Hamzy / Captured from Hamzy’s YouTube channel
Considered one of Korea’s greatest “mukbang” creators, Hamzy — whose channel has 14 million subscribers — has introduced that she is going to quickly droop her YouTube exercise to give attention to getting ready for childbirth and managing her well being.
In a video posted to her channel on Jan. 4, Hamzy stated she has now entered her eighth 12 months as a YouTuber. “I began in my late 20s, and now I’m already previous my mid-30s,” she stated, including that she and her longtime boyfriend at the moment are of their tenth 12 months as a pair.
Hamzy stated she determined it was time to step again from her meals content material to prioritize household plans. “If I don’t decide now for childbirth, I could become older over the following one or two years whereas persevering with to delay it,” she stated. “So after a lot thought, I made a decision to take a break from the mukbang channel in the intervening time.”
She added that she plans to relaxation, eat healthily, cease ingesting alcohol and obtain medical care, saying she hopes to strive for a kid in 2026.
Hamzy stated she is going to nonetheless share occasional life-style movies and beforehand recorded footage so viewers won’t really feel fully disconnected from the channel. Many followers expressed each unhappiness and help, with feedback reminiscent of “let’s meet once more after you’ve a phenomenal child” and requests for future child meals content material. As a result of Hamzy has a big worldwide viewers, supportive messages additionally appeared in Turkish, Arabic, Uzbek, Japanese, Greek and different languages.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Instances, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Instances.
