Comedian Kim Byeong-man talked about his marriage with his ex-wife, to whom he had given economic rights.
He explained the reasons he was unable to divorce his ex-wife on the TV Chosun entertainment program "Lovers of Joseon," which aired on the 25th.
Kim Byeong-man responded to the production team's question, "What was the hardest thing after marriage?" by saying, "The economic issue," and noted, "My ex-wife demanded all the economic rights and even had my public certificate and resident registration card."
He said, "She kept calling me until she took the public certificate. It felt like I wanted to say, 'Leave me alone.'"
He said, "I could only see the account for my grants, and I couldn't access my own account. The password was changed, so I didn't know," adding that he often heard about exceeding the card limit and stating, "She withdrew cash every month."
He noted, "Even when I broke my spine in 2017 and was at a hospital in the U.S. considering whether I might receive a disability, she didn't come," and added, "I had life insurance, so if I had died, I would have made a lot of money. It was a situation that should be on a crime documentary."
Kim Byeong-man recounted, "Once, I told her that my income was less than last month's, and she called me, screamed, and threw her mobile phone. It felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife."
Regarding why he did not divorce his ex-wife, he said, "I passed the comedian examination after taking it eight times," and noted, "It was when I had just acquired the 'master' character, so I decided to forgo divorce and live while protecting my career."