During the October 16 broadcast of SBS variety program Secretary Jin, Ji Ye-eun appeared as a guest alongside Ji Suk-jin, while Lee Seo-jin and Kim Kwang-kyu accompanied them as one-day managers for schedules in Chungju.
While discussing Ji Ye-eun’s upcoming marriage, Lee Seo-jin offered advice about balancing her career and personal life. Ji Ye-eun explained that although having work makes her happy, she no longer believes work is everything.
She said her perspective changed after experiencing serious health problems.
Ji Ye-eun recalled that during a period when she had struggled to find work, she believed she needed to devote herself entirely to her career. However, after becoming ill, she began thinking differently.
“When I was sick, I thought I didn’t know when I might die,” she said.
The experience made her appreciate the importance of her health and realize that she wanted to value her present life and everyday happiness rather than focusing solely on work.
Ji Ye-eun temporarily stepped away from activities last year because of health concerns before returning to Running Man about three weeks later. She later revealed that she had undergone surgery for thyroid cancer.
She has previously spoken about doctors discussing the possibility of the cancer spreading and said that multiple cancerous areas had been found. Ji Ye-eun said she is now grateful to be healthy and continues to undergo regular checkups.
Ji Suk-jin also recalled that Ji Ye-eun remained positive and composed during her treatment despite concern from those around her.
Ji Ye-eun and dancer Vata are scheduled to marry in Seoul on December 12.
Netizen Reactions
The sampled Nate News comments were sharply divided. Some users sympathized with Ji Ye-eun’s changed outlook after experiencing cancer, while others minimized thyroid cancer or questioned the emotional framing of her remarks.
1. Money, fame, none of that matters. If you’re sick, everything else becomes meaningless ã… ã… People who’ve never been seriously ill will never understand that feeling.
2. What’s scary about cancer is when it spreads.
3. I also had surgery for thyroid cancer, so I think I understand how she feels. Everyone calls it a “good cancer,” but thyroid cancer can still mean taking hormone medication for life, having lymph nodes removed if it spreads, and sometimes undergoing radioactive iodine treatment. They call it a “good cancer” because the mortality rate is low, but I wish people who haven’t actually gone through it wouldn’t talk about it so lightly.
4. You don’t die from thyroid cancer ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ There are even countries that supposedly don’t consider it cancer. If you get it, just think, “Ah~ heaven gave me a preventive shot.” It’s heaven telling you to quit drinking and smoking, exercise and get enough sleep ã…‹ã…‹
5. Someone I know had thyroid cancer and then developed lung cancer 10 years later. You shouldn’t take thyroid cancer lightly.
6. Thyroid cancer isn’t even really cancer...
7. What a fuss ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ What do you mean you might die soon? ã…‹ã…‹
8. Ye-eun and Vata are admirable. That really is love. Cancer is scary. Even after recovery, recurrence and metastasis are frightening ã… Cancer isn’t anyone’s fault—it can suddenly hit you like being struck by lightning.
9. Someone I know went to Seoul National University Hospital for thyroid cancer, and the doctor said it was so manageable that they could simply have it treated locally... Of course it can be dangerous when someone’s condition worsens, but seeing someone talk about rushing things and prioritizing their health and then appearing on TV just leaves me dumbfounded. Is this emotional manipulation?
10. If she doesn’t know when she might die, then she shouldn’t be doing it.
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