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Gabriela Kook (more widely known as Gabie Kook, born 1988 in Argentina) is an Argentinian-born Korean YouTuber with an international audience. Her YouTube channel covered an array of topics, but was mostly focused on food and cooking.[2]
As of May 2021, most of her videos have been removed or set to private, following a video showing her flouting South Korea's COVID-19 quarantine regulations in October 2020 led to backlash (including threats of prosecution). A video apologising for the incident was uploaded on 20 April 2021.[3]
Personal life
Kook was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lived in Spain until she was 12-years-old. Following that, she studied in the United States and France.[4] Although born outside of the country, her parents were South Korean; she has described herself as a "third culture kid".[5]
She graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, a culinary education facility in Paris. She became well-known in 2014, when she was a runner-up in MasterChef Korea.[1]
She is the wife of Joshua Carrott (known on YouTube as "Korean Englishman").[1] The couple married in 2016.[6]
In 2020, Kook was diagnosed with endometriosis.[7]
In 2020, Kook also said she experienced anti-East Asian racism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
Controversy
In October 2020, Carrott and Kook came under scrutiny due to their violation of South Korea's COVID-19 quarantine regulations. Kook came to Korea from London in the United Kingdom for endometriosis treatment, and was required to quarantine for two weeks. However, a video was uploaded to social media of her and friends celebrating her birthday by welcoming friends at their door while they were supposed to be in isolation, and receiving birthday gifts. In one shot, Kook is shown removing her face mask to blow out candles on a birthday cake and apply lipstick, albeit in a socially distanced manner.[9][10] Kook has also faced controversy over her eligibility for national health insurance in South Korea; in her apology video, Kook confirmed that she was mistaken in believing she was paying for national health insurance in South Korea however she was trying to game the system as netizens have found out that she had known it was in fact the National Pension. She later underwent endometriosis treatment in the UK.[11][12][13]
Both Carrott and Kook posted public apologies after the incident, though both apologies were criticised for being inadequate.[10]
The violation has since been investigated by Korean police who have found sufficient evidence to send the case to prosecution in December 2020.[14] Kook was accused of violating the Infectious Disease Prevention Act at the end of January; however, on April 14, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office suspended the indictment against her as the prosecution decided not to file an indictment and dropped the case against Kook.[15][16]
References
- ^ a b c Park Si-soo (31 January 2019). "Perks of being wife of 'Korean Englishman'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Lee Min-young (8 July 2019). "Communicating through food: Interview with 'CookTuber' Gabie Kook". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Gabie Kook (20 April 2021). "안녕하세요, 국가비입니다" [Hello, this is Gabie.]. YouTube.
- ^ Oh So-young (26 November 2015). "조쉬 연인 국가비, "한국 사람이세요? 묻는 분들 많아, 직접 설명"". SportsQ (in Korean). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Im Eun-byel (4 July 2019). "[Herald Interview] Chef without restaurant but 1 million diners". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ 영국남자 Korean Englishman (17 February 2016). "저 결혼했어요!!! (우리 결혼식 영상)" [Josh got MARRIED!!! (POV wedding video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Vargas, Mirella (27 October 2020). "My struggle with endometriosis showed me we need better education on women's health | Talon Marks". Talon Marks | Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Ahn Sung-mi (5 February 2020). "Overseas Koreans report discrimination on coronavirus panic". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Lee Sun-min (28 December 2020). "Police determine YouTuber Gabie Kook violated quarantine laws". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Why so many are angry with Korean Englishman and Gabie Kook". Korea Now. Yonhap News Agency. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Jiwon Kim (April 21, 2021). "'자가격리 위반' 유튜버 국가비, 공식 사과". UPI News. United Press International.
- ^ "'방역수칙 위반' 국가비·조쉬, 나란히 사과…건보료 '먹튀' 논란도 해명". Korea Economic Daily. 21 April 2021.
- ^ Jang Ah-reum. "'영국남자' 조쉬 복귀 선언→국가비 격리·건보료 먹튀 논란 해명…반응은(종합)". News1 Korea.
- ^ "GabieKook's quarantine violation case sent to prosecution". Allkpop. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "[영상] 자가격리 중 생일파티 논란…유튜버 국가비 기소유예". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "An update on GabieKook's case on violating Quarantine rules". Allkpop. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.