Divorce is not 'isolation'... Cake for Im Sang-ah, former mother-in-law and holiday sickness, Jo Yoon-hee, and Lee Dong-gun

After divorce, there are stars who legally became 'Southern Men' but keep the loyalty they once had as husband and wife. Jo Yoon-hee and Lee Dong-gun are divorced, but they communicate and communicate while fulfilling their roles as parents with a daughter. Lee Sang-ah, who worked as an actress, had a 'sick bed' with her former mother-in-law. Singer Woo-Yi supported her ex-husband for 20 years after the divorce.

Jo Yoon-hee and Lee Dong-gun, who divorced in 2020, recently became a hot topic by revealing their affection for their daughter side by side at each introducing their new drama. Lee Dong-gun recently attended the production presentation of Netflix's new series 'Celebrity'. It was the first time Lee Dong-gun attended an official event in 4 years after the TV Chosun drama 'Leverage: Fraud Manipulator'. During his hiatus, he said, "I invested in spending time with my child because I wanted to make my father feel less absent because I can't always be by my side."

In the second half of this year, Jo Yoon-hee, who has been in a drama for the first time in about 3 and a half years with the new SBS drama 'Escape of 7', gave an interview to a women's magazine about her current situation. He said, "Thanks to my daughter, I feel like I've become a completely different person. In the past, I was the type to move as I was given and adapt to the passing time, but now I first find new things, challenge myself, and try."

Previously, through the broadcast, it was revealed that the two are continuing their relationship as parents with a daughter. Jo Yoon-hee appeared as a single mother raising a daughter in the JTBC entertainment show 'Brave Solo Parenting-I Raise', which aired in 2021. At that time, Jo Yoon-hee showed herself making a birthday cake for Lee Dong-gun with her daughter Roa. Jo Yoon-hee said, “Making a birthday cake for my father (Lee Dong-gun) was not a burden for me,” and “Because Roa’s father is Roa’s precious family.” Regarding Lee Dong-gun's reaction to receiving the cake, he said, "I received a call saying thank you for making it." As a man and a woman, the relationship ended, but as parents who think of their daughter first, the two of them created a sense of warmth.

Actress-turned-fashion designer Lim Sang-ah surprised everyone by revealing that she had spent holidays with her mother-in-law after the divorce. Im Sang-ah, who runs a popular bag brand for bags carried by Hollywood stars, married American producer Jamie Propp in 2001, but they divorced after 10 years. He said, "My daughter, Olivia, divorced when she was 8 years old. My ex-husband remarried two years after the divorce."

In an entertainment program in the past, Im Sang-ah shared half and half with her husband,” he said. In addition, he said that he had spent Thanksgiving with his former mother-in-law. It's because I like that Olivia has a younger sister," and rather thanked her ex-husband.

Trot singer Woo Yeon-i revealed that she supported her ex-husband for living expenses even after the divorce. Wooyeoni made his debut at the late age of 34, and made his name known in 2005 with the song 'Coincidentally' by Seol Undo, a senior in the music industry. The song has been loved as a 'people's favorite song' for 19 years since its release.

Woo-yeon met her ex-husband at the age of 20 while working at a nightclub due to her difficult family circumstances and fell in love. However, after marriage, the family collapsed due to her husband's debt guarantee, and she was in an environment where it was difficult to raise a child. I divorced like that, but I supported my ex-husband's living expenses for 20 years. Woo Yeon-i explained the reason, "Since he is the father of the child, if the father is sick, the child is also sick." She also said, "My ex-husband is the one who made me go down the path of a singer. He was the band leader of the club where I worked, and he was so good that he was in charge of arranging famous singers at the time." People around her reacted 'I don't understand', but Wooyeon showed a loyal appearance by taking care of her ex-husband and child's father.

Stars who are divorced but raise their children together and take care of them as a family. The appearance of acknowledging the current life of the 'ex-spouse' is admirable. Rather than putting each other down, respecting and helping each other makes us think of another way of living together even though we are divorced.

Ten Asia Reporter Kim Ji-won bella@tenasia.co.kr