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'Running Man' Heo Kyung-hwan Steals the Show as Yu Jae-seok’s Loyal Supporter

Kim Hyo-jung

Published : Sep 6, 2026 10:50 PM


Running Man (Photo=Getty Images Korea)Heo Kyung-hwan brought laughs all the way to the end in the latest episode.

On the September 6 broadcast of SBS "Running Man", Heo Kyung-hwan, MIYEON, and Juyeon appeared as guests.

During the episode, Juyeon drew attention by revealing that she had prepared the choreography for ATEEZ's "Bad". In response, Yu Jae-seok said, "Juyeon's dance skills seem to have gotten a bit rusty," prompting Juyeon to reply, "I thought I was pretty good at dancing, but I was so surprised," making everyone laugh.

However, Juyeon showed a somewhat awkward dance and failed to restore her reputation, drawing laughter. Then Heo Kyung-hwan showed off his own dance. He performed an over-the-line chest pumping move that left the members in shock.

Despite this, Heo Kyung-hwan showed pride, saying, "Only Jong-kook and I can pull this off." Following him, MIYEON also showed a robotic dance, leading the members to urge Ji Ye-eun to step up.

Hesitating because her outfit had a cute concept, Ji Ye-eun completely transformed the moment the music started and showed off her dancing, bringing a burst of applause. The members praised her by saying, "She is the best, she is the best. She does the best," and "As expected, Bada's girlfriend is different. She is possessed. Her dancing improved so much after meeting Bada," making Ji Ye-eun smile.

The members and guests played a race featuring an AI-based selection system. The AI also chose who would pay for lunch that day.

The AI picked Haha, who hadn't been able to eat. Explaining the reason, it said, "I picked him because I thought he would have eaten deliciously in a passionate and energetic atmosphere." In response, Yu Jae-seok asked, "Haha didn't eat today. Does Haha still have to pay?" The AI replied, "The person who didn't eat is naturally the one who feels the most unfair and makes it the funniest," causing Haha to explode with anger.

On this day, Heo Kyung-hwan expressed gratitude, sharing that overseas fans now recognize him thanks to his appearances on "Running Man". Hearing this, Yu Jae-seok said, "But people don't really know Haha. Kids don't really know Haha. They are Running Man kids, but they don't know him," causing confusion.

Haha laughed and said, "They know Yu Jae-seok, but they don't know Haha," laughing, "Hahahahahahahahahaha." Ji Ye-eun then asked, "Didn't they watch "Infinite Challenge"?" Haha retorted, "Hey, I was on "Infinite Challenge" too," sending the set into laughter.

In this episode, the "Dumb & Dumber" team took on the challenge of typing out answers while looking at them to present quiz questions. Yang Sechan and Heo Kyung-hwan stepped up as representatives for the team, explaining the classic Korean novel "Guunmong" by saying, "You dream at a Jjimjilbang, but it is delicious, Charizard dreams at a Jjimjilbang," shocking the members.

They also explained Victor Hugo by saying, "An Avengers member who wins, goes on a diet, and loves Big Macs goes on a diet," bringing roaring laughter.

Once all the missions were over, the "Dumb & Dumber" team and the correct-answer team each chose members from their respective groups to be exempt from the penalty. Heo Kyung-hwan from the "Dumb & Dumber" team suggested, "Isn't Jae-seok hyung the one who didn't do anything?" and proposed exempting Yu Jae-seok.

At this, his teammates reacted with disbelief, saying, "Exclude Jae-seok hyung? The person who teased us?" Despite the criticism from the other members, Heo Kyung-hwan pushed for Yu Jae-seok until the end, prompting Yang Sechan to point out, "This guy is practically the most loyal subject to our hyung, there is no loyal subject like this."

In the end, the ones who received penalty exemption were Haha and Heo Kyung-hwan. The two then asked the AI to pick the penalty victims from the remaining members. The AI selected Kim Jong-kook, Yu Jae-seok, Yang Sechan, and Ji Ye-eun. In particular, Yang Sechan and Ji Ye-eun drew sympathy as they have been receiving penalties for several weeks in a row.

The penalty for the day was "making 10 age-rating notification videos using AI before leaving work." The penalized members drew attention by producing various age-rating notification videos.