8 billion sales CEO and actor Son Ji-chang confessed his experience of being sexually harassed.
Son Ji-chang and Oh Yeon-soo newly joined the SBS entertainment show 'Same Bed, Different Dreams Season 2-You Are My Destiny', which aired on the 3rd.
On this day, Son Ji-chang and Oh Yeon-soo revealed their love story of 6 years of dating and 26 years of marriage, a total of 32 years. The two were senior and junior for one year in middle school, and Son Ji-chang only knew Oh Yeon-soo as a junior who worked as an advertising model, but when he was 20 years old, he was reunited as the main model for an advertisement that he filmed as a part-time job.
The two, who announced their marriage through a press conference after six years of dating secretly, have two sons. In particular, Oh Yeon-soo returned as an actor, while Son Ji-chang transformed into a businessman in charge of various corporate events. Son Ji-chang is known as a successful CEO with sales of 8 billion won.
But business wasn't easy. Son Ji-chang talked about her experience of being openly ignored at a competitive PT she participated in even though she thought she was going to be a bridesmaid, and her experience of being sexually harassed while hosting an overseas event. Son Ji-chang said, “A man in his late 50s grabs his butt while hosting an overseas event. My fist almost went out, but there were about 600 people there. I want to grab him by the collar and drag him away, but I can't. I shook it off and couldn’t do anything more,” he said.
When Oh Yeon-su heard the story for the first time, he said, “Why is that? Being drunk? If you talk about being abused, I will say one word. I want you to hit me. What do you do when you go through such humiliation?”
What made Son Ji-chang endure was his sense of responsibility towards the staff. Son Ji-chang said, "I am responsible for the livelihood of many people on the basis of a family of four." If you fold it and go back, the broadcasting side will think it funny, right? I was able to endure because of those things,” he said.
Above all, it was his wife, Oh Yeon-soo, and their two sons that made Son Ji-chang endure. Son Ji-chang said, “In 2003, my wife said she wanted to work after giving birth to her second child. If you work, I won't work. If both of you are busy, who will look after the kids? I did it because I can adjust my schedule at work. As a result, I naturally distanced myself from the entertainment industry.”
Reporter Tae Yuna, Ten Asia youyou@tenasia.co.kr