‘Jeon Min-ki♥’ Jeong Mi-nyeo cries…Engagement broken off just before marriage → Divorce crisis “It‘s like hell” (Comprehensive)[DA:Review]
The married life of ‘hell couple’ Jeon Min-ki♥Jeong Mi-nyeo has been revealed.
On the SBS ‘Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny’ (hereafter ‘Same Bed, Different Dreams 2’) broadcast on the 16th, the daily lives of Jeon Min-ki and Jeong Mi-nyeo, a broadcaster couple in their 10th year of marriage, were revealed.
Kim Gu-ra said, “I recommended the Jeon Min-ki couple. I did a program with Jeon Min-ki earlier this year. The pilot was done together, but when the program became regular, Jeon Min-ki got off,” and said, “The couple’s personalities are polar opposites. The process of adjusting was so much to see, so I highly recommend it.”
In an interview with the production team, Jeon Min-ki introduced himself as, “My wife is someone who absolutely needs time alone. She is someone who absolutely needs time alone to recharge after work and childcare.” Jeong Mi-nyeo confessed, “Once the child falls asleep, that is completely my time. When I am with the child, I don’t want to eat anything, but when the child falls asleep and my husband is not looking for me, I have three or four hours of my time to fully enjoy myself. That is precious.”
The two are polar opposites in everything, including their bedtimes, eating habits, styles, spending habits, educational views, economic views, and personalities. Jung Mi-nyeo said, “You can think of everything related to food, clothing, and shelter as being different.”
In the released VCR footage, Jung Mi-nyeo was enjoying ramen, wine, and webtoons alone in the living room at dawn when everyone was asleep, and had a leisurely time. At that time, Jeon Min-ki was sleeping in the living room. It turned out that Jeon Min-ki‘s snoring was so bad that he had to sleep in the living room and the bedroom separately. However, Jeon Min-ki woke up to the sound of Jung Mi-nyeo doing the dishes and threw a straight ball, saying, “If you’re going to do this, why don‘t you go live abroad?” and “How can you live with the day and night reversed?” The nagging continued the next day. When Jung Mi-nyeo couldn’t wake up in the morning, Jeon Min-ki kept urging her and nagging her.
The two, who arrived at the site separately in their own cars, clashed while talking about their son‘s education during filming. After filming, Jung Mi-nyeo showed her disappointment by pointing out that he had joked, “You’re stupid.” He sobbed, saying, “You‘ve been talking nonsense since the morning, and I told you last time during the broadcast, ’No matter how much I‘m on air, don’t say I‘m stupid.’ Why are you ignoring me on air like that? I told you not to do it, even if it‘s just a joke. How many times have I told you not to?” Jeon Min-ki said, “If I tease you, wouldn’t the comments get good?” and expressed his frustration, saying, “Is this something to cry about?”
In an interview with the production crew, Jeong Mi-nyeo said, “We didn‘t get along since the beginning. A week before our wedding, I said, ’This can‘t be happening. It seems like it’s right for us to break up.‘ Even while we were dating, I thought that I couldn’t continue dating this man.” She recalled, “But at the time, Jeon Min-ki was of marriageable age. I think Jeon Min-ki‘s family wanted me to get married quickly.” Jeon Min-ki said, “My father fell in love with her at first sight. Since I don’t have a daughter, I melted at the gentle mask. It happened quickly,” she confessed.
Jung Mi-nyeo confessed, “Since we didn‘t take the initiative to decide to get married, I wondered if this was right until right before the wedding. I had doubts about whether I was ready to get married. A week before the wedding, I thought I couldn’t get married. At that time, my in-laws held my hand tightly and told me to trust us.” She added, “I thought I would be able to actively pursue my relationship as a couple if I went on my honeymoon. I wanted to have fun, but during the honeymoon, I only went sightseeing during the day and slept separately in twin beds at night. I came back without any physical contact. I just slept with my back turned to him. I thought he didn‘t feel like a woman. I felt miserable because I thought he didn’t have basic needs. I wondered if I could maintain my marriage.”
Jeon Min-ki confessed, “We actually had zero sexual relations,” and “We were mentally and physically exhausted due to the wedding preparations. We went to Nice for our honeymoon, but we flew to Paris the next day and waited for five or six hours, so it took over 24 hours to get to Nice. I was so tired on the day of my arrival that I fell asleep, woke up at 8 in the morning, walked around, sight-seeed, and returned to my lodgings past 10 at night. Since I was in my mid-30s, it was physically difficult. I was physically exhausted from sightseeing and sleeping for nine days,” he explained.
He said, “After that, our married life was like hell for both of us. I think it was painful to be with someone who didn’t like me and gave off energy for 24 hours.” Jeong Mi-nyeo thought, “This person really doesn’t love me, but they got married.” He confessed, ”I think that kind of disappointment and sadness lasted for 2-3 years.“
However, Jeon Min-ki was a person who actively expressed his love for his wife in front of people around him, not just in front of Jeong Mi-nyeo. Jeong Mi-nyeo was embarrassed but couldn‘t hide her joy when she heard this.
Jeon Min-ki said, ”I will fight until the end as long as I have the energy to talk,“ and ”I think fighting is love. I don’t think it‘s a fight where you criticize and harass the other person, but a process of adjusting to each other’s differences. My parents still fight, but as a child, I don‘t think it’s bad. I will fight until the end as long as I can,“ making people laugh.
Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com
