'Divorced Twice' Kim Sung-soo Raised His Eldest Daughter Well: "My Life's Greatest Achievement" [Star Issue]

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Cool's Kim Sung-soo has emerged as a 'single dad' who successfully raised his eldest daughter despite going through two divorces.

During the the 19th broadcast of KBS 1TV's "Let's Live Together with Hwang Shin-hye," Kim Sung-soo told Hwang Shin-hye, Shin Gye-suk, and Yang Jeong-a, "I raised my daughter alone from when she was 8 years old until now at age 21. My parents passed away when I was in my early 20s. Neighbors in the apartment complex helped with childcare."

When his daughter called during filming, he affectionately asked, "Dad learned how to cook Mapo tofu from an expert and will bring it home. Do you like it?" When asked, "What kind of dad is Kim Sung-soo?", she proudly declared her overflowing affection: "My dad is a wonderful dad. He cooks a lot for me. I love you."

Kim Sung-soo married a woman named Kang (surname withheld) in 2004 while running a clothing business and welcomed his daughter Hye-bin into his arms. However, the couple submitted a petition to confirm their mutual agreement to divorce in 2010 and became strangers. In 2014, he met his second wife and registered their marriage, but they divorced just six months later.

More painful than his two divorces was the horrific murder case that claimed the life of his first wife in 2012. At the time, Kim Sung-soo served as the chief mourner at his ex-wife's funeral reception and subsequently fulfilled his paternal duties by raising their 8-year-old daughter.

That same daughter has now grown into a 21-year-old female university student studying art. Regarding the hardships of being a 'single dad,' Kim Sung-soo responded, "Emotional connection with my daughter isn't different from that of a woman. I didn't know how to talk to her properly when she went through secondary sexual development as a girl without startling her. There's much I failed to do."

Kim Sung-soo particularly added, "Winning awards and earning money as Cool is great, but seeing my daughter grow up well is my life's greatest achievement. I am truly grateful to my daughter. I put everything on the line for her growth—that is my accomplishment. My daughter has now become a wife. She even scolds me. She recently received a scholarship. How admirable."

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