Hwang Jung-eum, "Earnings from 'High Kick' and 'We Got Married' totaled 6 billion won... 'I could endure even if I hadn't slept for three days' [Star Issue]"

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Actress Hwang Jung-eum recalled a past period when she endured extreme schedules while checking her bank account balance.

On the 16th, a video titled "A Day I Dated My 72-Year-Old Father" was uploaded to Hwang Jung-eum's YouTube channel.

That day, Hwang Jung-eum began by saying, "When I filmed 'High Kick: Through the Roof' or 'We Got Married,' I couldn't even walk."

The production team then expressed curiosity, noting, "There were many articles about you. (Your income at the time) was said to be 4 billion won," to which Hwang Jung-eum replied, "I was 26 and worked hard without sleep. If I didn't sleep for about three days, I couldn't even listen to anyone's words, no matter how scary they were."

Hwang Jung-eum said, "At that time, my bank account balance kept growing, so I endured. That was my strength and sense of accomplishment. There was a feeling of achievement from living hard, earning like this, and accomplishing something again."

Meanwhile, Hwang Jung-eum married former professional golfer Lee Young-don in 2016 and has two sons. The couple submitted a divorce mediation application to the court four years into their marriage in September 2020 but reconciled in July 2021. However, it was revealed in February 2024 that they had filed for divorce three years after reconciling.

Subsequently, Hwang Jung-eum was indicted in May 2025 on charges of embezzling approximately 4.3 billion won from her one-person production company's funds and received a sentence of two years in prison with a four-year probation period at the first trial. Since Hwang Jung-eum did not appeal the first-trial verdict, the sentence was finalized as is.

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