The world is full of rare sicknesses — some are contagious, some are incurable, and some do more harm to innocent bystanders than the actual patient.
Already a common term in Asia, perhaps you’ve heard of the “prince/princess syndrome,” known as “wang-ja/gong-ju byung” in Korea. Symptoms of this illness include, but are not limited to, vanity, materialism (for certain individuals), and egotism. Anyone can become a victim, but there’s a more serious variation that’s mostly specific to the people inside the entertainment industry: the celebrity disease.
In recent years, we haven’t had a shortage of idols who’ve been criticized for coming off as impolite or unconcerned in public. With unending pressure to present and maintain a near perfect image, every celebrity is under constant scrutiny for seemingly inappropriate behavior.
On last week’s episode of KBS‘s Happy Together 3, the leader of legendary idol group H.O.T, Moon Hee-jun, announced his celebrity disease in the past:
I had the celebrity disease during my H.O.T days. I tried to be modest when I was outside, but as soon as I got into the SM office, I acted from that moment as if I caught the celebrity disease. For no reason, I would walk very slowly and when there was one door for five members, I would always enter all by myself.
From his account, we can see that Moon Hee-jun at least attempted to hide his illness in public, a decision that not every patient can make. Either way, he’s recovered now, and through openly talking about it on broadcast, perhaps he can inspire a few juniors to follow his footsteps in self-diagnosis and recovery.
Moon Hee-jun also cited the mass of fans who waited in front of his house on his birthday during his H.O.T days as part of the reason for catching the disease. Increasingly intense fandoms for the stars of today have most likely caused the syndrome to spread quicker than ever, so K-pop idols are also asked more often about their health on broadcasts nowadays.
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