This news is two weeks too late to make the Dispatch Jan 1 breaking scoop but there is now a first idol shocker of 2020. Chen of boy idol group EXO announced today via a handwritten note to his fans that he was getting married. The 29 year old singer and songwriter will be marrying his non-celeb girlfriend and the two are also expecting a baby. Of course this is a shotgun wedding, I don’t think even the happy couple will deny it, but timing doesn’t mean it will or won’t work out. I think it helps that fans are now able to accept their idols having a personal life, dating, having sex, getting married, and even getting divorced, that it’s now on the couple to make it work without worrying as much on external pressures. Good luck to the two and even more luck needed as they embark on being young first time parents in a few months. Continue reading →