Kim Gura Opens Up About Ex-Wife's Debt on 'Same Bed, Different Dreams 2'

On the recent episode of SBS's 'Same Bed, Different Dreams 2', aired on the 14th, broadcaster Kim Gura mentioned his ex-wife's debt.

The episode featured entertainers Lee Sang-min, Lee Bong-won, Kim Byung-hyun, and Yoon Hyung-bin sharing various stories. Lee Sang-min recalled his financial struggles, stating, "The disclosed debt amount was 6.9 billion won." In response, Kim Gura indirectly referred to his ex-wife's debt, saying, "What is known is only 1.7 billion won." Kim Gura had previously married a non-celebrity woman in 1997, had a son named Gree, and divorced in 2015. It was reported that he paid off his ex-wife's 1.7 billion won debt within three years, which drew public attention.

Kim Gura shared, "There was a time when the relationship ended," and added, "There were significant difficulties, but I eventually overcame them." Currently, Kim Gura has remarried a non-celebrity woman 12 years his junior in 2020 and has started a new family.

The episode also featured Yoon Hyung-bin confessing to a business failure. Yoon Hyung-bin revealed, "Before becoming a comedian, I started an event company. When I debuted as a comedian and ran a theater, it almost succeeded. The comedy idol ranked first on a Japanese portal's real-time search, and the showcase sold out in three minutes," he said.

He continued, "As it was going well, I invested more. (However) we were supposed to enter the showcase on March 30, but from the 15th, entry restrictions due to COVID-19 were imposed. I thought it would be resolved in a few months, so I invested more, but as COVID-19 lasted for two years, it didn't work out. The theater was losing tens of millions of won overnight," he recalled.

Yoon Hyung-bin admitted, "I thought COVID-19 was unbeatable, similar to a natural disaster. I believed in going with the flow and thought about what could work during COVID-19. I came up with meal kits. So, I opened an offline meal kit store, but offline didn't work well either. It seems I incurred a deficit of about 2 billion won."

Reporter Se-yoon Jung, Ten Asia yoon@tenasia.co.kr