Former U-Kiss member Dongho to divorce from wife after 3 years, his father gives interview

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Former U-KISS member Dongho confirmed his divorce following reports.

Dongho married his non-celebrity wife in 2015 and announced the birth of their son the following year.

The former actor-singer wrote about his divorce in a post on his Facebook page. His post can be read below:

“Hello.

“I apologize for making many people worry because of the reports today.

“I wanted to pass this quietly for the sake of my son and his mother, but reports came out.

“This isn’t something I’m going to talk about at length, but we decided to get a divorce due to personality differences. We have completed all the paperwork for a divorce by mutual agreement.

“This was a decision made after a lot of discussions and worrying. Since I did not separate from my child’s mother due to a bad relationship, we will take responsibility as our child’s parents until the very end despite ending our relationship as a married couple.

“Lastly, I am a person who has already been exposed to mass communication, but I would like to make an earnest request to everyone for this to not become an even greater wound for my son as he grows up.

“Thank you.”



On September 20, Dongho’s father Shin Sung Chul, who previously established Photo Music and Music Life magazine, stated through an interview, “All of the procedures for the divorce have already been completed. It hasn’t been long [since].”

His father continued, “It became like this due to differences in personality and because they’re not a good match together. I don’t like it, but what can I do… It’s unfortunate, but later in life, I think there will be good opportunities (reconciling, etc).”

In regards to Dongho’s son, his father stated, “Because they have a child, they didn’t split on bad terms. A while ago, they even brought their son along because we wanted to see him. When it comes to rearing children, a parent must take full responsibility. Because we thought it would be better if the mother took care of the child, we decided on that.”

After jumping back and forth between Korea and Japan following his marriage, Dongho is currently staying in Japan. He is juggling both his DJ career and other business ventures. In response to the possibility of his son’s return to the entertainment industry, he stated, “He doesn’t have any plans [of doing so], as far as I’m aware. He wants to live freely while working as a DJ.”



sources: soompi 1, 2, naver 1, 2

Comments

[samfrack.livejournal.com]

The last part makes it sound like the personality differences are more Dongho wanted to be a DJ and have a career that included being away from family and his wife said nope. So pretty much he wasn't ready to actually be the family man he needed to be. Hope people respect the wife and son's privacy. I don't think many chase after Dongho the way he implies anymore.

[mikachi613.livejournal.com]

Being in the industry from that young of an age has to mess with you, he clearly had some issues he hadn't worked out prior to getting married and having a kid. Hopefully they all have an amicable split and the kid isn't affected too harshly.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

ugh men.

[nekobot.livejournal.com]

But his DJ career

[mikachi613.livejournal.com]

The irony in all of this was that he stopped being an idol to live a more private life, if I remember correctly.
Clearly they got married way too young.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

they got married because he got her pregnant, another shotgun wedding.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

well, all i remember about news revealing their wedding plans was everyone predicting it was a shotgun wedding and it was

then i saw him in few episodes of superman return and tbh he just gave me those sad vibes, i dont have nothing against young parents but like stay-home dad he looked kinda ... hopeless

i guess he really wasnt a good fit for married life

[921227.livejournal.com]

Sad, but unsurprising. They got married and had a kid super young. It's good that it's on good terms and maybe in the future they'll reconcile when they're both more mature

[miss-suunshinee.livejournal.com]

his ex-wife have used sns to talk about how he spended easily a month away from home .... i cant say i'm surprised, on ig seems like she was always raising that child all alone

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

So sad. I'd ask for a divorce too.

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

They were a cute couple and Dongho, from what we've seen, is a great dad. If there schedule for taking care of Asher has stayed the same from when he was a baby (Dongho taking care of him part of the day while his wife would sleep and then them switching, with Dongho also going to dj) I could see how that could cause some problems.

They both just looked really pitiful. Glad they are apparently on good terms and hope they continued raising Asher well

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

That's a good statement, but the part below it about him going to Japan for his DJ career makes it seem like he won't be around much and doesn't really want the responsibility of parenting, which I get, cause this was a surprise baby that led to a shotgun marriage, but it's a bit late for that now, cause the kid's already here. I hope I'm wrong and he turns out to be a constant presence in his kid's life and supports his ex in child rearing.

[pepsi-twist9.livejournal.com]

That sucks but in the long run is probably better. I knew he was young but didn't realize he's still only 24 now. They've got a healthy attitude to care for their kid and if he was away for such long extended periods of time I hope the divorce makes him spend more time with his child.

I know that sounds like two opposing ideas but attitudes change when you're no longer running away from a perceived problem and confronting it.

[nekobot.livejournal.com]

No, that was Eli from the same group! If I remember correctly in this case the woman was only one year older than him so not particularly creepy, just dumb when it comes to not using birth control (both of them).

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

Should have used a condom.

[premonitioner.livejournal.com]

the comment from the dad is so telling about Korea's view on marriage and parenting - 'you should stay together even if you're not a good match, I will probably keep pushing for you to get back with the woman who you got pregnant out of wedlock'

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

that and leaving the child-rearing up to the mother

[lonelymoon.livejournal.com]

A couple who married super young divorces after a few years? Shocking

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

You mean "A couple who married super young because they got pregnant and then divorces" I hate to be that person too, but honestly, their chances of a successful marriage were low from the get go.

[theweebdream.livejournal.com]

“Because we thought it would be better if the mother took care of the child, we decided on that.”

Lmao wtf does this even mean?? Is this Korea being Korea??

Also folks, this is why you don’t have a shotgun wedding *side eyes stepsister who is having one in November*

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

In this case, I wanna think it’s because it was the mom who has basically raised the kid, since Dongho spends months away from his home at times according to translations.

I don’t doubt it’s Korea being Korea as well though.

[annayism.livejournal.com]

i'm sad for the woman raising her kid all by herself. if you're not ready to have a child use freaking contraceptives!!! people are dumb

[lizanka23.livejournal.com]

People are saying use contraceptives but they dont always work. From what i know abortion is illegal in Korea? And its hard to get the morning after pill, so its hard to completely prevent a pregnancy in this case. Also i wonder how many more divorces we’ll hear of this year from all the shotgun weddings that happened a couple if years ago. It seems that they are plentiful in the entertainment industry, and of course the desire to protect the mother’s reputation as the sole reason to marry will not lead to a long lasting marriage

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

indeed, at the same time their illegal abortion rates are high for a "first world" country
tbh there's a lot of ignorance too... stadistics can confirm many korean men are against condoms (another ignorance problem) let's not even mention their epidemic lack of knowledge about contraceptives , i would be more surprised if they know what morning-after pill even means (assuming they dont have this "ethical debate" some religious/conservative countries still have about it)

but we know korea lacks a lot when it comes to sexual education and even more about women reproductive rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/world/asia/south-korea-abortion-ban.html

[rainstormraider.livejournal.com]

Lol.

So basically he proved to be a narcissistic a-hole who is not into raising his own kid.

I hope his ex gets good child support.

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

Comment ooh ng again cause I'm not here for this Dongho slander especially with this neutral af statement.

Being a DJ is how Dongho was supporting his family pretty much since he quit Ukiss. It makes sense that he's going to go where the DJ jobs take him to make money. He always seemed very attentive to his wife and Asher, like I said in my other comment he was literally taking care of him by himself during the day while his wife slept and then she would take care of Asher during the night while Dongho worked. People who get married that young because of a baby often don't stick together.

[921227.livejournal.com]

Same. Im so confused by this negativity like....its a lil much Some of yall are projecting lol

&& Donghos doing fairly decent considering he was an in idol at 14 which isnt the best base for a young husband/dad

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of fanfic being pulled outta these statements. I've only gotten one thing from this and it's not even anything having to do with the statements. The comments here are confusing as fuck.

Also....from what I recall, dude has been a DJ since he quit U-Kiss, it wasn't just something he picked up on a Tuesday while being on TROS.

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

+1000

[onlylexy.livejournal.com]

Honestly Dongho has never even come off as straight to me at all and years ago when this happened I was telling my people that he's only playing house. That man paid better attention to his dog than his child. It has always seemed way to me. I called this years ago to friends. I told them that they wouldn't work out and would divorce quickly after realizing that a fake marriage wouldn't make him happy. I'ma just do a tarot reading on it and find out what's really tea.

Tarot Reading on the couple.

[onlylexy.livejournal.com]

https://youtu.be/B1wsbTBLMkc

I worked off of little information but whatever