'Queen of Tears' actor Park Sung-hoon breaks silence on his 'chaebol' background rumours; recalls his tough growing up days

Park Sung-hoon, gaining popularity from ‘Queen of Tears’, featured on episode 242 of tvN's ‘ You Quiz on the Block ’, airing on May 1st. During the show, Park Sung-hoon mentioned that he graduated from Gwacheon Foreign Language High School , prompting the MCs to praise his academic achievements. In response, the actor modestly stated that he performed well on the test, particularly excelling in language subjects such as Korean and English, which influenced his attendance at the school.When questioned about his parents' reactions to his decision to pursue acting after graduating from a language high school, Park Sung-hoon revealed, “They really doubted my decision.I was an introverted kid. I would play around with my close friends but I would never raise my hands to announce something. Before enlisting, I still slept with the lights on because I was afraid of ghosts.”He further added, "Knowing that I have such personalities, my parents were like, ‘You want to act? That’s good. If you want to do anything, that’s good. Because you normally don’t have any goal. It’s a good thing that there’s finally something you want to do”.Park Sung-hoon also shared how his father had reacted to his career choice and added, "My father worked in the military then he became a bank clerk. By the time I started acting, he was already old. He went to an alumni meeting and found out that all of his former classmates were either managers or executives. My family had a hard time financially. Once, he came home drunk and said, “I wish you could focus on only one thing. If you like acting, focus on that only’. I remember his words every time I suffer a hard time”.Addressing buzz about his chaebol background, Park Sung Hoon revealed, "The chaebol theory is really nonsense. When I was in high school, (my family) became extremely poor, and when my friends were buying hamburgers, I would squat on the stairs alone and wait for them (because I had no money)." He further added, "I lived in the semi-basement room shown in the movie ‘Parasite’ for about 7 years. When I got my first vacation after enlisting, I called my mother and said, ‘I’m going on vacation.’ My mother said, ‘Can’t you just not come out?’ “The situation was so bad."