Na-rae Park's 'I Live Alone' breaking point in its 17th year

Instead of ‘I live alone’, it became ‘I live alone’. This is because Homeroom Lady Park Na-rae has been focusing only on her primal instincts for some time now. Once he was loved for his role in the 'Palm Oil Line' with Jeon Hyun-moo and Lee Jang-woo, he couldn't let go of that character. All he does is eat, sleep, and poop while appearing on the show.

In the MBC entertainment program 'I Live Alone' that aired on the 10th, Park Na-rae was shown preparing various gifts for Honey J, who is about to give birth. On this day, Na-rae Park and Honey J participated in a maternal yoga class. Na-rae Park introduced herself as a ‘stool(?) mother’ to the pregnant women she met at this time. Na-rae Park also certified the effect of yoga class on improving bowel movements by imitating yoga movements while inhaling and exhaling.

After finishing yoga, the two headed to the crustacean buffet. Na-rae Park and Honey J showed off a storm of mukbang together. Afterwards, Na-rae Park seemed to be concentrating on eating and suddenly said, “I think it’s now.” The signal for the bathroom came. Honey J told me to have a safe delivery. Key said, "It's not easy to go back after eating," and was surprised that Park Na-rae went to the bathroom while eating. Na-rae Park returned after emptying everything and started eating again, saying, “One child has appeared.”

At the same time, while watching the VCR of Song Min-ho's daily life broadcast that day, he did not stop talking about 'stool'. When Song Min-ho's bird pooped, he said, "It's similar to me. When it eats, it poops right away," and clearly revealed the situation in the bathroom.

These scenes were somehow familiar. It almost felt like a rerun. This is because Park Na-rae was already shown twice feeling upset and rushing to the bathroom during 'Pam Yuz' Vietnam travel broadcast.

At that time, while having a late-night snack at the hotel, Park Na-rae ran errands in Jeon Hyun-moo's room and said, "I don't think I can use it for a while." When Lee Jang-woo tried to enter the bathroom to get ramen water, Park Na-rae stopped him. In response, Jeon Hyun-moo asked, “What did you put on the wall?”

Also, the next day, Na-rae Park, who was riding a bicycle around the lake, suffered from a 'toilet signal'. Na-rae Park eventually stopped by a temple she saw while passing by and did some errands. Jeon Hyun-moo and Lee Jang-woo also collected wet tissues that they received from the plane and gave them to Park Na-rae. I even checked in advance whether there was a toilet seat in the bathroom for Park Na-rae, who had a sore leg. Na-rae Park explained the frequent ‘toilet signal’ by saying, “Because the people are short, the intestines are also short.”

In just one month, Park Na-rae was shown going to the bathroom four times on 'I Live Alone'. It was repetitive to see him doing a mukbang and then immediately frowning and heading to the bathroom. It seems as if a formula such as 'Park Na-rae - Representation = 0' has been established.

When they won the Best Couple Award at the 2022 MBC Entertainment Awards with Palm Yuz, did they want to maintain that ‘eat, sleep, and cum’ character? Park Na-rae is a comedian who is talented and capable enough to have won an entertainment award in the past. However, it seems like a breaking point has been reached on the 17th anniversary of debut. He has become a comedian who simply makes fun of other people's jokes, gives reactions, goes out to good restaurants, and defecates when his stomach hurts. I miss Park Na-rae from those days when she was witty and showed off unique ideas.

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr