Celebrity starts with Seo A-Ri

 

Episode 8 of Celebrity starts with Seo A-Ri on day five of her live stream. She narrates how the online world can be exhausting with all the unnecessary fuss that comes with it.

Through a flashback, we see her doing shows to promote her products and collaboration with Hue cosmetics. Things are going well and she can even afford to rent a new house for her family. Her company is slowly rising the ranks in the fashion world and she is involved heavily in every decision. She has become the darling of many luxurious brands and she is at the top of her game.

As expected, most people are happy about her success but Tae-Jeon thinks that Seo A-Ri is stepping out of her lane. Chase-Hee agrees and is pissed that Seo A-Ri is getting more sponsorships and gets to pick things first before anyone else.

Since things are going well; Seung-Hyeok suggests that Seo A-Ri change her feed and how she is handling demand. Seo A-Ri insists on keeping everything the same and is not interested in making easy money by promoting products she doesn’t believe in. Jeong-Sun tries to side with Seung-Hyeok but Seo A-Ri explains that she wants to focus on her company. One of Seo A-Ri’s comments hurts Jeong-Sun and we start to see that Jeong-Sun might be jealous of her best friend.

Later that night, Seo A-Ri attends another charity event hosted by Si-Hyeon at the Aragon Club. On the way to the event, Seo A-Ri nearly hits a young lady who seems distracted as she crosses the road. Luckily, no one is hurt and Seo A-Ri proceeds to the event as planned.

The media loves her and quickly turns their attention to her, ignoring the other influencers. This annoys Min-Hye who was in the middle of an interview. The party goes smoothly until Seo A-Ri overhears Chae-Hee complaining about how they were not treated as VIPs. Seo A-Ri goes up and confronts them, asking why they are so bothered when they used to remind her that she was not at their level. She wonders why they can’t handle it now that the tables have turned.

Once again, Chae-Hee loses her cool and tries to attack Seo A-Ri but ends up falling and embarrassing herself. Unfortunately, Seo A-Ri’s dress is ruined and Choi Bom, who is also in attendance, tries to help her. Jeong-Sun is worried because the dress is sponsored but Seo A-Ri says it is fine, she can just buy it. This is when it hits her that maybe she is changing.

In the meantime, Jun-Kyung attends the party and runs into Si-Hyeon. He wants to know why she left him because he doesn’t want to repeat the same mistake. As they talk, they overhear a young lady crying and rush to see what is happening. They find Yong-Tae and his men trying to drag the lady out. Seo A-Ri and Tae-Jeon are also there since Seo A-Ri was on her way out.

It turns out the young lady is the sister of the man who died. She doesn’t believe her brother committed suicide and wants to know what happened. Yong-Tae drags her out on Tae-Jeon’s order and Si-Hyeon learns the truth. She is appalled that Tae-Jeon lied and tried to cover up someone’s death.