My sentiments exactly. The best part about it is that the cast members don't only maintain a 'fake' or 'pretend' friendship on-screen, they all have a tight friendship off-screen too.
Or how about these few articles here ; all of which show how close the Running Man members are even when the cameras aren't rolling. Which is precisely why I feel that Gary cannot leave Running Man. He's been a regular with the show for over a hundred episodes, since the beginning. Gary's first appearance on Running Man. He's as much a member of Running Man than anyone else. To put it into perspective, Song Joong-ki, the pretty flower boy, left in episode 41 and many tears were shed.
Gary has almost triple of the number of episodes Joong-ki had. I'm not saying that Joong-ki is any less of a Running Man member, but look at what happened after he left. The producers didn't even try to look for a replacement. Joong-ki only had 41 episodes to impact the audience and to make more fans. If the producers thought that the Joong-ki role of a pretty flower boy was a pretty hard one to fill, the Gary role would be a meteor-sized crater.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who would say that every single Running Man member is important to the show. Would Haroro HaHa have the same cute and childish charms if he doesn't have Jae-suk there to entertain his childishness?
Will the Monday Couple ever get back together again and I'm crossing my fingers for a yes if Gary or Ji-hyo is no longer there? Would there ever have been a Monday Couple in the first place? The answer for all the above questions would be a big, resounding 'NO! Everyone just plays their roles so perfectly that a single member's absence puts the entire show at risk.
Here's a small example of what would happen if Gary really did leave Running Man. In episode , Gary was absent from the show because of an injured back. And that's for Seoul alone.
At the end of it all, I just want to conclude this needlessly long letter by saying this: Gary cannot leave Running Man. He, just like the other members of Running Man are all equally important. To remove an important cog like Gary, the Running Man machine will undoubtedly cease to function properly. Rapper Gary, who quit "Running Man" October last year to focus on his music career, has problems with his shoulders and tore one of his ligaments so he can't even hold up a patbingsoo shaved ice dessert bowl.
He also admitted that he had it worse when his 7 th spinal disc burst that required him to undergo a surgery. It could be that my doctor was exaggerating, but he told me I was almost paralyzed. If we get seriously injured, that gets edited out. There are things we just can't talk about, since making others laugh is our priority. This showed how he took his aspirations seriously.
But it did hurt his fans and some of them were indeed sad to see "Gary Oppa" leave the team. On October 25, Allkpop quoted a 'Running man' producer saying "Gary expressed his desire to focus on his music studies and revealed that he wants to invest more time in music. The 'Running Man' producers decided to respect Gary's decision to pursue his main field as a musician. We sincerely appreciate Gary who has given great effort for 'Running Man' as the original member for the past 7 years.
Gary's departure led to a drop in viewership for the show. Following which, a series of unfortunate events took place, the show's producers deciding to fire Song Ji-hyo and Kim Jong-kook without prior notice.
This led to fan backlash and eventually cancellation of the show. However, Ji-hyo and Jong-kook were brought back for the remaining episodes and fans wanted the show to continue.
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