JYP Entertainment founder J.Y. Park was featured as a special guest in the latest episode of SBS reality show "Roommate," allkpop reports.
In the show's December 16 episode, the cast members talked about the possibility of requesting him to put up a Christmas concert for the reality show. Comedian Jo Se Ho, who is one of the roommates, was accompanied by Jackson, also a regular cast and a member of JYP's rookie group GOT7, to the JYP building.
According to Soompi, the two went to the record label's headquarters to invite Mr. Park to visit the "Roommate" house, which he gladly accepted.
In the episode, Jackson revealed that J.Y. Park is strict. "He is the kindest person in the world, but he is really scary when we're recording. To tell the truth." The idol also said he needed to record their song's "swag" part for two days, and that he got in trouble in the middle of the recording.
J.Y. Park revealed, "When recording the recent GOT7 album, I sent him home about twice."
Jackson went on saying the JYP boss was strict on the male idols. Known for his adorable antics and comments, he also pointed out that he was upset J.Y. Park has a diffrent treatment to Suzy, who is a member of JYP's female idol group miss A and a popular singer-actress. He said that when Suzy comes by, the JYP head would great her and say, "Suzy, you're here?"
Mr. Park then explained, "I tend to be harsh with the male juniors, but for some strange reason, I can't be scary with the female juniors."
J.Y. Park also said he is disappointed he visited the "Roommate" house when Girl's Generation's Sunny, also a regular cast, was out. He said, "Too bad I happened to come when Sunny wasn't here... I'm closest to her." This, again, left an upset Jackson, who wittingly responded, "How can you say that you're the closest to Sunny...?" Sunny and Girls' Generation is under SM Entertainment, one of the biggest rivals of JYP in the Korean entertainment industry.
Meanwhile, the JYP boss also revealed that he had doubts about putting Jackson in their agency's rookie group GOT7.
"My first impression of his audition honestly made me tilt my head. It was not that great. The reason was that he tried so hard [and it showed]."
He went on saying, "However, the other [members] of the casting team said, 'He was like that because he was nervous. He's not normally like that. Give him a chance.' Later, I found out that he was the natural type that was liked at JYP."
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