Kim Won-hoon and Um Ji-yoon, who gained popularity through the YouTube channel 'Shortbox', put a period on the "long-term relationship" series.
On the 18th, Kim Won-hoon and Um Ji-yoon surprised fans by revealing a wedding invitation on their social media. They said, "Hello. Won-hoon, Ji-yoon. From lovers to spouses, after continuing 15 years of precious love and bearing its fruit, we will make a new start on April 1, 2026."
The two said, "We would like to personally deliver invitations to our cherished guests and share this joy together, but we are cautiously sharing the news because we worry that contacting people after a long time might be burdensome," and added a sincere invitation: "If you bless our wedding by attending and witness our unity and encourage us, we will cherish it as the greatest joy."
The revealed invitation specifies the exact date and place as "the first day of April, 4 p.m., a wedding hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul." In particular, the two expressed their excitement with the phrase "We are getting married on a day when the spring breeze seeps in."
Their witty banter was not missing. They said, "We spent too much of our honeymoon budget, so we could only set the guaranteed meal headcount at 150 people. We ask for your understanding that we cannot invite many guests," turning the realistic concerns of wedding preparation into part of their content and drawing laughs.
But the wedding news turned out to be content from the YouTube channel 'Shortbox' rather than reality. Shortbox confirmed this event as the finale of the long-running "long-term relationship" series.
Shortbox said, "The 15-year narrative of the 'long-term relationship' series, which was our beginning and received the most passionate love, has finally borne fruit," and added, "So we plan to move this historic finale moment to a special offline stage: an actual wedding. We respectfully invite Shortbox subscribers who have cherished us to be Won-hoon and Ji-yoon's 'real guests' at that beautiful finale." They plan to solicit subscribers' stories and directly invite 150 guests.
After the wedding news was announced, Um Ji-yoon left a comment on the post saying "I will not attend," and Kim Won-hoon wittily replied, "Me too~," eliciting laughter.
In fact, Kim Won-hoon is already a married man who tied the knot with a non-celebrity wife in August 2022 after eight years of dating. He once complained on a variety show, "People often mistook my wife for Um Ji-yoon early on. Fortunately, now clarification articles come out and there is no misunderstanding."
Expectations are growing about what kind of finale the "long-term relationship" will bring on April 1, April Fools' Day.
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