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Singers Hong Seo-beom and Cho Gap-kyung apologized for the controversy over their son's affair.
Hong Seo-beom and Cho Gap-kyung said in a statement delivered to MK Sports on the 28th, "First of all, I bow down and deeply apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience to the public regarding my son's recently reported divorce lawsuit."
"After returning home, we directly checked related data such as the ruling and the progress of the divorce lawsuit and confirmed that there is a difference between what we have received and what we have actually received," he said.
"I haven't intervened in the divorce process because I think I respect the privacy and autonomy of my adult son regardless of the facts, but as a result, there was a great lack of being able to look closely at my child's faults as a parent," the two said. "I sincerely reflect on the fact that I failed to set an example as a public figure."
In addition, Hong Seo-beom and Cho Gap-kyung said, "Although the other party's appeal is underway, our couple will strictly guide our son to fulfill his duties according to the first trial's ruling, such as child support and alimony, through his son's legal representative."
Above all, I fully respect the other person's decision on the birth and parenting of my granddaughter, and I will look at my son so that he can fulfill his responsibilities as a father of a child to the end, he added.
According to the New Daily earlier, the Daejeon Family Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in the first trial of a damage suit filed by A against Hong Seo-beom's son B in September last year, saying, "B should pay 30 million won in alimony to A." It also ordered 800,000 won per month for child support. Mr. A appealed against the ruling of the first trial in October of the same year.
In a telephone interview with the YouTube channel 'Garosero Research Institute' (hereinafter referred to as 'Gase-yeon') on the 23rd, A claimed that B had an affair while pregnant. According to this, A and B married in February 2024 after living together for about two years, and had a child in March of that year. However, A said he confirmed that B cheated with C, a fixed-term teacher at the same school within a month of pregnancy.
B reportedly claimed, "I did not cheat, and the marriage was already in a state of collapse," but the first trial court ruled that B was to blame.
Meanwhile, Hong Seo-beom and Jo Gap-kyung are a representative parakeet couple in the entertainment industry who married in 1994. He has one son and two daughters.
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