“I’m so happy because Unnies are doing well” Twice Jeongyeon, supports Gong Seung-yeon and gets teary-eyed

TWICE member Jeongyeon shed tears as she said to her older sister, actress Gong Seung-yeon, “I’m so happy that my sister is doing so well these days.”

The tvN variety program ‘You Quiz on the Block’ released a preview on the 6th announcing Gong Seung-yeon’s appearance in episode 342. The episode featuring Gong Seung-yeon will air on the 20th.

In the preview video, Gong Seung-yeon said of her appearance in the MBC Friday-Saturday drama ‘The First Night with the Duke’ (21st Century Grand Prince’s Wife), “I boasted to my younger sister. TWICE hasn’t even gone on yet.”

In an interview with Jeongyeon released afterward, Jeongyeon eventually broke into tears, saying, “I’m so happy that my sister has been doing so well lately,” and, “It’s a time when I’ve been struggling mentally, so it really hits me.”

In October 2020, Jeongyeon stepped back from activities for TWICE’s second full-length album due to tension and anxiety, and in August 2021 she again temporarily halted activities because of symptoms of psychological anxiety disorders such as panic attacks. Jeongyeon also confessed that she experienced Cushing syndrome and weight changes as side effects of steroids prescribed during treatment for a neck disc condition.

Her older sister Gong Seung-yeon also had a long journey. In past interviews, Gong Seung-yeon said that she prepared to debut as a singer at SM Entertainment for seven years, but never debuted and changed course to become an actress.

In the preview for this ‘You Quiz on the Block’ episode, Gong Seung-yeon recalled, “I was anxious and felt completely lost,” and, “My mother said, ‘I hope the eldest succeeds and helps pull up the younger siblings.’”

Gong Seung-yeon received critical acclaim for her lead role in the 2021 film ‘Aloners,’ and later joined ‘The First Night with the Duke,’ drawing praise as a “rediscovery.”