Counseling expert and TV personality Lee Ho-seon said she left the Disney+ variety show “Fate War 49” after just one episode.
In a post on social media on the 16th, Lee wrote, “No matter what anyone says, I am a Christian for life,” adding that she has done counseling “for a long time, though shorter than that.” She also shared a photo bearing the phrase “jagoejisim,” a term meaning self-reproach.
Lee wrote that she is always mindful of “God’s gaze” and prays for the people she counsels. She added that many clients, carrying anxiety, move between fortune-telling shops, religious institutions and counseling sessions, and that she studies the differences between counseling and shamanism.
She said she has tried to avoid losing her identity while researching “whether it reads fate or stamps fate,” and how counseling differs from shamanistic practices.
Lee said she stepped down after one episode because “only after it started did I realize it wasn’t my path.” She added that she learned she must be more careful about the road ahead and said she would turn back from the path she entered and “live with a clear head.” After her departure, actor Park Ha-seon was brought in as a replacement.
Online commenters responded with messages such as, “It takes courage to appear, but it also takes courage to step down,” and “I completely understand how you feel.”
“Fate War 49” is a survival show in which 49 fortune tellers test their fate through a series of missions. The cast includes shamans and tarot readers, among other practitioners.
The show also features broadcaster Park Na-rae, who has faced allegations of abusing her manager and controversy over an alleged violation of medical law. Park withdrew from all broadcasts after the controversy surfaced in December, but “Fate War 49” was preproduced and has aired her appearances without edits. Producers have said the show’s core is competition among a large cast and that Park appears as one of several panelists, maintaining their stance that there will be no editing. The decision has sparked debate online.
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