The show also gives viewers a peek into Yoo’s off-screen personal life, the real lives of other TV entertainers who say their appearance fee is the camaraderie and the true relationships between them-things that even reality shows tend to obscure. Like Lee Kwang-soo, who was The way they lose themselves in conversation suggests they forget they’re even filming a show, making for unexpected laughs, like when Lee Kwangsoo is talking with Yoo and Jee Seokjin on a picnic mat at Montmartre Park in Seoul and Lee eats a (unopened but obviously trampled on) chocolate bar that he thinks is a prop set up by the show’s crew. Their conversation, which seems to have overlooked the purpose of the broadcast, creates an unexpected laugh. There are no designated hosts or guests, no rules and no intention behind the episodes, just guests who are close with Yoo and their excuses to get together, like taking a walk, having a picnic, rejuvenating themselves and celebrating the New Year holidays. Just an Excuse is a humble look at a man whose reputation precedes him. In the episode “New Year holidays are just an excuse,” Lee Dong Wook, who accepted Yoo’s invitation over the phone immediately, greets Yoo as he explains that Yoo has been the number one TV entertainer for 11 years running according to Gallup Korea. Once the book contract is signed, will they walk away or is their relationship no longer just for show?Ī lesbian romance where role-playing has never been so irresistible.Kim Rieun: On Just an Excuse, a series on YouTube channel DdeunDdeun, host Yoo Jae-suk invites guests on at random, not according to a rigid broadcast schedule.

The longer they pretend to be a love-struck couple, the less fake their kisses feel and the more the lines between reality and role begin to blur. At least she won’t fall in love with someone like Lana.īut soon, Lana starts to win her over with her big heart, tickle fights, and-gasp!-carbs after six. Her frankness and the messes she leaves everywhere drive Claire up the wall. Lana Henderson, the actress who shows up to audition for the role, is not exactly Claire’s ideal woman. So Claire sets out to hire herself a fake fiancée. After all, readers don’t want relationship advice from someone who can’t even make her own relationship work. Because of that, even her book deal might be off the table. But her perfect world falls apart when her fiancée calls off their engagement.

What happens when an overachieving psychologist with OCD tendencies and an impulsive, out-of-work actress start a fake relationship?Ĭlaire Renshaw thought she had it all: a successful career as a couples therapist, a publishing contract for her self-help book, and a happy relationship.

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