It feels so weird to report on a happy event but still feel rivers of reservation and this odd sinking sensation that all’s not quite well with it. Lee Min Jung‘s agency MST Entertainment released an official announcement on Monday morning that the married actress was pregnant and expecting her first baby. Lee Min Jung is reportedly 27 weeks pregnant, just shy of 7 months which would make it her early third trimester. Normally pregnancy news is kept under wraps for the first trimester since there is always a high risk of miscarriage even among healthy child-bearing age women and the early second trimester is when pregnancy news is shared with friends and family.
In Lee Min Jung’s case, her agency openly discussed the awkward and uncomfortable real life situation surrounding Lee Min Jung’s husband and baby daddy Lee Byung Hun, who has been embroiled in a salacious blackmail scandal the last 5 months, which is why news of Lee Min Jung’s expecting a baby was not announced until so late. I wish my congrats to the parents-to-be came immediately upon hearing this news but I just feel disappointed that what is normally happy baby news comes at the heel of some allegedly sleazy behavior from Lee Byung Hun and the timing now confirms he was trying to get some honey on the side while his wife was already pregnant.
I don’t feel sorry for Lee Min Jung since she’s an adult woman and chose her own marital future with the man she married. I do feel that this particular blackmail scandal can’t be taken without context of all previous scandals of the violent and/or relationship nature involving Lee Byung Hun. He is the victim of blackmail in this case but it’s hard not to reach the opinion that the totality of the man’s behavior and legal history is quite alarming and discomfiting to imagine he’ll be a baby daddy soon.
I also find this last blackmail case really complex in that the court didn’t find there was actually adultery on Lee Byung Hun’s part (i.e. he didn’t actually sleep with blackmailing model Lee Ji Yeon), but the court did find lots of suggestive and inappropriate conversations between the two that were evidence of amorous interest regardless of whether it was actually consummated in the end. That’s really the fine line – does a married person have to actually have sex to be considered cheating or is it shady enough that the person tried to get some booty but failed in the end?
In the end marriage, and parenthood, is between only the two people involved so my and anyone else’s opinion hardly matters in this case. Lee Min Jung’ expected due date is in early April and she is currently back in South Korea where she is planning to stay put until the baby arrives. Naturally Lee Min Jung has no entertainment work schedule lined up and doesn’t have any expected date for resuming work even after she has the baby. I do like her acting in the right roles and wish her a healthy remainder of her pregnancy. Bur I wonder if she’ll ever resume her acting career again in the foreseeable future or just become a full time mom?
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I guess this news kinda gives us a glimpse on her decision to stay with her husband despite the cheating scandal. I can't say I feel sorry for her for the reasons you stated above koala. However, I couldn't help but feel sad over this situation she's in. I mean, having a child with the man you loved is probably the most exciting thing in a woman's life. But having a baby in the midst of the scandal surrouding her husband is just not healthy for her and the baby. What's more unhealthy is staying with a man for the sake of the baby. But it's her decision after all and she can think what's best for her and her baby. I just hope it's all worth it in the end.
OMG OMG OMG OMG
So explains everything.
God bless her.
I hope her parents and his parents are doing everything they can to keep her even-keeled. Pregnancy and childbirth is hard enough without all that other noise!
Sometimes emotional cheating is worse than actual cheating. And even if there was no evidence of the deed, the implications alone is pretty shitty. Then there's the inescapable stigma of being a divorced woman in a Korean society versus one that stayed with her husband knowing full well that he cheated...rock and a hard place of LMJ. It's so easy to judge for us, who are outside of that situation, but no one knows what she's going through unless they can say that they're also a celebrity with a cheating husband in an asian society dealing with the same group of people.
It's easy to write an article and judge but i think the most and best thing we should do is wish her a safe delivery and wish her happiness in her life's endeavours
I don't care if she's an adult, I still feel terrible for her. To be in that situation as a first time mother... just terrible. Hopefully he uses this chance to change, but seems unlikely. At beast she'll get a couple years of good behavior out of him before he acts up again.
No wonder she decided to stay with him. Apparently, the reputation of divorced single mothers in Korea is terrible. At least Lee Byung Hun won't be appearing on Return of Superman any time soon. I will never be able to watch anything of his ever again.
I'm surprised no reporters figured it out though! There were a lot of pictures circulating online from the trip in LA! Tsk tsk I bet all the reporters feel stupid to not catch this hard hitting news!
I hope this couple can develop a happy family with a healthy child and mom,
Feel so sad for her
Geez wouldn't a post just congratulating her be enough. Why does all the negative have to be brought into it. Everyone acts like they know everything that goes on, when in fact WE Do Not.
Congratulations to the parents to be...