Choi Chulho, Involved in Assault Controversy, Reveals Life as Night Shift Worker: "Debts I Couldn't Handle"

A Day Laborer's Life After Assault Controversy and Business Failure
"I Learned That Every Wrongdoing Comes With Consequences"

Actor Choi Cheolho revealed his current situation of making a living by working night shifts loading and unloading parcels after controversy over assault and business failure. Screenshot from MBN's 'Exclusive World'

Actor Choi Chulho, who has been on hiatus following an assault controversy, revealed his current situation, sharing that he is making a living by working night shifts loading and unloading parcels.

On June 10, a video titled "Choi Chulho, who disappeared after a controversy over assaulting a female junior, now lives working night shifts loading and unloading parcels" was uploaded to MBN's official online channel 'Exclusive World.'

In the video, Choi Chulho was shown working night shifts unloading cargo at a logistics center. He explained, "I unload parcel boxes delivered by container one by one before they are sorted by region."

Choi Chulho said, "I usually go to sleep around 10:30 in the morning and get up at 5:00 p.m. When I first started this work, I didn't know anything, so my hands were severely swollen the next day. It was so bad that I thought I had gotten paper poisoning. I even thought I couldn't do the job, but after a few days, it got better. It seems that people can adapt to anything."

The reason he started working at the logistics center was a decrease in acting roles and his business failures. Choi Chulho confessed, "As acting jobs gradually decreased, I started a business to make a living, but a combination of negative factors, including the impact of COVID-19, resulted in debts that I couldn't handle." He added, "In the end, I even had to give up my home."

He also shared the circumstances that led to him living apart from his family. He said, "I sent my wife and children to my in-laws, and my parents are now in a care facility. As the head of the family, I felt hopeless, but a fellow actor who does theater told me that if I work part-time at a logistics center, I could get paid daily, and that immediately caught my interest. I was in no position to be picky about work."

Actor Choi Chulho revealed his recent situation of making a living by working night shifts unloading and loading parcels after controversy over assault and business failure. Photo by MBN from 'Exclusive World' capture.

Choi Chulho shared that he is living with a roommate in a small one-room apartment of about 5 pyeong. The video also showed him heating instant rice in hot water because he doesn't have a microwave. He said that he sends the money he earns at the logistics center to his wife, who is staying with her family, and that he also takes on car wash part-time jobs whenever he has time.

Regarding the 2010 incident in which he assaulted a female junior after drinking, he said, "When I got a call from a reporter, I lied without a moment's hesitation. It was the most foolish thing I've ever done in my life," and added, "I learned that every wrongdoing inevitably comes with consequences."

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