Kim Jong Kook and how the steroid abuse allegation ended

Kim Jong Kook and how the steroid abuse allegation ended

Kim Jong Kook

 

  Kim Jong Kook is a South Korean Singer, as well as, an entertainer. 

He entered the Korean Music industry in 1995 as a member of the duo called 'Turbo', which became immensely popular for their catchy music. After the duo disbanded a few years later, Kim Jong Kook became a solo singer in 2001, mostly concentrating on ballads. Then, his career has changed as an entertainer by establishing himself in TV variety shows such as X-man (2004 - 2006), Family Outing (2008 - 2010), and Running Man (2010 - present). 

 

 

 

Kim Jong Kook's Youtube Channel, '김종국 GYM JONG KOOK'

 

  In Jun 2021, Kim Jong Kook started his Youtube Channel that focus on exercising. He has been always famous for working out hard for his health. Surprisingly, his body is perfectly fitted even though he is born in 1976 which means, his current age is 45 in 2021. This made Greg Doucette, a Canadian fitness Youtuber, claim the possibility of Kim Jong Kook taking steroids. Throughout one of his famous youtube series called 'Natty or not', he guessed Kim Jong Kook as a drug user. The main reason why Greg Doucette argued Kim Jong Kook was the cause and effect relationship between testosterone level and aging. 

 

  When it comes to the male's body, as time goes by once the testosterone level gets lower, then the muscle tends to be hard to be developed in general. This means 'Aging' makes the male hard to get buffed. However, Kim Jong Kook's body looks fitter and fitter over time, so Greg Doucette was highly doubtful of Kim Jong Kook's body being Natural.

 

 

 

  All of the Korean media started to broadcast about this issue, and Kim Jong Kook uploaded his video with him taking a blood test to prove that he didn't take any HRT or TRT treatment. In this video, he asserted how he thinks about the purpose of 'exercising', which is 'solely work on fighting my limits'. Furthermore, he doesn't want anything that can affect his body, so he never took boosters, supplements and even refuses to get an anesthetic for colonoscopy. He had not been drinking coffee because he wanted to avoid caffeine but he said recently he started to drink coffee 5years ago. This tells about how much he is careful about his body.

 

  Rumor. Rumors can literally destroy one's career in Korea. School bully rumor, Relationship rumor, and Sexual harassment rumor. Whether the rumor is true or not, once the issue blows up and when they got a negative image towards the public, they cannot get any job on TV again. In the worst case, they have to retire or disband. Kim Jong Kook knew how much rumors can be powerful, so he informs that he will take legal action about this issue.

 

 

 

 

  Some false information gets attention and the public starts to believe it (if you are into KPOP, you will know the T-ARA bully case). Due to prevent that, Kim Jong Kook took legal action fast and Greg Doucette took down the first video and uploaded the second video that he said Kim Jong Kook could be natural but he can not 100% sure because any test in this world cannot detect the full history of injection which means you can not know the drug that used in so many years ago. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Lastly, Kim Jong Kook took a test once again to prove that he did not do any treatment to grow a muscle. This test is called 'WADA test' and is known as a higher-level test than a full doping test. According to the result paper, it is proven that there are no traces of external steroid administration. At first, he wanted to take legal action against Greg Doucette but instead, he decided to donate the thirty million won for people in need. Once again, Kim jong kook highlighted hormone is not always the key so don't distract by any negative opinions. 

 

  

  Drug uses are extremely taboo in South Korea. The argument between Greg Doucette and Kim Jong Kook might be caused by the cultural difference that how the drug uses are treated in general. For example, weed is not an illegal thing in some states of America, whereas, Korean can go to jail for smoking weed because weed is categorized as a drug in Korea. Like Greg Doucette mentioned in his video, HRT or TRT could be not a big deal in Canada but it is such a scandalous issue in South Korea that it can destroy one's career. That's why Kim Jong Kook was immediately response to this opinion and proved he is clean. Above all things, we have to remember exercising is for our health and joy.