Ahn Sung-hoon buys parents a home using Mr. Trot prize money

Singer Ahn Sung-hoon used his 500 million won 'Mr. Trot' prize to purchase a two-story house for his parents in Anseong. During a broadcast on the 22nd, it was also revealed that he gifted his father the luxury foreign car he received as a winner's benefit.

Singer Ahn Sung-hoon has revealed that he used his 500 million won prize money from winning 'Mr. Trot' to purchase a home for his parents. While he has not yet prepared anything special for himself, his devotion to his parents was evident in his decision to prioritize providing them with a home. The two-story house, which his parents have carefully tended, features a small vegetable garden, a traditional furnace, and even a resting area for his fans.

During the broadcast of KBS 2TV's 'Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant' on the 22nd, a meeting between Ahn Sung-hoon's parents and Song Ga-in was revealed. Song Ga-in, who has been like a biological sibling to Ahn Sung-hoon for 15 years, visited his home and greeted his parents warmly. To show their sincerity, Ahn's parents prepared food specifically for Song Ga-in.

Ahn Sung-hoon disclosed that he secured the house for his parents using the prize money from his 'Mr. Trot' victory. "The 'Mr. Trot' prize was 500 million won, and I used that to get a house for my parents. We didn't have a house," he confessed. Rather than using the winnings to increase his own wealth, he focused on providing a stable home for his family. Broadcaster Boom further highlighted his filial piety by noting that Ahn also gifted the luxury foreign car he received as a winner's benefit to his father.

When Do Kyung-wan asked if he had prepared anything for himself, Ahn's answer was simple: "I don't have anything yet. I liked prioritizing my parents first." This added a heartwarming element to the broadcast, as he prioritized creating a comfortable environment for his parents over celebrating his own economic rewards. Having grown up as an only child born late in his parents' lives, his parents were the first people he wanted to share the fruits of his success with.

The family home in Anseong, revealed through the program, was a cozy two-story house that showed great care. The yard was filled with a small vegetable garden tended by his parents and neatly manicured landscaping, with a sign reading 'The Way to Ahn Sung-hoon's House' installed on the path leading to the home. Notably, a space for fans to rest was prepared in one part of the yard, making the house a space that contains both a home for his family and affection for the fans who support him.

The interior of the house was also striking, featuring a spacious living room and kitchen, with two refrigerators located in the storage room. The presence of a traditional furnace also provided the atmosphere of a nostalgic rural home. Rather than simply providing a large or flashy house, the home showed traces of being decorated so that his parents could live comfortably and familiarly. From the vegetable garden in the yard to the indoor spaces, the house was centered around his parents' daily lives.

The second floor was special in another sense, serving as a space that gathered traces of Ahn Sung-hoon's life from his childhood to his growth as a singer. It contained various trophies and appointment plaques as an honorary ambassador for seven regions, as well as his newborn baby clothes, umbilical cord, and his first haircut. It serves as a family archive, preserving not only items celebrating his success as an adult but also small traces kept since his birth.

Ahn Sung-hoon's mother explained why she could not easily throw away any of her son's belongings. "I couldn't throw away even a little bit of anything regarding my son," she said. "When he was young, we didn't know what he would become, so I thought I should display them if he became successful later. Because of that, many things have been collected from his infancy until now for his success. I am still collecting things about Sung-hoon even now." The items collected with the hope that he would one day achieve great success have become precious records proving the growth and success of the singer Ahn Sung-hoon.

Ahn Sung-hoon provided a home for his parents with the 500 million won prize and gifted the car received as a winner's benefit to his father. His statement that he has nothing for himself, combined with his mother's confession of preserving every trace of his childhood, demonstrated the family's bond. From the home for his parents and the resting area for fans to the second floor holding the traces of his time, Ahn Sung-hoon's house contains not only his success as a singer but also his affection for the family and fans who rejoice in that success.

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