Roh Ji-sun reflects on 15 years in entertainment and financial hardship

Former fromis_9 member Roh Ji-sun has reflected on 15 years in entertainment, from age 14 to 29, in a personal social media post.

She shared the post on Oct.

11, after appearing on a YouTube program hosted by Min Sae-rom.

After her group activities ended, she borrowed 3 million won for basic expenses because she had no job or income and did not want to depend on her family.

She said she expected the money to last three or four months, but took about a year to repay it.

Roh said the idol industry's beauty expectations changed how she saw appearance, distinguishing her own interest in dressing up from pressure to look good for others.

She also described confusion over the Idol School vote-rigging scandal, which involved the 2017 audition program that created fromis_9; she had finished first and believed she had earned the result.

She said she had hesitated to speak because contestants harmed by the manipulation could be hurt further, and described her post as a chance to tell her story in her own voice.