Jeong Jong-cheol Slims Down Drastically; Park Jun-hyung: 'Eat Before You Get Even Uglier'

Comedian Jeong Jong-cheol revealed his noticeably slimmer appearance on his Instagram on the 12th. He wrote: "Done with the dishes, left the cleaning to the robot vacuum, finished the recycling yesterday, and finished editing the video from my trip to Seongsu-dong a few days ago. The kids went to school, and Ppabi went to Japanese language school. Huh? What am I suddenly supposed to do now?"

He is seen sitting on his living room sofa, staring blankly in one direction. Unlike his heyday in the past, he has lost a significant amount of weight and looks like a completely different person.

His close comedian colleague Park Jun-hyung left an affectionate comment saying, "Start eating again. Why have you lost so much weight — you're getting even uglier," joking that slimming down had actually made him look worse.

Jeong Jong-cheol joined KBS as part of the 15th cohort of hired comedians in 2000 and gained widespread popularity through his 'Okdonja' character on 'Gag Concert.' He married Hwang Gyu-rim in 2006 and welcomed a son, Si-hu, in 2007, followed by two daughters in 2009 and 2010.