Soon after information broke that South Korean actor Song Joong-ki and actress Song Hye-Kyo took steps to divorce, rumors started to swirl about a third birthday party, with the superstars’ tv suggestions and luxury residence coming under excessive scrutiny too.
Song Joong-ki shocked fans on Thursday when he announced that he and his Descendants Of The Sun co-celebrity Song Hye-Kyo were filing for divorce after 18 months of marriage. The pair, known as the Song-Song couple, had captured hearts with their fairy story romance after meeting the 2016 hit drama series. They announced in July 2017 that they would tie the knot on Oct 31 that year, after formerly denying that they had been in a relationship.
South Korean and Chinese media shops fast speculated that South Korean actor Park Bo-gum could cause the divorce as he recently starred inside the TVN drama Encounter with Song Hye-Kyo. The romance drama aired from ultimate November to January. Taiwan’s Apple Daily additionally alleged in a February report that Song Joong-ki turned into having an affair with his wife’s make-up artist.
On Thursday, hours after the rumor started to spread online, Park’s corporation, Blossom Entertainment, informed local media stores it is fake. An announcement, released to The Korea Herald, said: “Park Bo-gum, who these days starred inside the drama with Song Hye-Kyo, is unexpectedly noted within the gossip. Offensively, Park’s call is stated inside the divorce.
“The organization will take sturdy movement in opposition to groundless rumors regarding Park. Rumors about Park Bo-gum and Song Hye-Kyo are honestly not genuine.” According to The Korea Herald, a few people recommended that Song Hye-Kyo should be accountable for the divorce as it turned into Song Joong-ki who introduced it. However, others disputed the hypothesis.
The Korea Herald additionally cited that it’s far unusual for celebrities to announce their divorce voluntarily. They generally tend to lie low until the information of it breaks somewhat. The divorce assertion’s timing turned into also considered abnormal, the ebook added, because when productions are nevertheless jogging, celebrities tend not to comment on their private lives.
Song Joong-ki’s new delusion drama collection, Arthdal Chronicles, is halfway thru its 18-episode run. Immediately after the divorce changed into a made public, the percentage fee of the production enterprise at the back of the display, Studio Dragon, dropped. But it almost recovered as of 2 pm on Thursday. The proportion price changed into one hundred gained (12 Singapore cents) decrease than the day before today’s closing fee of 69,700 won.
Meanwhile, a house in the posh neighborhood of Hannam-dong in Seoul, recognized by Song Joong-ki, has drawn media interest. In May 2017, The Korea Herald mentioned that Song Joong-ki had bought a luxury house in Hannam-dong in January. After the couple introduced their engagement in July that 12 months, there was a hypothesis that the newlyweds might pass into the house, The Korea Herald suggested.
A report through Korean newspaper Ilya Sinmun stated the house has been empty for months, sparking claims that the couple was separated for some time. “Most of the citizens in the place leave out rubbish luggage in front in their homes for choose-up, but I haven’t visible any trash in the front of Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-Kyo’s house,” a neighborhood resident turned into quoted as saying.
But some other newspaper, Hankook Ilbo, said that the residence become by no means used as a marital home. “The residence was empty from the beginning. Song Joong-ki moved into wherein Song Hye-Kyo have been dwelling. They by no means said the residence become their domestic,” the report stated, quoting a near acquaintance of the couple.
On Thursday, Song Hye-Kyo’s business enterprise, United Artists Agency, said in a legit statement that the couple’s breakup is because of variations in character. “The motive for the divorce is variations in personality, and due to the fact the two had been unable to triumph over their variations, they have been compelled to come back to this selection,” it said.