'I'm SOLO' season 15 contestant Jeong-suk acknowledged her husband's past of dating two people at once and said "I will carry all the scratches," sharing her feelings.
On the 27th, season 15 contestant Jeong-suk uploaded a video titled "Marrying the man I called off an engagement with | I'm SOLO season 15 Jeong-suk, I'll speak before the 9/2 KBS broadcast" on her YouTube channel 'Lucy Insight.'
She said, "I'm going to reveal all of my dating and marriage stories that I had kept tightly hidden. The person I'm now marrying is indeed the friend who had many problems because of the dating-two-people controversy. The total dating period was 1 year and 5 months, and the time we were broken up was one month," acknowledging her husband's dating-two-people controversy. Previously, last year, an exposé claimed the boyfriend whom season 15 Jeong-suk was preparing to marry had dated two people at once and engaged in EXchange / Transit Love; after that, without much explanation, about a year later she married the boyfriend, and season 15 Jeong-suk belatedly admitted the controversy was true.
Season 15 contestant Jeong-suk recalled, "We met through a blind date. The friend who introduced us was actually someone I met for the first time then. It was a friend who sat next to me at a Japanese university gathering and we became close. I kept nagging people around me, asking if there were any handsome men to introduce. They showed me photos. I looked for two seconds and he was my type. I begged them to introduce him quickly and gave them my photo, but I was rejected. Still, I didn't give up and insisted I looked the same in person. I begged, 'Please just meet him; I'll do whatever,' and that friend called him. After saying something, the meeting was arranged," she said.
She said, "I contacted him the next day. He replied late, but I didn't give up and kept sending messages. I even booked the restaurant; even if I was rejected, I went with the mindset of at least seeing him once. It was the first time in my life I fell in love at first sight. I was already smitten by his profile, and when he turned and sat down he was exactly my type. I thought I must catch this person no matter what. I felt a thrill I never felt on 'I'm SOLO.' I was so embarrassed and excited. We continued the first date, and fortunately, he seemed to like me, so the second and third dates went well. I grew to like him more; he was kind, our conversations matched, and he was fine," she said.
She continued, "The flirting period was long. I wondered why it was so long, but the truth was he had a girlfriend. I deserved the criticism. At some point he confessed, but it turned out he had broken up with his ex and then confessed to me. At that time he caused a fuss about an apartment lease. He posted house photos on Instagram and did a live broadcast announcing the wedding. Before the live broadcast, there was, believe it or not, a real-life meeting room that had become like a fan chat room. In that open KakaoTalk chat there were the ex-girlfriends. One ex posted their chat and it appeared during the live broadcast. It was chaos; 'look quickly.' My heart dropped and I asked, 'what is happening?' I was so shocked. Even now it feels like a drama or movie. It's an unbelievable, unrealistic thing that's my life. I was at a loss. I was so shocked," she recalled when the first exposé was posted.
Jeong-suk said, "So I turned off the live broadcast and asked, 'what is this?' and he immediately knelt down. He said this had happened and that it was all true. That night we fought until 3 a.m. I smashed and tore apart the things he had given me and threw everything out, shouting, 'Get out. Pack it up and take your stuff and go,' and we broke up. The next day an article came out. At work I was severely scolded. People asked what was going on. I was called to the executive director's office and scolded, and then to the chairman's office and scolded. But why should I be scolded? I was so outraged. I had done nothing wrong, so why should I suffer this? I took out my anger on him a lot. I cursed at him heavily. From then on I lived drowning in alcohol. I drank every night until the early morning, and when I got angry I called and cursed and shouted, 'Come out. Apologize to me.' He would come, kneel, cry, and apologize. We did that for a month," she confessed.
She said, "Meanwhile, we had to meet because of the house contract; there was no choice. After the contract was canceled and they said they would not return the deposit, we exchanged certified letters and had to meet because of those administrative procedures. Every time I met him I got so angry, but when I saw his face I still had such good feelings. I thought I was a bit foolish, but I still had good feelings. That's because we broke up when we were really happy and I wanted to get married. After doing that for a month I was exhausted. I thought if it's fate, let's meet again once. But I promised myself two conditions. I wouldn't keep dragging this on and use it as a weakness, because that would allow a new relationship to start. And what he must keep is to never do this again. Never. That would truly be the last time. I would leave everything. We promised each other that and met," she said, explaining how they resumed their relationship.
Then they naturally began preparing for marriage again. Jeong-suk said, "We planned to marry in a church and kept scheduling it. Everything started to proceed smoothly. Then we saw dresses and took photos, and with two weeks until the wedding I hadn't told my friends that I was seeing him. When I asked, 'what do you think about me dating him?' everyone went crazy. 'Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind?' they said. Family especially hated it and called it madness. So I said, 'Maybe this isn't right either.' How could I say I'm getting married? The order got completely tangled. Normally you'd announce you're dating and then get married, but the marriage came right away. And the person who got married was this person? It became strange. But we just went ahead," she said, revealing she prepared the wedding secretly without telling people around her.
She said, "First I gave the wedding invitation to my older sister. She lost her mind and said she wouldn't attend and couldn't accept it, so I said, 'Fine, you don't have to come.' I considered having it alone or with just a few really close friends. Meanwhile, when I posted photos of my wedding dress, an article came out. My parents saw the article and called, 'Are you getting married?' I said, 'Yes, it's that friend.' Then it became chaos. They asked when we started dating. In fact, we'd been seeing each other for a while. That was when I nearly fainted. That was two weeks before the wedding. Since my parents opposed it, there was nothing I could do. It's my wedding and the person I love, so I decided to accept all his flaws and scratches. So the formal meeting of the families didn't happen, and my husband and I hurriedly went down to meet his parents," she confessed.
She continued, "Both parents met at the wedding venue. It was a very strange situation, but there was no choice. We couldn't invite many people, so there was no bride's waiting room. I was just outside, greeting friends in the lobby. That was really nice. There was no photo wall or anything. Just taking selfies together. We really enjoyed the wedding like a festival. Actually, the dress and the wedding photos were sponsored. The photographer unknowingly uploaded photos without blurring my husband's face, so his face was completely revealed. He was already receiving a lot of criticism and was nearly avoiding people and considering going to the hospital, but his face was exposed. I thought we should just confront it head-on. You know you did wrong. Admit it, and if I accept it, let them criticize me. With that mindset, we were contacted by KBS joy and appeared on 'New law couple clinic: ties and bad ties,'" she explained.
Jeong-suk said, "One reason was that I wanted to confront it head-on, and frankly we had many controversies during the process of getting married, and I still felt those issues hadn't been fully resolved. There were some delicate and awkward points, and I wanted to resolve everything completely. I also had some problems. To be honest, I might come across as a bad person. I even asked people to criticize me less in advance for fear of being attacked. After breaking up with him I started drinking a lot, and it became a habit. That led to incidents and parts where I couldn't control myself. Running my business meant working from home, and when stressed I would sip (alcohol) more often. There were side problems, so I wanted someone to look after those," she said, announcing her appearance on the show.
She added, "Someone even came to our house to check feng shui and read fortunes and face-reading to help. I felt grateful for a program that shared those concerns with us. It showed the process of resolving things. I received a lot of help and the filming was fun. Ultimately, the reason I talked about my dating life is that someone like me also dated and got married. I was publicly humiliated, but despite that I married the person I love and I'm happy. That's the conclusion. So for those with dating worries, as a senior who has gone through ups and downs, I thought I might be of some help, so I'll receive some dating counseling," she added.
Meanwhile, season 15 contestant Jeong-suk gained recognition after appearing on the 2023 SBS Plus and ENA variety show I'm SOLO.
[Photo] Lucy Insight
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