'Especial World' reported the sad situation that Nancy Lang is still repaying debts and that her debt has grown from 800 million won to 1.5 billion won over four years.
On Jan. 1, the MBN channel aired 'Especial World,' and pop artist Nancy Lang appeared.
After her 2021 broadcast, she held a solo exhibition and returned to the public after about four years; after the exhibition opening, she headed to the small low-rise apartment where she currently lives. She said she had been moving between acquaintances' homes and has lived in the space on a monthly rent for three years.
Describing the house's unique layout that uses the living room as a bedroom, Nancy Lang laughed and said, "Doesn't it feel like a hotel?" but recalled the days when she lived in a roughly 70-pyeong house and said, "I have a lot of stuff and keep it piled up in the rooms."
In fact, Nancy Lang faced a decisive hardship when she was subjected to a fraudulent marriage in 2018. Earlier, Nancy Lang married after registering her marriage with Wang Jin-jin in 2017, but after suffering confinement, threats and other abuses, she won the divorce suit after two years and nine months. She said, "I even took on private loan debt and accumulated more than 1.5 billion won in debt."
Nancy Lang recalled the moment she was told to vacate by her landlord due to unpaid rent and the time her credit cards were cut off and she sobbed. The debt she took on eight years ago, including private loans, swelled from 800 million won to 1.5 billion won, and she confessed that her trust in people was shaken because of people trying to exploit her fame.
Even so, she got back on her feet with help from those around her and through her work. To repay 1.5 billion won in debt, she went to her studio and immersed herself in creation, and this year alone she held six solo exhibitions. Even with achievements, interest is large, and she is still surviving on minimum living expenses. When she needed cash immediately, Nancy Lang endured for years by putting daily necessities up for sale as secondhand items. She also said the debt structure is gradually improving from third-tier financial institutions → second-tier financial institutions → first-tier financial institutions.
Above all, Nancy Lang said it has already been 15 years since her mother passed away. Perhaps because of that, Nancy Lang cautiously said, "Eight years ago, my hurry to start a family may have been because of that longing." After meeting a friend, she went to the columbarium where her mother is enshrined. She said her heart feels emptier every time holidays and Christmas approach, which evoked sympathy.
Still, Nancy Lang said, "I have never once put down my work," and "My life has had many ups and downs, but I want to live true to myself until the end." Netizens' encouragement for her to overcome the pain and be strong has continued.
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