Bae In-sook, divorced from a chaebol family, received 2.5 billion won in alimony

Pearl Sisters Bae In-soon spoke about her marriage to a chaebol.

Bae In-soon appeared in episode 148 of KBS2's entertainment show 'Park Won-sook's Let's Live Together Season 3', which aired on the 1st.

On this day, Bae In-soon said that the meeting was accomplished by directly asking another broadcast writer for Park Won-sook's phone number. Park Won-sook hugged Bae In-soon, who said she wanted to meet her, saying, "I thought she was distant from me because she was the ex-wife of the head of a conglomerate. I hung up the phone, looked it up on the Internet, and just wanted to hug her and comfort her." Bae In-soon, who burst into tears, said the reason for her appearance was, "I was lonely, but I wanted to talk to Park Won-sook."

Bae In-soon, who was active with the Pearl Sisters with his younger brother in the 1970s, went to the United States to study guitar when his advance into Japan failed. At this time, he met the famous American composer Irwin Levin by chance, received a song, and decided to record it, but contact was cut off and this also fell through.

Bae In-soon said that she had been waiting for her ex-husband, Chairman Choi Won-seok, to come with her sister-in-law to get married. “After about a month, I did not hear from the producer, so I abandoned my sister and got married.” He confessed, "I was thinking that if I couldn't become a recording singer, I should stop singing."

Bae In-soon described her married life as ‘obedience’. I prepared a full meal for dinner, but when my husband said he wanted Jjajangmyeon, I didn't even hesitate to prepare and serve Jjajangmyeon.

But the ending was divorce. Bae In-soon, who married the late Dong-A Group Chairman Choi Won-seok in 1976, divorced in 1998. Chairman Choi Won-seok, who was married and divorced four times, including Bae In-soon, passed away from a chronic illness on October 25, 2023.

Bae In-soon said, "I couldn't believe how I became a divorcee. I endured it and lived. But in the end, I felt guilty that I couldn't protect my family. I just thought about shaking it off and leaving, but thinking about how much my children were hurt by the divorce made me feel so guilty. “It was the same. With that in mind, I didn’t leave the house for five years after the divorce. I didn’t meet anyone,” he said, revealing that he lived in seclusion after the divorce.

Bae In-soon, who came out to the world after 5 years, said, "Up until now, I have lived a life because others did it for me. I have lived a life for free for 24 years (marriage life). I don't want to go to the bank and I don't like when people recognize me, so I paid a tax penalty. “There are a lot,” he said.

Because of that, I got scammed. I entrusted my entire bank account to a fraudster and ran away to Russia. As a result, Bae In-soon revealed that she lost everything in alimony. In the past, it was reported in a program that the amount of alimony Bae In-soon received amounted to 2.5 billion won.

Bae In-soon also confessed to living with her in-laws during her married life. He shocked people by saying, "My mother-in-law made it difficult for me to live. As an easy example, if I told a black object to be black, she said it was white. If I said no, she scolded me and begged me, saying I had committed a deadly sin."

However, "I think of my mother-in-law more now than my own mother. I wonder how lonely she must have been. If you look at her life as a woman, she is a pitiful person. She is the daughter of a rich family, but she lacks love. She met her husband, but he works in the construction industry, so if she leaves, she will die." “I’m going away for 6 months. You don’t know how to receive love because you don’t receive it,” he said.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr