In the footage, Kim Young-ok asks Irene whether she has thought about marriage before beginning to mention concerns related to fertility. Irene responds with apparent surprise, repeating, “Marriage...?”
The clips prompted discussion online about the blunt nature of the remarks. Other footage shared alongside the discussion also showed Kim Young-ok being similarly direct with a male guest who said he had not given much thought to marriage, asking him, “Are you impotent?”
The comparison led some commenters to joke that Kim Young-ok was at least consistent in how directly she questioned both female and male guests about marriage and reproductive matters.
Netizen Reactions
The sampled comments were largely amused or forgiving toward Kim Young-ok’s remarks, with several users pointing to her age and joking that she was equally blunt when questioning male guests about reproductive issues.
1. Okay, she’s fair in her own way ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
2. Well, if she’s 90, I can understand why she’d say that...
3. Honestly, I think the fact that she even used the word “fertility” shows she was being pretty refined about it.
4. When you consider her age, I kind of get it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ And she’s fair about it too ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
5. Right... she’s in her 90s ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ And she’s even fair about it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ People who are practically newborns by comparison acting like they know better than someone who has lived longer than the Republic of Korea is ridiculous. That just shows a lack of social awareness and historical knowledge ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ She lived through the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War.
6. I was scrolling down thinking, “Ah, ma’am...” but then I realized she was actually being pretty polite about it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
7. She was born before World War II even started. She’s practically from 100 years ago.
8. She’s in her 90s ㅋㅋ She’s literally from the Japanese colonial era.
9. “Are you impotent?” ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
10. Yeah, I think at her age it’s fair to just understand where she’s coming from. That was the common sense of her generation. Expecting someone in their 90s to completely understand today’s norms is also... yeah. You just say “okay” and move on.
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