Lee Seo-jin and Kim Kwang-kyu of ‘My Genie Secretary’ Return to Serve Their ‘My Star’ [Live on Site]

Lee Seo-jin and Kim Kwang-kyu of ‘My Genie Secretary‘ are returning with upgraded service skills.

On the afternoon of the 28th, SBS held a press conference for its Friday variety show ‘Whatever You Want – My Genie Secretary’ (hereinafter ‘My Genie Secretary’) at Kensington Hotel Yeouido in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul. Producer/Director Kim Jung-wook, and actors Lee Seo-jin and Kim Kwang-kyu attended.

‘My Genie Secretary’ is a close-up service road show that breaks away from conventional talk shows and follows stars on site with real-time care. Actors Lee Seo-jin and Kim Kwang-kyu transform into ‘one-day managers’ and spend the day with the stars, drawing out sides of them that have rarely been seen before.

The new season goes a step further than the simple errands and manager duties of the past. The subtitle has been changed from ‘My Too-Cranky Manager’ to ‘Whatever You Want,’ and the show now goes beyond official schedules to handle personal appointments that are hard to share with a manager, as well as the stars’ most private and intimate spaces, transforming into a ‘real secretary.’

Producer/Director Kim Jung-wook said, “At the end of Season 1, I thought this was how I wanted Season 2 to go. In the final episode of Season 1, Lee Seo-jin said he felt he had a slave-like mindset. I thought we should go in this direction rather than making him act more prickly. I changed the title because I thought he would work even harder if we gave it this name. I also wanted to make him do more than a manager’s role,” adding, “The older brothers are working even harder than they did last season.”

Lee Seo-jin said, “I am Lee Seo-jin, the face of My Genie Secretary. What kind of thoughts could I have about serving others? We are always filming under tough conditions.”

He continued, “I don’t have any new resolve. As I kept filming last season, I started to hate how much I seemed to be adapting to being a secretary. Even now, I am trying not to get used to it. That is my resolve. It’s annoying to feel myself adapting.”

He added with a laugh, “The point of My Genie Secretary is to help stars realize how grateful they should be for their own managers, but I hate it when we do too well and the stars don’t seem to appreciate their managers. My resolve is to try as hard as possible not to adapt.”

Kim Kwang-kyu said, “In the military, I spent my time trying to please my superiors, and when I was younger, I lived by trying to please the older brothers. I think this means I should pay even more attention to others from now on. If the producer/director tells me to do something, I do it.”

The first ‘My Star’ is singer Bibi. The two will take on the task of supporting Bibi’s WATERBOMB stage. Cha Tae-hyun, RESCENE, and Seo In-young will also join the show.

When asked which ‘My Star’ he would like to work with, Kim Kwang-kyu said, “I met aespa’s Karina at WATERBOMB. I would like to serve Karina,” and added, “I said this in Season 1 as well, but I hope we can work with Blackpink.”

Lee Seo-jin said, “I don’t have a particular star I want. If we want a fresh kind of picture, I also think it would be good to film overseas. For that, it would be nice if stars with strong recognition abroad appeared,” adding, “As far as I know, they were all turned down.”

Finally, Producer/Director Kim Jung-wook said, “We are trying to make this season more interesting and more anticipated than Season 1,” and added, “The two seem to be getting a little closer to an old married couple. There is warmth and affection.”

‘My Genie Secretary’ will premiere on Friday at 11:10 p.m. on the 28th.

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.