“Hellbound” Actress Admits To Dramatic Weight Gain Amid Her Appearance At The “2024 Melon Music Awards”

At the “2024 Melon Music Awards,” held November 30 (KST), Hellbound actress Moon Geun Young appeared to present the “Millions Top 10” award to IVE and aespa. While the actress looked dapper in a classic black-and-white suit look with her hair tied back, fans also noticed her dramatic weight gain.

As pictures from the 2024 MMAs made their rounds online, Moon Geun Young’s recent interview with Cosmopolitan Korea drew attention. At first, the actress’s weight gain was assumed to be related to her 2017 diagnosis of a rare condition called “Acute Compartment Syndrome” (ACS).

But in the interview, Moon admitted that she “gained a lot of weight in a short amount of time” because she “lived life to the fullest” lately. She explained how a non-restrictive diet was liberating, and therefore, she didn’t mind having put on some pounds. She mentioned working on shedding the weight, though with time, and putting her well-being first.

I’ve been enjoying life, which has led to me gaining a lot of weight in a short amount of time. I’m working on losing it, but I want to do it the healthy way—even if it takes time. I don’t really have any workout routines—I just take a walk as soon as I wake up. I also try to plan three healthy meals a day made with ingredients that are good for the body. I mix in a variety of exercises.

I ate a lot of different things. I mean, I lived life to the fullest. In the past, I was always trying to lose weight, and I was constantly on a restrictive diet, meaning there were things I couldn’t eat. I was always hungry… Like, I always wondered why I could never eat to my heart’s content when eating well, sleeping well, and pooping well are the most essential parts of anyone’s life. So… I found joy in eating. I fell in love with looking up recipes and cooking it up. That is so much fun. Inevitably, eating a lot did make me gain weight.

— Moon Geun Young

Fans celebrated her approach, praising her gorgeousness regardless of her size and shape, and wished her good health above all!

• “All that matters is you’re healthy. You’re still beautiful.”
• “You still look great, though. Staying healthy is more important.”
• “She still sounds so young.”
• “Still beautiful.”
• “You look gorgeous nonetheless. Please stay healthy!”
• “Beautiful.”

Watch the full interview here: