Actor Lee Seung-gi drew the line regarding the stock manipulation controversy involving his father-in-law, saying, “My wife has a family independent from her family.”

‘Big Family’, which will be released on December 11, tells the story of the owner of a dumpling restaurant, Pyeong Man-ok (Kim Yoon-seok), whose family lineage has been cut off because of his son (Lee Seung-gi) who becomes a monk, and who ends up living with cute grandchildren he has never seen before.

At a production report meeting held at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University Entrance in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 12th, Lee Seung-gi was asked about the controversy surrounding his wife Lee Da-in‘s family. This is because Lee Yu-bi’s father and Kyeon Mi-ri‘s husband are accused of making illicit profits through stock manipulation in the past.

Lee Seung-gi opened by saying, “’Big Family‘ is a precious film in the South Korean film industry, so I am careful about answering (the reporter’s questions) sincerely because it is a personal matter.”

He continued, “However, I think there was a misunderstanding that I said something like, ‘My family did nothing wrong,’ but what I have consistently said is that my wife‘s family’s issues are my wife‘s family’s issues, and after getting married, my wife also became independent from her family and formed an independent family.” “That is why I think it is inappropriate for me to comment on this issue. However, I thought I had to be careful not to cause any (public) misunderstanding,” he added.


Reporter Lee Seung-mi smlee@donga.com