Actor the late Choi Jin-sil's daughter Choi Joon-hee revealed the truth about the controversial wedding photo shoot.
On the 18th, Choi Joon-hee said on social media, "A Korean photographer who often shoots in Japan designated the location and took the photos, so how would I have known in that huge Tokyo? The last region I went to was only Osaka when I was in kindergarten. That photo was never officially released in the first place, but it was one of the photos a reporter took and used without permission. I have done more than nine wedding shoots through sponsorships alone, so how could I have recognized just that one photo? I had no idea at all," she said.
With Choi Joon-hee announcing her May wedding, a wedding photo shoot of Choi Joon-hee taken at a temple surfaced on social media as a controversy. Some netizens claimed that the place where the two took the photos was not a simple temple but a space where the "mizukokuyo (水子供養·memorial service for stillborn and miscarried infants)" ritual is held.
Mizukokuyo is a ritual to pray for the repose of fetuses who died due to miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth, and children who died shortly after birth. Because it is a place to commemorate the spirits of the children, some say it is not appropriate as a place to shoot a wedding photo shoot that marks a new beginning.
A fan, while relaying the news, said, 'Oh dear, didn't anyone tell her?' and upon seeing this post, Choi Joon-hee emphasized that the wedding photos were not taken with a groom 11 years older than her.
In particular, Choi Joon-hee appealed, "I never uploaded these photos anywhere, so where did you get them and why did you upload them without permission? Please stop harassing them." At the same time, the photographer who took the wedding photos at the time, through Choi Joon-hee, conveyed, "I like American culture and I'm sorry that I knew nothing about Japanese culture."
Meanwhile, Choi Joon-hee will marry a non-celebrity 11 years her senior on May 16 at a hotel in Gangnam, Seoul.
Below is Choi Joon-hee's full statement
Ugh, a Korean photographer who often shoots in Japan designated the location and took the photos, so how would I have known in that huge Tokyo? The last region I went to was only Osaka when I was in kindergarten ㅠㅠ!! That photo was never officially released in the first place, but it was just one of the photos a reporter took and used without permission. I have done more than nine wedding shoots through sponsorships alone, so how could I have recognized just that one photo? I had no idea at all.
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