Watch: "Running Man" Reveals Sneak Peek Of Choi Daniel's Chaotic 1st Episode As New Interim Member

Mar 30, 2025

SBS’s “Running Man” has shared a glimpse of Choi Daniel’s first episode as a new interim member!

On March 30, the popular variety show aired a preview of next week’s episode, in which Choi Daniel will join the cast as its latest interim member (following in the footsteps of Kang Hoon and Ji Ye Eun, the latter of whom eventually secured a permanent spot on the show).

The preview begins with the “Running Man” cast preparing to welcome Choi Daniel. As Song Ji Hyo and Ji Suk Jin set up the decorations for his welcome party, Kim Jong Kook complains, “Why are we doing this for someone who’s going to become family anyway?”

Meanwhile, Yoo Jae Suk, HaHa, and Yang Se Chan are instructed to personally pick up Choi Daniel at his home and bring him to the shoot. However, because Choi Daniel clearly wasn’t expecting them, what is labeled a “pickup service” essentially amounts to an ambush. The startled actor asks Yoo Jae Suk, “Why did you come? But [the shoot starts] at 2 o’clock…”

Although Choi Daniel politely offers his uninvited guests water, they urge him to shave and wash up quickly instead. However, once they sit down for dinner, Choi Daniel is given some good news: he holds “absolute power” over the meal, meaning that whenever he stops eating, the other members have to stop too.

Later, as the cast members struggle to keep up with Choi Daniel’s unique and unpredictable charms, the actor exclaims, “I’m having so much fun, though!”

Choi Daniel’s first episode as an interim member will air on April 6 at 6:10 p.m. KST. In the meantime, check out the new preview below!