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Cleo Chae Eun-jung almost debuted as Fin.K.L.
On the 25th, a video called 'The first generation girl group who earned all the money they will ever spend in Hong Kong (Cleo Chae Eun-jung, secret to success)' was posted on Lee Ji-hye's YouTube channel 'Not Hateable Gwanjong Sister'.
Two people who had a relationship in the past. It is said that Chae Eun-jung contacted Lee Ji-hye again as she recently appeared as a guest on a program in which she appeared. Chae Eun-jung said, "It's been a while since I filmed a program that featured my sister. My sister sent me a text message. In that text message, I said, 'I can meet my sister.' I lost contact with my sister, so I was missing her a little," she said. “It’s nice to see a happy family and a successful woman,” he said, enviously.
Jihye Lee asked, “Did you want to get married?” Chae Eun-jung confessed, "Ever since I reported to you," she said, "There have been a lot (in the meantime). It always ended badly." He continued, “I realized that the cause was me.” She continued, "I didn't grow up in a happy family, so I had a lot of pride. When I met a man, it seemed like I wanted to get married, but I was very afraid. I wondered if I could be the mother of his child, or if I could become this man's wife. I did bad things without realizing it and this man “It made him hate me, and when we broke up, he blamed me again.”
Chae Eun-jung also revealed her family history. He said, "It's been less than a year or two since my father, grandmother, and grandfather all passed away. At that time, I thought, 'I don't have a real family? Can I live like this without a husband or children?' “I wanted to, but since I didn’t meet men often, I became extremely negative about it.” Jihye Lee comforted herself by saying, "I don't think that being late means I've failed. I think it takes time to become more happy." Chae Eun-jung confessed, "They all passed away within 3 months. I barely remember my mother's funeral because it was when I was in the 3rd grade of elementary school. I thought about what I could do with my life and if there was any point in living hard. It was a bit difficult."
Chae Eun-jung revealed that she was active in the girl group Girls Kingdom in Hong Kong. Chae Eun-jeong said, "After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, he said he would come back if I didn't make enough money to exchange 100,000 won. I started in Hong Kong with 100,000 won and lived there for 8 years." He continued, "I thought I couldn't come all the way here and fall apart because of a man. Because that man was also in Hong Kong. He kicked me on the first day I came here. I chased him and he found a woman." He continued, “I said, ‘I will let you see my face’ all over Hong Kong. I achieved that. I shot a lot of commercials.” He also expressed surprise by saying, "I earned more than 10 times what I earned in the 10 years that I was active in Cleo. I'm still using that."
Chae Eun-jung also shared the story of how she debuted as Cleo. He said, "I didn't play badly when I was in school, but I did play around a bit. I was famous in the neighborhood. My friends were the same age as Jeon Ji-hyun and Song Hye-kyo. And Han Hye-jin were classmates and went to the same school. I was buried because I was before tuning. I was pretty, but not perfect. B “It’s urgent,” he said. He continued, "In Apgujeong, a sudden 'Do you want to try Fin.K.L.?' When I was cast on the street, I took all of Hyori's profile pictures and I was like, 'What's wrong with Fin.K.L.?' “It was ignored,” he said. Lee Ji-hye said, “There was nothing we could do at that time. Fin.K.L. and SES were rivals.”
Chae Eun-jung said, "I kept not going out without permission, but then something went wrong. Then, an incident occurred. I was recording 'Ruby'. At that time, I recorded it in a bloody manner, saying that I was scared. I didn't know that what I was saying inside could be heard from the outside. I'm a third year in middle school, so what would I know? I said to myself, “I heard it all, and I said, ‘I’ll try again.’ But the boss called me from outside and said, ‘We’ve endured it for so long. “Why are you even swearing now? I can’t help it, so I said, ‘Go home like this,’” he recalled. He continued, "At that time, I was like, 'It's not going to work out for them.' I went home. But it didn't work out. 'Was it like that?' After seeing that, I wanted to become a singer, but then I was cast by the same person and asked if I should join Young Tux Club, but I had a dream about being in a female group. “I had to become Fin.K.L.” After many twists and turns, Chae Eun-jung debuted as Cleo.
When asked at what age she felt she was pretty, she answered, "Since middle school." When asked when she started tuning, she said, "When I was a freshman in high school. My dad is a plastic surgeon. My dad did it for me." He continued, “It started with snow and was gradually completed through my father’s juniors.”
When Lee Ji-hye said, "I think my dad must have been so pretty even though he was upset," Chae Eun-jung made people laugh by saying, "My dad remarried three times."
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr
