Hong Jin Kyung opens up about her obsession during her guest appearance on the SBS radio show "Power Time."

Best known as one of the OG hosts of the Netflix reality dating show "Single's Inferno," the model turned host gets honest about her fascination with maintaining her weight.

Towering at 180 cm (5'11) and weighing 51 kg, she began her career as a fashion model and has graced numerous fashion magazines.

Apart from this, she is also an entrepreneur, comedian, and actress, joining as a supporting character in "My Love from the Star" and "The Legend of the Blue Sea."

She also had a cameo role in the hit K-drama "Queen of Tears," episode 15, where she played the character Hong Jin Kyung herself.

With her years long career in showbiz, the model-actor opens up about her weakness.

Hong Jin Kyung Dishes on Her Obsession to Maintain Her Weight

According to her interview, she confessed about her love-hate relationship with her appearance, especially her weight.

"I really hate gaining weight," she said, as obtained by a news outlet, adding, "I've been a model since I was young, so I'm a bit obsessive about it."

Hong Jin Kyung also mentioned her special diet to maintain her weight.

"The day before, she had three glasses of white wine and grilled some dried pollack that she had bought to make dried pollack hangover soup," she said, to which the host, Choi Hwa Jung, responded, "Why don't you eat cheese or something like that with white wine? "

Moreover, the host also asked if she was holding back because she is a model, and being a model, they have to maintain a certain look.

Hong Jin Kyung said that she makes sure to only eat foods with low calories.

"Usually I rarely eat during dinner time, but if I did, I eat kohlrabi or shaved cucumbers."

The host got curious and asked her a hypothetical question.

"If the end of the world came tomorrow, would you eat as much as you want? ", to which Hong Jin Kyung responded, "If it were clear that the end was coming, I would eat."

She also added that she would go to her favorite hotel and spend time at the buffet restaurant, making everyone laugh.

Hong Jin Kyung on Her Infertility Issue

Other than her weight obsession, she once opened up about her infertility issues.

Hong Jin Kyung's husband is Jung Woo Kim, the only son of a famous Korean conglomerate CEO.

During her appearance on the reality show "Healing Camp," she revealed how she struggled with infertility issues.

According to her, the seven-year treatment was painful.

"To get pregnant (through test tube therapy), you get injections for a whole month, have eggs extracted from your body, and have them stuck back in after a while. One cannot get the therapy more than once in three months because the therapy puts lots of pressure on the body," she said, as obtained by The Korea Herald.

The pressure of giving birth was also not known to them because his husband is a fifth-generation dokja, or only son.

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Written by Geca Flores