Tak Jae-hoon faces birthday triple threat: stock crash, child's spending, and program end

Entertainer Tak Jae-hoon's life took a turn for the worse starting from his last birthday in his 50s. His stock account plummeted, he received notifications for his child's overseas credit card payments, and he even received news that a program he was appearing in was coming to an end. The birthday morning, which should have been celebrated, instantly turned into a 'total package of bad news.'

In the SBS variety show 'My Little Old Boy' broadcast on the 9th, the bittersweet day of Tak Jae-hoon, who celebrated his 59th birthday, was revealed.

On this day, Tak Jae-hoon woke up in bed to a congratulatory phone call from his manager.

The manager offered well wishes, saying, "Congratulations on your last birthday before turning 60. I hope you do many things you want to do before your 60th birthday and have a happy day."

However, Tak Jae-hoon's reaction was cold.

"Be quiet. Hang up."

Feeling as though the manager's congratulations were merely reminding him of his age again, Tak Jae-hoon grumbled, "Calling me just to rub salt in the wound."

But the real problems started from there.

With not even drinking water available at home, Tak Jae-hoon started his day by quenching his thirst with tap water. Then, without much expectation, he checked his stock account.

The result was disastrous.

Looking at the account, Tak Jae-hoon lamented, "It's minus 37%."

He then shook his head, saying, "I'm just not cut out for stocks."

If anyone opened their stock account on their birthday to find a return of -37%, it would be difficult to feel good. Watching this in the studio, Seo Jang-hoon let out a sympathetic laugh, asking, "When is that hyung's stock ever going to go up?"

However, the bad news for the day did not end with stocks.

A moment later, a text message for an overseas credit card approval arrived on Tak Jae-hoon's phone.

"210 dollars? Where is this from?"

After checking the payment details, Tak Jae-hoon immediately understood the situation.

"The kids must have swiped the card."

It was a card used by his children living abroad.

For Tak Jae-hoon, who had just confirmed a massive loss in his stocks, the additional expenditure felt even more painful.

He eventually made a self-deprecating remark with a bitter expression, asking, "How can it be a birthday when I'm in the negative?"

But life sometimes hits all at once.

Following the stock losses and overseas card payments, bad news related to his work arrived this time.

He received news of the program's cancellation directly from the CP of 'Uh, But Like, Seriously!', a program he was a regular on.

Upon hearing the bad news, Tak Jae-hoon said in disbelief,

"Why are you telling me this news now? Is this a birthday present?"

On a day when he should have been receiving nothing but birthday wishes, he had to confirm losses in his stock account, receive notifications of his children's overseas spending, and hear about the end of his program—it was truly a 'triple hit of bad news.'

However, Tak Jae-hoon's birthday did not end in a purely gloomy atmosphere.

At the moment his misery reached its peak, colleagues Kim Jun Ho and Shin Kyu-jin visited his house.

The two loudly celebrated his birthday for the despondent Tak Jae-hoon, and the chilly atmosphere of the house instantly regained its vitality.

Ultimately, Tak Jae-hoon's birthday, which started with a -37% stock loss and was followed by the realistic misfortunes of his children's overseas card bills and a program cancellation, ended with the laughter of his colleagues.

In particular, although Tak Jae-hoon initially took the manager's congratulation of "the last birthday before turning 60" as nagging, perhaps what he needed most that day was not a grand gift, but people to laugh with.

On the morning of his 59th birthday, life was excessively realistic for Tak Jae-hoon.

The account was in the negative, the card bill was in the plus, and the program was ending.

Yet, what remained in the end was the people.