Singer Yoon Bok-hee's revelation about a past contract clause banning pregnancy is shocking.
'Original Hallyu star' and first-generation musical actress Yoon Bok-hee appeared on MBN's Kim Ju-ha's Day and Night, which aired at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday the 2nd, and mentioned the pregnancy ban clause in her contract, saying "Even if I married, I could not have children."
When told she had no children during two marriages, she confessed, "It's not that there were no children, there were children."
Yoon Bok-hee told the heartbreaking story of having to have an abortion four times to be able to perform on stage. Yoon Bok-hee recalled the painful past, saying, "There was a contract that said I could not have children. When you sign with a manager, others can change; it can be changed, but because I couldn't be changed, even if I married I could not have children." She added, "Such contracts are common abroad. I couldn't give birth. I terminated pregnancies," and said, "Back then we didn't know about contraception, neither I nor my husband knew about such things. Even after that, pregnancies kept happening, so I had about four (surgeries)." She said it was the thing she repented most after adopting a religion.
Meanwhile, when asked, "There are men who call you 'mom' though you don't have children?" Yoon Bok-hee said, "Many," and added, "Choi Min Soo and Huh Joon Ho call me 'mom,'" surprising everyone. In addition, stories were revealed about her keeping to the stage despite uterine cancer surgery and macular degeneration, evoking sympathy.
Many people recalled pop star Britney Spears's revelations in response to Yoon Bok-hee's confession.
Spears shocked everyone years ago by pouring out unrestrained curses toward her mother and father on social media, saying, "I can't accept that my family did that to me. It will be difficult for the rest of my life. I can say this confidently. I will pray that both of them burn in hell."
Britney Spears, who entered the ranks of global pop stars with numerous hits after releasing her debut single 'Baby One More Time' at 17, had her biological father act as her conservator and make all decisions for her.
Spears's father reportedly controlled everything from financial matters such as credit cards and her house to activities-related matters such as albums, performances and contracts, forcibly inserting birth control devices so Spears could not become pregnant and making it impossible for her to remove them at will, shocking many. Spears's revelations played a major role in public opinion supporting the removal of her father's conservatorship.
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