[Edaily Starin Gim Ga Yeong Reporter] With baseball player Hwang Jae-kyun’s retirement ceremony postponed due to the world’s first “heatwave,” his daily life on the day that was supposed to be his “retirement ceremony” will be revealed on MBC’s “Omniscient Interferer.”

Episode 413 of the MBC variety show “Omniscient Interfering View,” airing on the 29th, will feature a day in the life of Hwang Jae-kyun, whose retirement ceremony was temporarily postponed due to the world’s first-ever heatwave.
Hwang Jae-kyun had been eagerly counting down the days until his retirement ceremony and had ambitiously prepared a commemorative bat engraved with the date and a commemorative uniform. However, as the ceremony was postponed due to the heatwave, all his painstaking preparations vanished in an instant. Nevertheless, while waiting for the retirement ceremony to be held again someday, he tries to write his retirement speech, but, seemingly overcome with emotion, he ends up shedding tears like chicken droppings, evoking sympathy.
Meanwhile, updates on Hwang Jae-kyun—who has returned with a completely transformed look—will also be revealed. Having drawn attention with his long hair and noticeably slimmer figure, he even earned the nicknames “Chuno” and “Jang Chen.” There was a reason he undertook such a grueling diet: aiming for a body profile photo shoot after retirement, he achieved a body fat percentage of 3.9% and lost a total of 18 kg over six months.
However, as soon as the body profile shoot ended, Hwang Jae-kyun faced an unprecedented situation—the cancellation of his retirement ceremony—which led him to binge eat. Starting first thing in the morning, he devoured pizza, pasta, donuts, and snacks without restraint, giving free rein to the appetite he had been suppressing all that time.
Meanwhile, Hwang Jae-kyun began his professional career in 2006 after being drafted by the Hyundai Unicorns. He subsequently played for the Kiwoom Heroes, the Lotte Giants, the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball, and the KT Wiz. During his time with the KT Wiz, he served as team captain and led the team to its first-ever overall championship in 2021. He also played for the national team, winning gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and the 2015 Premier12 title. He concluded his nearly 20-year playing career at the end of the 2025 season.
“Omniscient Interfering View” will air this Saturday, the 29th, at 11:10 p.m.