A despairing couple appeared on 'Marriage Hell'.
On the broadcast of MBC's entertainment program 'Oh Eun-young Report – Marriage Hell' on the 10th, a husband who cannot refrain from drinking alcohol 24/7 and a wife whose 37-year marriage has been ruined due to her husband's drinking problem appeared as a despairing couple.
In the released daily video, the husband, who woke up late in the afternoon after his wife left for work, looked unstable to the point of being unable to move properly. After briefly coming out to the living room to start his day, he soon returned to the bed and began gulping down an empty soju bottle on the floor, shocking the studio.
When the production team tried to stop him, saying it was an 'empty bottle', he replied, "I was just checking if there was even a drop left," which made everyone sigh in despair. According to his wife, the husband was already drinking soju right up until the production team arrived on the first day of filming.
In fact, the husband was also drunk on the day his wife was supposed to have a pre-meeting with the production team, and during the meeting, he insisted on going out to buy alcohol, prompting his wife and the production team to stop him again. After watching the daily life video of the despairing couple, Dr. Oh Eun-young diagnosed that the husband's alcohol problem was the most serious among the issues in their 'marriage hell'.
However, the husband claimed that "he can stop drinking anytime he wants," which left everyone astonished. In response, Dr. Oh Eun-young expressed her anger, stating that the husband has a "very arrogant mindset regarding his alcohol problem."
Dr. Oh analyzed that the husband's claim of being in a 'non-drinking situation' is either a period when he has been drinking non-stop for 24 hours and his body can no longer endure it, or a situation where he cannot buy alcohol due to external circumstances, and he is under the illusion that he can stop drinking on his own. She firmly stated that the husband meets all the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder and must acknowledge his alcohol problem.
The wife expressed that she has tried everything she could to stop her husband's drinking, but she was unable to do so. In the released daily video, the wife blocked the front door with three bicycles and a box to prevent her husband from going out to buy alcohol as she left for work in the morning.
The wife recounted that in the past, she went to nearby supermarkets and stores with her husband's photo, pleading with them not to sell alcohol to him, and even took away all his cards and money, but the husband still managed to buy alcohol by selling empty soju bottles.
Moreover, before his retirement, the husband would be so drunk every morning that it became routine for the wife to drive him to work, and even at work, to prevent him from leaving early to drink, the wife would stand guard in front of his workplace.
Their three children, who have suffered from their father's drinking problem, expressed their anger towards him during a family dinner after a long time. The children even recalled vividly how their father would assault their mother while drunk during their childhood, which infuriated them.
However, the husband was so drunk during the conversation with his children that he didn't even remember they had come home, leaving everyone in the studio bewildered. It is said that the MCs were left speechless by the endless shocking revelations.
Meanwhile, in the preview for next week's episode revealed at the end of the broadcast, the husband's infidelity, which devastated the despairing couple's wife along with the alcohol problem, will be uncovered. The second story of the despairing couple, which engulfed the studio in anger, can be seen on 'Oh Eun-young Report – Marriage Hell' airing on the 17th at 10:45 PM.
[Lee Da-kyum, Star Today Reporter]
