BIBI openly says "Panties"—Yoo Jae-suk flustered, "In front of us"

Singer and actress BIBI turned the set upside down from the start of the broadcast with her unrestrained wit. When Song Eun-i asked about the identity of the clothing visible through her pants, BIBI nonchalantly replied, "Panties." When Song Eun-i asked again, "Did you dress to show your panties?" BIBI explained, "It's the panties I wear when I sleep, but I overslept today," and hearing this, Yoo Jae-suk eventually showed a flustered expression, saying, "To have such a conversation in front of us like that..."

In the 3rd episode of the tvN variety show 'Sixth Sense: B-Side' broadcast on the 4th, BIBI drew attention with her extraordinary style from the moment she appeared. BIBI greeted Go Kyung-pyo with her characteristic honest way of speaking, saying, "You've become gorgeous. It looks like you've lost weight," before moving to a cafe with the members.

The problematic scene occurred when they gathered in front of the menu to order. A staff member moved to the back to check BIBI's microphone, and Song Eun-i, watching this, discovered the clothing visible through the pants. Song Eun-i immediately asked, "Hyeong-seo, what is that clothing inside?" and BIBI replied "Panties" without any embarrassment at all.

When Song Eun-i asked, "Did you dress to show your panties?" BIBI confessed, "This is the panties I wear when I sleep, but I overslept today." It was an explanation that it wasn't a style intentionally styled for fashion, but rather that she came out in something close to sleepwear because she overslept. Rather, her attitude of revealing her mistake so casually meshed with BIBI's unique free-spirited character, creating unexpected laughter.

Yoo Jae-suk, listening to the conversation between the two from the side, showed a flustered reaction, saying, "To have such a conversation in front of us like that..." Subtitles even appeared on the broadcast saying, 'We are very comfortable.' While it was a conversation that could naturally occur between Song Eun-i and BIBI, it was an excessively explicit conversation for Yoo Jae-suk, who was watching it.

Song Eun-i explained the reason she asked, saying, "I asked what it was because it didn't look like panties. I thought it was fashion." She added, "When Hyeong-seo does it, doesn't it look like fashion?" This means that because BIBI's unique fashion sense is so strong, even the situation where actual sleepwear was exposed looked like a single piece of styling. Yoo Jae-suk concluded the situation by joking, "Just let her go, unnie."

The reason this scene drew laughter is not simply because the word 'panties' appeared on the broadcast. In past variety shows, stories related to underwear or the body were handled quite cautiously, but recently, the appearance of stars expressing their bodies and private lives in more direct language is being consumed naturally. The space is gradually changing from a space that shows a character unilaterally created by the broadcast to a space where the performer's actual way of speaking and sense of real life are revealed.

In particular, BIBI's way of speaking is far from the traditional 'image management' required of stars. Rather than showing only a perfectly organized appearance, it is a method of bringing even mistakes and embarrassing moments into the subject of laughter. On one hand, this shows the phenomenon where a celebrity's private domain becomes content for popular culture, but on the other hand, it can also be seen as a new way of self-expression where stars themselves control and reconstruct their own images.

Ultimately, what created the biggest laughter in this scene was BIBI's attitude rather than the word 'panties' itself. In a situation where one might hide or gloss over, she instead responded nonchalantly and turned it into her own character. Combined with Song Eun-i's curiosity and Yoo Jae-suk's flustered reaction, the unpredictable atmosphere unique to 'Sixth Sense' was completed. A conversation that started from a trivial piece of clothing spread into a scene that shows a star's self-expression and the intimacy of variety shows.