K-actress Gu Hye Sun Calls out Korean Variety Program and Her Ex-Husband Ahn Jae Hyun for Continuing to Mention Their Divorce Years Later as a Conversation Topic
I am so on the side of Gu Hye Sun here on this issue, like a million billion percent. The actress posted online this week a long statement calling out both the Korean variety programs, hosts, and her ex-husband Ahn Jae Hyun for using the topic of their divorce for conversation still. She said that it’s been 5 years and recently it was once against brought up by a host to her ex-husband as he was a guest in ways that was casual and for entertainment value. She said no one but the two people in the marriage knows what happens, and even if it’s known that the marriage didn’t end well it shouldn’t be still used as a topic especially since so many years have passed. It’s very harmful and hurtful to her as the ex-wife, and callous on the part of the entertainment programs, basically saying they’re are using her painful experience for viewership. Good for her on taking a stand with a very thoughtful and impactful statement.
I too find such topics sensitive, time to move on and why keep talking about the past… I guess, Ahn Jae Hyun past is the interesting point to chat about…
I am not Gu Hye Sun’s fan, I dont even enjoy her acting. But I have to say, her reaction to her collapse marriage brought out the worst of her…her emotions were all over the place. She clearly was deeply hurt. I did find her reaction in those period so unlike her..
I am glad she moved on, gather herself and took on new journey. She is currently doing well for herself. She really dont need to be reminded of the worst stage of her life. Time to move on and look at positives.
+1
Is his career even alive, I haven’t been paying attention? She seems to be doing well and good on her too.
It never pays to air your dirty laundry as celebrities because haters will remember forever. At that time, she lashed out publicly and he countered with stories about her “stalker” behaviour. Basically, she thought they could work things out and he just fell out of love. Typical divorce story. HOWEVER. I watch quite a few variety shows and over the past two years, it’s been clear that the hosts have been inviting Ahn Jae Hyun and making oblique references to his “hard and painful times” and telling him how glad they are for him that those times are over. Personally, I’m not a Gu Hye Sun fan, but that’s just plain bullying as I call it – and systematic bullying by the entertainment world.
She has a point. I used to follow and watch many K variety shows and MCs usually use this gf/bf/ex wife/husband subjects like a joking matter. In youth days I kinda laughed at it and all but as I grow up watching them I found that very uncomfortable to watch..Even when the other party is non celeb the way they make jokes out of it as if they are drinking buddies mentioning personal matters and stuff… its just so off putting. I cant even imagine how it feels to be the other party and watching that moments on tv.
I think this is a different Ms. Koala writing the post as the english is below the level it was in prior years.
GHS is a manipulative narcissist with victim complex.
Stop spreading the misinformation!!!
He NEVER mentioned her , not even once in any interview, variety show.
She is the one who publicised the divorce, constantly posting ambiguous/cryptics posts with ill-intention in Instagram, doing interviews with the media post-divorce talking about divorce, marriage and so on , go on variety show and act like a victim all those time.
A lot of her words in her Instagram/interview/variety show were proven as lies ( with receipts).
She is the one asking for his savings, his house and he gave it all to her. She put him in the red, took almost of his assets and he is totally broke after the divorce, nearly bankrupt . He wants to be free from such toxic relationship. He just gave up. It’s sad really.
She even lied about him stealing her cat , want to take his cat too when Anju is always his cat, even before meeting her. The house is his house before their marriage and he gave it to her as well.
He got depressed and she blamed him for his depression.
She told him to “recover from your depression”.
She kept accusing him of cheating publicly with his stylist, his co-star (OYS) and all are lies.
She never apologised for dragging his costar for having affair and nearly destroyed another actress’s career. OYS is a saint for not suing her for real. She nearly got killed by being pained as a homewrecker.
Instead of moving on , she tried/is still trying to ruin his life. It has been five years already.
Everytime something good happens to AJH, she wants to destroy him again.
She is lucky because AJH has handled this divorce with grace. Despite all the slanders, he never anything bad about her.
He stayed silence and let the time explain the truth.
All the emotional abuse left his body and mind broken. But he never blamed her.
I never saw anyone who has worked with him in any project say anything negative about him. He is always as a kind-heart and considerate person.
He has been through so much for the past 5 years. Hopefully there are good people around him .
AJH fighting!
This is so embarrassing.
I feel like it is more like everyone else rather than AJH himself alluding to the divorce. It sucks for both that their names are attached to the divorce. The time that has passed since the divorce is longer than their marriage. GHS isn’t doing herself any favors by making people remember or look up the divorce. And I’ll bet AJH wants to forget he was once married. Variety programs aren’t going to be like “sorry about that” to a former actress.
It’s the issue in Korea, divorcees are stigmatized. In Knowing Brothers, they always talk about the members how they are divorced and bankrupted… It’s not really about her. She’s the last person who could complain about it, she made their divorce a very public issue…
I know we’re in the minority here but I agree with you. I usually side with the woman, but in this case, Koo Hye Sun was the one who aired all their dirty laundry to the public during their divorce. I also watched the episode in question and Ahn Jae Hyun didn’t even mention her. Seems like Koo Hye Sub got triggered by Lee Min Jung telling AJH that she wishes he’ll meet someone good, KHS probably took it as a jab to her. She’s not mentally stable (and I’m not saying this in a mocking way, more in a “she needs help” kind of way) so she has the tendency to take statements like that as a personal attack to her even if they aren’t
The Korean variety hosts are know to bring brutal with their jokes. They make fun of whoever is in front of them and those they are aware of around them. Cheap shot jokes. Will that change? Probably not. It can be so off putting at times because if it were reversed on them they would be miffed too. But it has been done for so long like before Korean entertainment went global. Whether she or he is at fault for their circumstances I feel both have handled things rather poorly. The ex husband when they were married used to always use her as a topic for his variety programs in a way that felt so generic and now that he is trying to rise from the slump of his divorce I hope he lets her go from his variety stuff. You got to stand on your own. It won’t look good on him no matter what. Also she is trying to move on and even if she was emotionally unstable back then she still has a right to voice this. I have yet to see a divorce that did not have such repercussions like theirs. It happens for celebs and normal everyday people. Still I doubt those hosts will let up though.
I strongly support your words, ” Also she is trying to move on and even if she was emotionally unstable back then she still has a right to voice this. “
totally agree
I don’t understand the need for some to bring up negative stuff about others, my father taught us…”If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all”, I guess some feel better talking ill of others. Leave KSH alone, she was extremely hurt by the divorce and lashed out, I understood her although I would not have been so public but we all handle deep pain differently. Just as she was vocal then, she’s vocal now protecting herself, it’s her prerogative.. she has moved on!! Don’t care what others say about her, am a fan.
totally agree