Singer and actress Hyeri looked back on a time during her Girl’s Day days when she fainted after a live broadcast stage, sharing how she pushed through with sheer willpower until the performance ended.
On the 22nd, a video titled “Hyeri, what’s going on? You’re telling stories you shouldn’t” was uploaded to Hyeri’s online channel.
While chatting with actress Park Kyung Hye, the topic of fainting came up, and Hyeri revealed, “That has happened.” To a skeptical Park Kyung Hye, Hyeri explained, “If you search ‘Hyeri fainting,’ it comes up,” referring to an incident in 2014 when she fainted after a live performance on a music show.
Hyeri recalled, “(During my Girl’s Day days, after doing curling at ISAC), I came home and felt so cold. I slept with an electric blanket, but I kept feeling cold even after turning up the heat. I thought, ‘I think I’m sick,’ and went to the hospital. Since I had a music show coming up and my fever wouldn’t go down, there was a lot of chaos over whether I should perform or not. I received an IV drip until the stage and decided, ‘Let’s skip the rehearsal and just do the live broadcast.’ If it were a pre-recording, they could have used that, but the timing didn’t work out for that.”
She continued, “For the live show, I was lying down until right before I went up. During the first verse, while doing a move where I stretch my arms up, I felt a snap in the back of my neck and my memory started to fade. I just kept going. My face was covered in sweat. Then I pushed through with the thought, ‘Let’s just finish this.’ The performance ended with my back to the audience, and as soon as I sat down and the tension released, I felt like I was going to throw up and couldn’t control my body, and then I lost consciousness.”
Upon hearing that this happened 10 years ago, Park Kyung Hye praised her professionalism for completing the stage, saying, “That’s amazing. You’re cool.” To this, Hyeri added, “It’s not that cool. Doesn’t everyone go to work even when they’re sick?” She also reflected that she felt a greater sense of responsibility because it was a group activity rather than a solo one.
