[Sportschosun Lee Woo-joo] Actress Kim Young-ok opened up about how she feels after sending her husband off.
On the 10th, a video titled "A Grandmother's Honest Confession After Bereavement (+Her First Pitch at Age 90)" was uploaded to Kim Young-ok's YouTube channel.
Kim Young-ok met with the production team after losing her husband. Her husband, Kim Young-gil, a former announcer at the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), passed away on the 17th of last month.
When the production team asked, "Have you been eating well?" Kim Young-ok replied, "I don't even want to eat two meals at home. When my husband was alive, I had to prepare meals for him, so I ended up eating with him. But now no one is here. So I don't feel like eating."
As the crew worried that she seemed to have lost weight, Kim Young-ok said, "It's just because I can't eat. It's not that I'm devastated or anything." She added, "Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing hallucinations because of my own selfishness. I keep thinking about him sitting in a chair and looking outside. I feel sorry. I feel like everything is my fault."
Kim Young-ok said she had stayed at home after the funeral. "Maybe because I haven't been going out much, I suddenly feel like I have nothing to do," she said. "My heart feels strangely empty. I don't even want to read books. I guess I just have to keep living."
After news of Kim Young-ok's husband's death became known, many fans left messages of concern. In response, Kim Young-ok reassured them, saying, "Thank you all. Any attention is appreciated." She added, "I'm okay. Maybe because I had been sick for a long time, I was prepared for this."
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