On December 3, actor Lee Jeong-ho appeared on the YouTube channel “Recent Updates Olympics.”
A former child actor who has appeared in over 200 works, Lee Jeong-ho revealed that he stopped working eight years ago after his last role in a daily drama.
He mentioned, “The roles I took often involved making the protagonist shine while sacrificing myself. I guess people felt sorry for me but also found me relatable.” He also shared, “I’ve been rejected many times. Even by the top actors of the time, Song Hye-kyo, Lee Yo-won, and Sung Yu-ri.”
When asked if he earned a lot as a child actor, he responded, “You had to be in the right era. There was a set limit on how much child actors could earn. I couldn’t make more than that.”
He also explained the reason for his break from acting, “I was getting a health checkup, and they said something was wrong, so I had to go through more tests.” He then confessed, “They told me there was a large tumor near my pancreas, and it was serious. I just went blank when I heard that.”
He recalled, “At that time, our youngest daughter had just been born. My wife was at the postpartum care center, and I received the call about the cancer. It was such a shock.”
After a week of tests, he was told, “The survival rate is 20-30%.” He said, “They wouldn’t even look me in the eye.” He added, “But since I had my youngest daughter, I begged them to try if there was any chance. They decided to do surgery.”
He went through surgery and had some of his organs removed. “Just in case, I also went through chemotherapy. I vomited, lost my hair, but luckily, I completed the chemotherapy. Afterward, I had to keep working to survive, so I filmed. After finishing filming, I did another check-up before the company dinner, and they told me it had spread to my liver.” He recalled that it felt like a thunderbolt.
Thankfully, after four months, his chemotherapy was successful. He shared, “I was declared cancer-free two years ago, and now I am teaching acting and living life to the fullest.”
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