[HanCinema's News] Seo Yoo-jung Announces Divorce

On February 23rd, Seo Yoo-jung announced that she had put a stop to the frightening pain her family had been receiving, as well as her own fear. Seo Yoo-jung said that she had to summon the courage for people to hear from her directly, rather than secondhand. For all her efforts, Seo Yoo-jung said that she and her husband cannot fulfill their promises to each other, and went on to claim that everything has been settled for some time.

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Seo Yoo-jung said that this wasn't an easy choice for her to make and that just writing the post was scary and fearful, but that her angel and herself allowed her the courage to be able to say it directly. Seo Yoo-jung also stated that she wanted to apologize to those who had supported and prayed for her during this time. Seo Yoo-jung stated that in regard to her daughter, she felt a particularly strong feeling in her heart about not being able to protect her family.

Seo Yoo-jung went on to say that she needed to make this statement directly about her life lest her cowardice lead other people to misunderstandings about her situation. The private social media post from Seo Yoo-jung came as a shock to many, as Seo Yoo-jung and her husband, arried in 2017, had appeared in the variety show Taste of Wife in 2018 and seemed to have a ver affectionate relationship as newlyweds. They married lately- Seo Yoo-jung turned thirty-nine in 2017.

At the time Seo Yoo-jung also expressed concern about having a child at her age, with her ultimaely giving birth to a daughter in November of 2019. Seo Yoo-jung claimed in an interview that though she had wanted a child, due to her age and the passing of time without her becoming pregnant, she'd lost hope that this would happen. However, she did get pregnant naturally, an event that seemed incredible to her as she watched her belly grow.

Seo Yoo-jung was also frank about relying on the willpower she gained from being pregnant, as well as in the present, knowing that this baby relied on her as if she were the only person in the world. Such public interviews take on a troubling subtext now that Seo Yoo-jung's divorce is a known quantity. Seo Yoo-jung's last acting project was in "Bloody Heart" last year, her first such project after a three-and-a-half year break.

Written by William Schwartz