Actress Park Shin-hye has announced her second pregnancy, but she did not make it to the nominee list for the '62nd Baeksang Arts Awards', leaving fans disappointed.
On the 14th, a representative from Park Shin-hye's agency, Salt Entertainment, confirmed to TenAsia, "Park Shin-hye is expecting her second child." They added, "She is due to give birth this fall," and requested warm support. Choi Tae-joon's agency, Blitzway Entertainment, also shared the same news.
Park Shin-hye and Choi Tae-joon tied the knot in January 2022 and welcomed their first son in May of that year. Now, four years later, they are expecting their second child.
Debuting in 2003, Park Shin-hye has built a solid filmography with dramas like 'Stairway to Heaven', 'You're Beautiful', 'The Heirs', 'Pinocchio', 'Doctors', and films such as '#Alive' and 'Call'.
Even after marriage, she successfully returned to the screen with JTBC's 'Doctor Slump', followed by SBS's 'Judge from Hell' and tvN's 'Undercover Miss Hong'. The latter concluded in March with a peak viewership rating of 13.1%, making it the second-highest-rated tvN drama broadcast from last year to this year, following 'The Tyrant's Chef' (17.1%).
However, Park Shin-hye's name was absent from the '62nd Baeksang Arts Awards' nominee list announced on the 13th. 'Undercover Miss Hong' saw Ha Yoon-kyung nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Choi Ji-soo for Best New Actress.
The Best Actress in TV category includes Kim Go-eun (Netflix's 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon'), Park Bo-young (tvN's 'Unknown Seoul'), Park Ji-hyun (Netflix's 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon'), Shin Hye-sun (Netflix's 'Lady Dua'), and Im Yoon-ah (tvN's 'The Tyrant's Chef').
Some netizens expressed their confusion and disappointment, saying, "I don't understand why Park Shin-hye was left out," "Does Baeksang dislike Park Shin-hye?", and "It's unfair she was passed over."
The '62nd Baeksang Arts Awards' will take place on May 8 at 7:50 PM at COEX D Hall in Gangnam, Seoul, and will be broadcast live on JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4.
Tae Yuna, TenAsia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr