YouTuber Tzuyang to come back after a three-month break

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YouTuber Tzuyang to come back after a three-month break

Published: 05 Oct. 2024, 13:33

YOON SO-YEON
yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr

YouTuber Tzuyang during a YouTube livestream on Oct. 5 [SCREEN CAPTURE]

YouTuber Tzuyang made a comeback on Friday, three months after revealing that she had been exploited and tortured by her ex-boyfriend, promising to resume to her iconic mukbang content.

"I missed you all so much," Tzuyang said during a livestream session titled "Long time no see" on Friday on YouTube.

"I'm doing well now," she continued. "I had time to look back on myself over the last three months. It was difficult for me. I thought that something like this could happen someday, but I was met with so much more support than I expected."

Heartbreaking revelations by YouTuber Tzuyang surrounding four years of mental, physical and financial torture from her ex-boyfriend filled headlines ever since her emotional livestream on July 11. The horrible story quickly garnered reactions, ranging from sadness to rage.

Captured images of mukbang YouTuber Tzuyang's livestream on July 11 [SCREEN CAPTURE]

The revelation was soon followed by other YouTubers claiming that Tzuyang had worked as a hostess at a bar or that she was involved in school bullying, which was discarded by the public for shaming a victim of violence.

"There are things that I do regret here and there, but I couldn't change the choices I made in the past," Tzuyang continued during Friday's livestream. "The past is in the past, so I've come to think that what's best is just to focus on the future and what I have ahead of me."

According to the YouTuber, she only weighed 44 kilograms (97 pounds) at some point because she lost so much weight. She gained 3 more kilograms and is now pursuing lawsuits against the so-called cyber-wreckers who blackmailed her.

"I will keep on fighting anyone who does the same," she said. "I'm going to make sure that there's no one else suffering like me. I'm not going to make any more excuses. I'm just going to handle it legally."

YouTuber GooJeYeok, accused of extorting money by blackmailing her of her past, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on July 15 [YONHAP]

Tzuyang promised to make new content soon, but said that she will start by shooting outdoors outside of Korea.

"It may be a little difficult for me to shoot something outdoors in Korea for the time being," she said. "But so many staff members depend on me. I've been wanting to shoot something."

"I was just here to say hello today. I'll come back next week with ramyeon," she said, closing the livestream.

Tzuyang reported four YouTubers for blackmailing her using her past. They have been indicted in August and will speak at the first hearing on Oct. 18.

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]