How Do You Play? (놀면 뭐하니?)

(A sunrise signals the start of the new year of the Red Horse.)

Oh, dear.

- Oh, my gosh. - Who's this?

You're right on time.

- Kyeong Hwan... - What's going on?

Kyeong Hwan...

- It's the new year. - Yes.

- Hello, by the way. - Hello, by the way.

What's wrong with your leg?

Is it injured?

- I folded it a bit more. - Kyeong Hwan.

Oh, gosh.

- Sit over here, Kyeong Hwan. - Here?

You're a superstar now.

No, not at all.

Kyeong Hwan, you're such a star now.

You shot to fame practically vertically.

- Your mother? - My mom.

(Just six months ago, he had no regular income.)

His 2026 will be insane.

- His career's in full swing. - It's Heo Kyeong Hwan's year.

There are certain people around you who make you...

- feel good when they do well. - Yes.

- Kyeong Hwan. - Kyeong Hwan's like that.

Woo Jae is one of my number one celebrity fans and supporters.

- How so? - Whatever program I was on,

he said, "You're the funniest."

- Yes. - He never stopped saying that.

I liked the Vibrations too.

- Yes, Il Kwon. - He's my biggest star.

I'll say this now since it's in the past.

Even as I did this, I thought, "I shouldn't have done this."

(His fancy handwork just confused him.)

He laughed the loudest.

He loved it the most.

I laughed myself to tears.

I performed for you.

It was a lot of work over a while,

but Kyeong Hwan...

People are talking about how funny you are.

There's a huge fuss.

My friends from home are calling me now.

They're really defensive and timid.

Whatever I do...

Once, I even said this out of disappointment.

"Why do you never call and ask me to talk to your friends?"

That's how serious they were about not bragging about knowing me.

Now they call me really late at night.

"Kyeong Hwan. Would you mind talking to a friend of mine?"

Then they hand over the phone.

- "My friend's a fan." - Yes.

The path of a star!

This is how it starts.

- Yes. - That's right.

"Can I put my friend on the phone?"

- Yes. - That's how it starts.

They held back for 20 years,

and now they're willing to let me talk to their friends.

Didn't we make Kyeong Hwan the star he is?

- Yes. - We did.

Since we're on the topic,

I freed up my Thursdays.

I might as well say this now.

- I'm not... - Okay.

jumping to conclusions.

- I know. - Just in case.

- We all love him. - Well...

My week is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

There are six days in my week.

- There's no Thursday. - There's no Thursday?

I reserved my Thursdays for you.

I see you're really nervous.

It's as if you're dancing like Michael Jackson.

Is your agency aware?

- My agency... - Yes.

wants me to keep it up.

Yes.

They asked if my car seat felt fine.

- Your car seat? Why? - Yes.

In case I wanted a new car. I told them no.

"Don't do anything."

"I'd rather we keep things as they are."

You don't want them to go overboard.

I'm trying to calm my agency people down.

They're celebrating right now.

- Once people think you're funny, - Yes.

- then just a greeting... - Yes.

- Everything's funny. - Exactly.

Even his pant hem makes me chuckle.

Aren't you taller than 170cm?

My official height is 170.3cm...

Don't lie.

The Military Manpower Administration said so.

- You're 167cm tall. - No.

I shrank a bit this year.

- Why? - My height is now 187.8cm.

- What the heck? - I used to be over 188cm.

- What's he on about? - I don't know.

You and Lee Kwang Soo hosted the "Pinggyego" award ceremony.

You two...

I wasn't aware that...

You haven't spent much time with him, have you?

Kwang Soo and I had never filmed anything...

- together before. - No.

(They met to film something for the first time.)

- People saw us together... - Yes.

and said it felt weird,

- Yes. - as if two worlds had collided.

- You fought up in the air. - Above most of you.

Giraffe versus giraffe.

Kyeong Hwan joined us to wish our viewers...

- a happy new year. - Yes.

It's 2026, the year of the horse.

- Happy New Year. - Happy New Year.

You know it's the year of the Red Horse, right?

- Yes. - That's right.

- The Red Horse. - The Red Horse.

Just a few days ago,

he won his 21st Grand Award at MBC.

(This was filmed before the MBC Entertainment Awards.)

Congratulations.

- We forgot to celebrate this. - Yes.

- It's a great feat. - Congratulations.

The ceremony's next week, so why are you all clapping too?

Shall we film that...

and then a clip lamenting his loss?

- We don't do that. - We don't?

- We don't. - No?

You're being too fake.

Just say we don't do that. You don't have to embarrass me.

We don't do that.

- He was... - His face gives it away.

Okay, then.

What's this about Woo Jae having a girlfriend?

- A Rin? - A Rin.

- I don't get why that's... - Congratulations.

- Why is that such a... - I said so, didn't I?

That he was seeing someone.

- I watched the live broadcast. - Did you?

He texted me.

He gave a brief pause.

(Giving a speech during the KBS Entertainment Awards)

I found myself wondering,

"Did he say that to mask that he had a girlfriend?"

I had zero intentions and zero ulterior motives.

I said, "A Rin, I love you," purely because she came to mind.

That's what everyone does.

You reacted like it was intentional on my part.

That's what we all do.

Joo A Rin is the name of my niece.

Don't you lie.

That's not a lie.

A Rin is my older brother's daughter.

I appreciated the quick adlib of an excuse.

It's the new year. Let's share some good news.

Just wait. Word will get out.

A scandal will break.

- But A Rin... - Watch yourself.

- A Rin as a nickname's a good idea. - Yes.

- You tried to be smart, - It was incredible.

but you're not the first to do it.

- This is insane. - We all did it.

- Right? - Yes.

- See? - Fine.

But to be honest, we're not interested.

- Why ask about it, then? - After all that talk...

- We don't care about it. - Why ask, then?

We couldn't avoid it altogether.

You mentioned A Rin, so I brought it up.

- Okay, then. - Okay?

- It's the new year. - Congratulations.

Thanks a lot.

Okay, whatever.

- Haha, in the new year of 2026. - Yes.

- You'll organize a fan club? - Most definitely.

- You will? - Yes.

- One more try. - Whatever the number may be.

I'd really like to know if you feel the increase or decrease...

in popularity since NPCC.

So many people comforted and consoled me.

Generally speaking, on social media,

I lost 70,000 followers on Instagram.

(I lost 70,000 followers on Instagram.)

I think that's for the better. Here's why.

They weren't my real fans, anyway.

So I have this great fanbase, but...

- You lost 70,000 followers? - Yes.

- His low-key fans stepped up. - Here's what I think.

- But the public stepped away. - Wait.

- It's unfortunate for me. - I don't know what's going on...

- with the 70,000 fans. - I'm okay, though. I respect that.

- I respect that. - But here's what probably happened.

- "Wait, I'm following him." - Right.

That's what they realized. "I'm not his fan anymore."

- "I'm not his fan anymore." - But I prefer this.

- You only have your real fans. - Only my real fans remain.

By the way, in the beginning of last year,