Jo Young-nam “Multiple girlfriends, there is a hierarchy... I regret leaving my ex-wife Yoon Yeo-jeong behind” (Let‘s go GO)[TV Comprehensive]

TV Dec 01, 2024

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Singer Jo Young-nam confessed that he currently has multiple girlfriends.

On the November 30th episode of MBN‘s real variety show ‘Let’s Go’, Jo Young-nam revealed a 10 billion won Han River view apartment filled with paintings.

Jo Young-nam said, “I‘m a ‘fun person’. Is it better to live a fun life or to live a depressing life? Since I’m going to live, I want to live a fun life,” and added, “Meeting my girlfriend is the most fun. I like going shopping and watching movies. I have multiple girlfriends. There‘s a hierarchy.”

He continued his bombshell confession by saying, “My first girlfriend was a woman in the US, and she was number one in the hierarchy for 10 years. But then she got married to my husband and had a child. She brought the child to my house once. After that, I dropped down from number one in the hierarchy because she was married.”

When asked, “Do your girlfriends cook for you?” he answered, “There aren’t many who are that kind,” making everyone laugh. He added, “I don‘t care about my girlfriend’s looks. Instead, she has to be kind. And I need to be able to communicate with her.”

During the broadcast that day, Jo Young-nam also revealed that he regrets leaving his son behind after his divorce from actress Yoon Yeo-jeong. He said, “There‘s only one thing I regret. I wonder why I didn’t think about the kids when I divorced and left home. I regret it now,” and expressed his regret by saying, “I don‘t understand why I didn’t think about the kids back then. Now that I think about it, I guess I didn‘t think about it because I was young. I didn’t know anything when I was young. I never contacted them after the divorce.”

In particular, Jo Young-nam caught everyone‘s attention by surprisingly revealing a cheerful and unconventional will. Jo Young-nam said, “I’ll be 80 soon. Health is a gift from God. Several of the kids under me have died,” and added, “I wrote a will that I had written in advance. In the will, I wrote, ‘Do not hold a funeral. When I die, please cremate me with the person next to me wrapped in a blanket. And scatter my ashes in the middle of Yeongdong Bridge.’”

He also said, “But scattering my ashes on Yeongdong Bridge is illegal. So next time I write a will, I plan to write ‘Spread it on Yeongdong Bridge’, then put parentheses and write ‘secretly’,” he said cheerfully, making everyone laugh.

Regarding his assets, he answered, “When I first wrote my will, I wrote, ‘Give half of my assets to the woman next to me,’, but I revised it. Now, I have three children, so 3/4 goes to my children and 1/4 goes to the woman next to me,” drawing attention.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com