(continuing from interview ③) Comedian Park Seong-gwang's wife and businesswoman Lee Sol shared that the bond between the couple strengthened after her battle with cancer.
Recently, Lee Sol gave an interview at the OSEN office in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
That day, when asked whether Park Seong-gwang was a great source of support when she was diagnosed with cancer, she explained, "My husband was filming a movie at the time, so I was alone from when I was diagnosed with cancer until I had the surgery. He was in Tongyeong, so he couldn't come up. He wasn't appearing in it or anything like that; he was the director. Because there's an on-site schedule, I was alone, and after I had the surgery and was discharged, my brother finished filming and stayed by my side."
Regarding her relationship with Park Seong-gwang, which likely grew stronger while going through the difficult time of battling cancer, she answered, "I think we've really found our own lives now." Lee Sol said, "Maybe my brother was right. Early on, when I posted something (on Instagram), my brother told me, 'Don't post it.' When he said he didn't want to appear much on YouTube either, I felt hurt. But as I distanced myself a little from him, without hurting each other, my life became a bit more autonomous."
She continued, "It's really a sad thing. Seeing a married couple together and having to be hurt (because of malicious comments) — you think, 'This was right,' 'He is wise.' At least things like that don't cause resentment between us. Right now my brother has been preparing for more than a year to make a new movie. He's busy doing that, and I'm busy with my own things. Actually, since we don't have children, we don't have an immediate shared goal," she said, describing how each is carrying out their role in their respective places.
Especially, Lee Sol said that when she confessed her cancer on Instagram, Park Seong-gwang's reaction was, "(My brother) kept telling me not to post it." She confessed, "He said, 'Won't you be hurt if an article comes out? If you post this, an article will come out. Don't post it.' But I said, 'It's unfair, but no one listens to me and I have to take all the criticism alone. I'm not trying to pick a fight with any specific internet user; I want to say this is how it is because of these reasons.'"
Lee Sol said, "Even a meaningless photo of me wearing a hat drew such criticism. I thought, 'At this rate I'll really become someone who treats my husband like an ATM. I can't stand being so wronged,' so I just posted it," and added, "Later he said it was probably good that I posted it."
She said, "My husband is sensitive with a fragile mindset, so because he knows how hard it is for him, he doesn't like that I have to keep handling that hardship. In fact, at first he didn't like that I worked hard. But I've worked my whole life and work is my life, and I don't want to just sit still, exercise and do flower arranging at home. So I said, 'I will work,' and now he actively helps. If I need someone, he introduces me well. Seeing that I 'earn well,' he now says, 'Bring in a lot of money,'" she joked.
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