Please blame only my heart.”

‘The King 2 Hearts’ airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9:55PM KST.

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Lee Seung Gi sheds tears thinking of Kang Ho Dong on his final ‘Strong Heart’ episode

Lee Seung Gi shed some emotional tears on his final ‘Strong Heart‘ episode.

The April 3rd broadcast of SBS ‘Strong Heart‘ was the final episode with Lee Seung Gi as the MC.

“The guests are supposed to be the highlight of the show,” he remarked at the end. “I am embarrassed that I am standing here right now.”

“I remember the very first moments. I was lacking confidence back then, but I led the show nearly three years now,” he added. “It was only possible thanks to the ‘Strong Heart’ family and the best guests.”

“I truly miss Kang Ho Dong hyung who started this journey with me,” he said, shedding some tears. “Thank you to all the people, the staff, and the fans who helped me stand strong on my own feet [after Kang Ho Dong's leave]. I’ll be leaving now.”

Lee Seung Gi has been known to be leaving ‘Strong Heart’ to focus on his new drama and his Japanese debut. Replacing his role as MC will be actor Lee Dong Wook and entertainer Shin Dong Yeob.

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Lee Seung Gi’s character meets North Korean SONE on ‘The King 2 Hearts’

On the fourth episode of MBC‘s ‘The King 2 Hearts‘, Lee Seung Gi, who plays Lee Jae Ha (Prince of South Korea), teased Jeong Man Sik (North Korean Soldier) about his secret love for Girls’ Generation. This unnecessary act by Lee Jae Ha caused Jeong Man Sik to explode in anger and confront the prince.

In previous episodes, Lee Jae Ha unwillingly joined a joint military team consisting of North and South Korean soldiers to promote peace between the two Koreas.  The team is a six man party which includes Kim Hang Ah (Ha Ji Won), Choi Kwon (Kwon Yeong Bae), and Jeong Man Sik (Ri Kang Seok) who are all North Koreans.  The remaining three South Koreans are Jo Jeong Seok (Eun Si Kyung), Kwon Hyeon Sang (Yeom Dong Ha), and the prince, Lee Jae Ha.  Prince Lee Jae Ha, who has a rebellious and irresponsible character, didn’t get along with Jeong Man Sik from the start.

In this latest episode, Lee Jae Ha decided to play a prank on his North Korean teammate by presenting him a laptop for his birthday.  Of course it wasn’t just any ordinary computer.  Lee Jae Ha programmed it so that it would automatically play Girls’ Generation’s “The Boys” as soon as the device was turned on. Delighted, Jeong Man Sik happily watched the video until a video message popped up with Lee Jae Ha. “True friends understand each other’s feelings without speaking words right?  You don’t need to be shy.  To be awed by the culture of a highly developed country is nothing to be ashamed of,” Lee Jae Ha teased.

Enraged Jeong Man Sik grabbed a hold of Lee Jae Ha’s collar and retorted, “South Korean scumbags don’t understand different values!” After noticing the ruckus through cameras, military officials soon came to prevent the situation from escalating further.

Although North Korea is an isolated country, the locals get many of their South Korean entertainment content from China.  There are bound to be a few Girls’ Generation fans (officially called “SONES“) there.

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Lee Seung Gi comments on his ‘The King 2 Hearts’ role and that he misses his parents

On this week’s broadcast of MBC‘s ‘Good Day‘, singer and actor Lee Seung Gi talked about his role on ‘The King 2 Hearts‘, and expressed that he missed his parents while spending long hours filming the drama.

The star was interviewed on the set of ‘The King 2 Hearts’, and he talked about his difficult CBR training scene.

“It was no joke. I’ve never done it before so I thought ‘Let’s actually spread the chemicals in the air when we film’,” he said. “But the director told us, ‘If we do that, you’ll die. You won’t be able to act’, so we went with fake smoke.”

“I think that spreading fake smoke for 4 hours is equivalent to airing the chemicals for 2 minutes,” he continued, explaining how difficult the scene really was.

Lee Seung Gi also commented on his ‘scarf kiss’ scene with actress Ha Ji Won that’s been causing a lot of buzz lately.

“We weren’t very close at the time, so I thought, ‘Is this okay?’ I felt pretty shy about it, but the director and noona (Ha Ji Won) said that I was actually pretty aggressive.”

When asked what kind of son he is at home, he responded, “When I have a lot of work and am juggling a busy schedule, there are times I’ll complain and get annoyed easily like any other son.”

“While filming this drama, there was a week where I was barely at home because of work. Until then, I didn’t realize what it felt like to miss your parents, but I really missed my mom and dad during that week,” he continued.

Meanwhile, according to AGB Nielsen Media Research Korea, ’The King 2 Hearts’ which tells the story of a South Korean prince and a North Korean military official, drew in an impressive viewership of 16.5% thanks to both Lee Seung Gi & Ha Ji Won’s impassioned performances.

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Lee Seung Gi sheds tears as he leaves ‘Strong Heart’

Talented entertainer Lee Seung Gi was seen shedding tears as he completed his final recording for SBS‘s ‘Strong Heart‘.

On the March 27th broadcast of ‘Strong Heart’, the members of YG Family gathered to take part in the ‘Strong Heart – YG Family Special‘.

Viewers were particularly drawn to the preview clip of next week’s second part of the special, in which Lee Seung Gi was seen tearfully saying, “I remember the first time. I wondered if I could lead Strong Heart as the lone MC“.

In related news, the MC post will be filled by popular MC Shin Dong Yeop and actor Lee Dong Wook. The new episodes are set to begin broadcasting on April 10th.

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Lee Seung Gi to release a greatest hits album in Korea & Japan

Singer and actor Lee Seung Gi will be releasing his greatest hits album in both Korea and Japan.

In April, Lee Seung Gi will release his first greatest hits album titled, ‘Lee Seung Gi -THE BEST-‘ in Korea and Japan simultaneously. The singer who made a lavish debut in Japan with his single album ‘Alone in Love‘ earlier this month reached number one on the Oricon Daily Charts and received a great amount of popularity from his Japanese fans. With the release of his greatest hits album in April, he seems prime to set the music industry on fire once again.

Lee Seung Gi quickly received a lot of attention with his new activities in Japan and leading Japanese music authority Oricon wrote via their official site, “Lee Seung Gi won the best rookie award with his debut song, “Because You’re My Girl” and released countless more hits that followed. Not only is he a talented artist, he is also making his name known as an actor.”

With the release of ‘Alone in Love,’ Lee Seung Gi has kicked his Japanese promotions into high gear. On March 21st, the singer will hold a special event at Tokyo Dome City Hall for those who purchased his ‘Alone in Love’ CD, and will also hold his first solo concert in Japan at the Nippon Budokan June 1st.

Lee Seung Gi was quoted as saying, “This is all due to the support of my Japanese fans.  I will work hard to put on a good show for them.”

With his compilation album being released in both Korea and Japan, fans are curious to know if he will be able to kill two birds with one stone.

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Lee Seung Gi leaves his post on ‘Strong Heart’

 

MC Lee Seung Gi has officially stepped down from his ‘Strong Heart‘ post.

On March 15th, the singer had his final ‘Strong Heart’ shoot at the SBS studios in Seoul. Lee Seung Gi who began hosting the program with Kang Ho Dong in 2009 has stepped down after a fulfilling two and a half years.

PD Park Sang Hyuk who directs the show informed NoCutNews on the 16th, “He was more ambitious for this last shoot than ever before. The guests on the program were peers of the same age as Seung Gi, and so he was able to shoot his final episode in a fun and comfortable atmosphere.”

He added,

“We prepared an appreciation plaque for Seung Gi as well as a special event with a short video clip. It was our way of thanking Seung Gi for leading the show well until now.

This is a program that is centered around the guests, and so more than focusing on the fact that it was his last shoot, Lee Seung Gi was more concerned with being a good and responsible MC for the program until the end.

He thanked each of the guests and staff members on set, saying how he was more grateful to everyone rather than sad he was leaving the program.”

Meanwhile, Lee Seung Gi’s last ‘Strong Heart’ shoot was a YG special, and guests included Big Bang, 2NE1, Se7en, and more.

Actor Lee Dong Wook who will be taking Lee Seung Gi’s place as MC was also on set, observing the shoot.

 

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Lee Seung Gi to be a torchbearer for the London Olympics

Korea’s favorite all-round entertainer, Lee Seung Gi, will serve as a torchbearer for the upcoming London Olympics.

On March 14th, a representative from Lee Seung Gi’s company, Hook Entertainment, stated, “Lee Seung Gi was chosen as a torchbearer for the London Olympics to be held on July. The specific details regarding it have yet to be revealed“.

It has been reported that one of the main factors in Lee’s representation was due Samsung‘s sponsorship of the London Olympics. As one of main sponsors, Samsung Electronics reserves the right to recommend a number of torchbearers, and thus, they chose Lee Seung Gi, their endorser for Samsung’s kimchi refrigerator line.

Lee Seung Gi is scheduled to depart for London after his completion of MBC‘s upcoming drama ‘The King 2 Hearts’, and his solo concert in Japan’s in June.

There have been reports that “The Moon that Embraces the Sun” star Han Ga In is also set to be a torchbearer, but this has yet to be confirmed. A Samsung marketing representative released a statement saying, “In regards to Han Ga In, nothing has been decided yet“.

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‘Strong Heart’ to undergo changes following MC Lee Seung Gi’s leave

Following the leave of MC Lee Seung Gi, SBS‘ hit variety program ‘Strong Heart‘ is expected to undergo some various changes. Not only will there be new MCs, the content of the show may be changed, as well as the program’s logo itself.

‘Strong Heart’ PD Park Sang Hyuk informed MyDaily on March 8th, “We have been contacting several actors and entertainers, trying to find a successor for MC Lee Seung Gi. Nothing is set in stone as of yet. We are still fine-tuning the details, and have decided that we will have two MCs.”

“There are a number of celebrities we are making proposals to, but because ‘Strong Heart’ is the only talk show with two male MCs, we would like to keep that format,” he continued.

“We want to recruit two people who have good chemistry, similar to that of Kang Ho Dong and Lee Seung Gi. That way, it’ll be more enjoyable for the viewers as well,” they added. “And because ‘Strong Heart’ is all about telling stories, we would like MCs who show a lot of interest when others are speaking.”

PD Park continued, “The content of the show may also change depending on the style of the MCs. We may also reduce the number of 20 guests that appear on each episode, as well as change the fixed panel members. We will keep the program name as ‘Strong Heart’, but the logo is expected to change. Depending on the new MCs, there are a number of changes that will most likely take place.”

Lee Seung Gi who is serving as the current MC for ‘Strong Heart’ after his last shoot on March 15th.

 

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Ha Ji Won expresses her feelings on working with Lee Seung Gi

 

Actress Ha Ji Won felt burdened for acting as a couple with Lee Seung Gi, who is much younger than her.

A press conference was held on March 8th for their upcoming drama, ‘The King 2 Hearts’ and there Ha Ji Won said, “This time, I felt slightly burdened for having to work with someone younger than me.”

Ha Ji Won was born in 1978 and Lee Seung Gi was born in 1987 which is a nine year age difference. Depite being an older woman, younger man couple, Ha Ji Won said, “I can’t even feel the age difference.”

She continued, “There is quite an age gap between me and Seung Gi, but he wasn’t as young as I thought he would be. Sometimes I felt like he’s older than me. I couldn’t even feel the age gap between us and we had a fun time filming together.”

She also explained how she was worried about their age gap saying, “If I work while thinking about our age difference, I noticed that I don’t work as well. I’ve never had an obsession with working with a man younger than me, but this time the gap is pretty large so I felt more burdened than I did in other productions. I hope that we will be a good match together.”

Their new drama ‘The King 2 Hearts’ will be aired after the conclusion of ‘The Moon That Embraces the Sun.’

 

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Lee Seung Gi, “What I notice first in a woman…”

 

Singer/Actor Lee Seung Gi‘s recent confession is grabbing people’s attention.

During the behind scenes of his recent filming of a refrigerator CF, Lee Seung Gi was asked, “What do you notice first in a woman?”

To people’s surprise, he replied without hesitation, “Size!“, and left many curious by leaving with, “You guys will see later.”

The behind scenes also showed Lee Seung Gi carefully observing a female model’s sizes with a tape measurer.

The netizens commented after seeing the clip with, “Even his shocking confession is lovely” and “I bet he’s talking about a different kind of size.”

I guess we’ll just have to wait until the CF is released to find out what Lee Seung Gi meant. But what do you guys think?

 

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Ha Ji Won & Lee Seung Gi’s poster for ‘The King 2 Hearts’ released

MBC‘s highly anticipated Wednesday/Thursday drama, ‘The King 2 Hearts‘, has released a dreamy official poster featuring lead roles Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Gi!

Dressed in princely attire, Lee Seung Gi is seen lightly holding Ha Ji Won by the waist, who’s looking off to the far distance while dressed in a simple yet elegant outfit. The pink undertones and the soft lighting add a vintage and romantic effect that gives viewers a glimpse into another world all their own.

The poster filming was held last month on the 14th, and it’s been said that the staff was surprised by just how well the two worked together. It only took a few cuts to earn the satisfaction of the photographer and many praised the “birth of a new trendy couple to dominate the first half of 2012.”

Producers stated, “Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Gi showed exceptional teamwork right off the bat and earned the praise of the staff members. Ha Ji Won’s goddess-like transformation and Lee Seung Gi’s prince uniform will be enough to raise anticipation for ‘The King 2 Hearts’.”

Check out the drama’s teaser video here if you haven’t already!

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Lee Seung Gi tops Oricon with the release of his debut single

Singer and actor Lee Seung Gi has catapulted his debut Japanese single to the top of the Oricon chart!

According to the Oricon chart on March 6th, Lee Seung Gi’s single, “Alone In Love“, ranked first on the Oricon daily chart from the moment of its release. The single itself sold 18,542 copies in a day and beat out Yamashita Tomohisa‘s single, which took second, by quite the margin.

The results are surprising considering that he hasn’t been able to promote the single due to his commitments to his drama, ‘The King 2 Hearts‘. Fans commented, “It’s Lee Seung Gi, of course,” and “I knew he’d rank first on the Oricon.”

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Lee Seung Gi tops Oricon with the release of his debut single

Singer and actor Lee Seung Gi has catapulted his debut Japanese single to the top of the Oricon chart!

According to the Oricon chart on March 6th, Lee Seung Gi’s single, “Alone In Love“, ranked first on the Oricon daily chart from the moment of its release. The single itself sold 18,542 copies in a day and beat out Yamashita Tomohisa‘s single, which took second, by quite the margin.

The results are surprising considering that he hasn’t been able to promote the single due to his commitments to his drama, ‘The King 2 Hearts‘. Fans commented, “It’s Lee Seung Gi, of course,” and “I knew he’d rank first on the Oricon.”

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Lee Seung Gi keeps his promise and visits ‘Miracle Child’ Cho Eunseo

As promised, singer Lee Seung Gi (25) made a surprise visit to ‘Miracle Child’ Cho Eunseo.

‘Miracle Child’ Cho Eunseo is a 7 year old girl and the first person in Korea to receive seven internal organ transplants. Eunseo was born with a rare condition that prevented her stomach, small & large intestines from digesting food. Until now, she regurgitated any food she tried to eat, and therefore has maintained the past seveen years of her life by receiving nutritional supplement shots. But last October, a six year old suffering from brain cancer donated 7 internal organs to Eunseo, and after a meticulous yet successful 9-hour surgery, she can now live a normal life.

The surgery was completed by Kim Dae Hyun and the team at ASAN Medical Center, and they transplanted seven organs including a liver, pancreas, stomach, small intestines, duodenum, spleen and large intestines, allowing Eunseo to finally comfortably eat and digest food. The news of this miracle was reported on February 16th.

During an interview that took place after her surgery, Eunseo remarked, “It’s my wish to eat galbi (Korean BBQ) and hamburgers. I also want to meet Lee Seung Gi oppa.”

Upon hearing the news, Lee Seung Gi promised that he would visit Eunseo as soon as she had taken some time to recover.

Lee Seung Gi kept his promise and made a surprise visit to Eunseo in late February without making the news public, but rumors recently began circling that his visit was only the result of a request made by the politician Jung Mong Jun. Seung Gi’s representatives made an official statement regarding the rumors saying, “Lee Seung Gi went to see Eunseo as he previously promised, not because governor Jung had asked him to.” According to the representative, Seung Gi arrived at the hospital first, and governor Jung followed after.

Seung Gi’s visit with Eunseo was made public only after governor Jung wrote via his official Twitter page, “Lee Seung Gi came to the hospital to see Eunseo,” and shared photos of sneakers and a scholarship certificate Seung Gi had brought as gifts.

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Lee Seung Gi brings laughs with his crazy swinging for last broadcast of ’1N2D’

On February 26th, KBS2 TV aired its last broadcast of ‘1N2D,’ which documented the second part of the cast’s last trip.

On this broadcast, when Lee Soo Geun showed off his swinging skills on a large swing at the base camp, Lee Seung Gi confidently stated that he could swing just as well as Lee Soo Geun and challenged his swinging skills.

However, once Lee Seung Gi got on the swing, he showed that he couldn’t swing due to his inability to find the right rhythm, and showered his castmates with questions on how to time his reactions and how to find the rhythm with a quizzical look on his face.

After Lee Seung Gi’s attempt at swinging, Eun Ji Won showed that he could swing well too, which caused Na Young Suk PD to comment that “It’s just Lee Seung Gi who can’t swing.” Lee Seung Gi, who then became embarrassed, asked if it was really that weird when he was trying to swing.

Despite his first failed attempt, Lee Seung Gi continued to try to swing; although Eun Ji Won tried to help by pushing Lee Seung Gi from behind, Lee Seung Gi still could not find the right rhythm and continued to swing around in one spot, which brought laughs from everyone  because of his horrible swinging.

Although ’1N2D’ is over, there will be a “Season 2″ of ’1N2D,’ which is scheduled to air in March, with both old and new cast members: Um Tae Woong, Kim Jong Min, Kim Seung Woo, Lee Soo Geun, Cha Tae Hyun, Sung Shi Kyung and Joo Won.

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Lee Seung Gi to drop out of Strong Heart?

Rumors have been swirling over Lee Seung Gi‘s possible departure from SBS‘s popular show, ‘Strong Heart‘.

According to an SBS staff member, “Lee Seung Gi will record his last episode around mid-March. The producers of ‘Strong Heart’ are currently searching for a replacement MC.”

Lee Seung Gi, who served as co-host alongside Kang Ho Dong since the show’s inception, had been hosting the show alone after Kang Ho Dong withdrew from the industry last October.  Although Kang Ho Dong’s absence was lamented by the viewers, Lee Seung Gi’s performance as main MC had exceeded many expectations.

Lee Seung Gi’s company has released a statement saying, “We are still negotiating about the matter.”

Stay tuned to allthatkpops for more details.

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