[News Now] Jung Woo-sung, Out-of-wedlock, Private Life Controversy...How long will it be silent?

■ Host: Kim Sun-young Anchor
■ Starring: Ahn Jin-yong, Reporter of the Munhwa Ilbo

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[Anchor]
Actor Jung Woo-sung has been in a long-term relationship with a non-celebrity woman while he was found to be the biological father of his son, who was born by model Moon Gabi. Jung Woo-sung's side continues to be silent, saying, "Please refrain from excessive speculation." Let's take a look at it with Ahn Jin-yong, a reporter from the Munhwa Ilbo. Welcome. So, to summarize the situation, the out-of-wedlock fact was first known through media reports, not by Moon Gabi or Jung Woo-sung, right?


[For Security]
Moon Ga-bi posted a message on social media on the 22nd, and it was said that she became a mother at this time. However, only two days later, a media outlet reported that his biological father was Jung Woo-sung. After that, Jung Woo-sung acknowledged this. However, there is a temperature difference. Moon Ga-bi issued his own statement under his name, and Jung Woo-sung was very active in expressing his opinion when looking at his previous moves, but he organized this statement through an agency official. It's a very cautious situation. If you look at the contents, they are discussing parenting methods. If you think about why this statement came at this point, it's been eight months since I found out about my pregnancy in June last year and gave birth in March this year. Some reports say that the two sides finished beautifully, but in fact, if that's the case, I don't understand the situation right now.

Because both sides should be in the same position, but Moon Gavi did not reveal Jung Woo-sung, and Jung Woo-sung said he was right after the report, and there is a saying that he is still discussing it. The result is that the two sides have not reached any agreement on the way the child is raised or the process of revealing it.

[Anchor]
Jung Woo-sung's biological father is right. So after Jung Woo-sung was revealed to the surface, Moon Gabi didn't come out with any additional position yet, right?


[For Security]
In fact, Moon Gabi's position is very important. In the meantime, he has not informed that his father is Jung Woo-sung, but he seems to need to organize his position depending on his position. Then, if you look at why he first came out, he wrote this. Now Mr. Mungabi's entrance door has sunk too far below the surface, and there are many answers in it. I mustered up my courage. As a mother of one child, she is 8 months old, even if she is the second child, and it is very uncomfortable and difficult to be able to reveal it to anyone and to be a hidden child. In such a situation, he expressed his position to reveal his child without hiding it, but later it was revealed that his father was Jung Woo-sung, not his own doctor. And since Jung Woo-sung said he is in discussion, the public's view on this issue will inevitably change a lot as to how Moon Ga-bi takes a position on the situation.

[Anchor]
They said that since the two of them know each other best, how Moon Gavi makes an additional position will be very important. I'm sure the fans were surprised by the controversy over out-of-wedlock, but there are various reactions, right?

[Ahn Jin-yong]
There was also a willingness to support it for now. Because at first, he immediately admitted that he was my child without any disputes, and said, "I will do my best as a father." Nevertheless, what do the fans keep saying? Jung Woo-sung, who I told you before, has always spoken out directly on many things and talked about sensitive political issues. He was a conventional celebrity, a conceptual celebrity.

[Anchor]
I told you right away even if the scandal broke out.


[For Security]
That's right. When we debuted 30 years ago, he was already a celebrity who confessed that he had a non-celebrity girlfriend. Jung Woo-sung is reluctant to express his position directly on this situation and the biggest crisis in his celebrity life. The fans need to speak out about it themselves, so they are saying that they need to speak out like Jung Woo-sung at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, but they are saying that they need to speak out like Jung Woo-sung.

[Anchor]
Anyway, the Blue Dragon Film Festival is a candidate for the Best Actor Award, and it is expected that the possibility of winning the award is quite high. Is it still decided whether to attend or not?


[For Security]
Initially, they said they would attend as scheduled, but reports that come out again these days raise the possibility of not attending. But it's not easy because it's not your own event, but if you go out there, Jung Woo-sung will receive all the spotlight. Then it may not be polite to other winners and this event itself could be very faded. And another important thing, going to an awards ceremony doesn't give everyone a chance to speak. You have to win the award to get it. But Jung Woo-sung couldn't win the award. What's going to happen? Then you can't officially state your position, but I'll gather the reporters there and announce your position, which is also strange. As a result, there is a possibility that Jung Woo-sung may have judged that just going to the site without an official position could be a negative factor in a situation where he is not 100% sure of Jung Woo-sung's award.

[Anchor]
I think reporters from the Ministry of Culture will contact Jung Woo-sung a lot to contact him, but they can't reach him, right?


[for safety]
is not reaching well. The agency's position is also private, so it is difficult to officially check through Jung Woo-sung. You can see how seriously Jung Woo-sung takes this situation. Also, the next time you come in, you shouldn't be vague. Clearly and also, it seems that the arrangement of positions on the child's mother, Mr. Mungabi, is taking longer because the two sides must agree to make the final remarks.

[Anchor]
There are voices saying that children are born but not married, that this should be accepted as a new culture, but one important thing in such controversy is the background. There is a public girlfriend who has been dating for a long time amid the controversy over extramarital affairs, and attention is being paid to whether it is true or not. What is your agency's position?


[For Security]
First of all, we don't know if it's true except for the person concerned. The agency also says it can't be checked because it's private life.

[Anchor]
O, you didn't do X, did you?


[For Security]
But when reporters read between the lines here, it's like this. What's not is clearly saying no. Because you know how negative this issue is, if you don't draw a clear line on what you're not, you'll have no choice but to continue to bite the bullet. Then we can't rule out the possibility that you met him exactly at some point, and that he was photographed, but not in a relationship. If a sticker photo is clearly taken together now, I have never taken such a photo. If you say that it is a manipulation, it will clear your position, but the public is clearly in their private life that they can't even do that. This needs to be seen separately, but at least in view of Jung Woo-sung's actions, he is expressing his disappointment that he cannot show such a conviction this time.

[Anchor]
Jung Woo-sung has analyzed that he is taking this situation more seriously than ever, but has it been two years since he resigned from the Goodwill Ambassador of the Refugee Agency? He said he didn't film a commercial at all. Is that related too?


[For Security]
If you look at many politicians before, there is a lot of public difference when they act contrary to what they said in the past. In fact, Jung Woo-sung has been doing a lot of these refugee organizations and refugee protection support activities, and in 2018, he participated in a campaign to protect single mothers. If it was Jung Woo-sung, he needs to be more active in this case, and because it's his job, he needs to speak the same position he's been doing before, but he has a different appearance than then. Rather, the public is questioning Jung Woo-sung about the follow-up measures even though this is a personal matter. In addition to the refugee agency I mentioned, advertising issues can also be subject to penalties if the brand image can be tarnished in relation to such personal history, even if it is not a legal dispute. If you look at it like this, you'll ask for two to three times the amount you received. Jung Woo-sung, who has gathered 13 million viewers through the spring of Seoul for more than a year since he found out that he was pregnant in June last year, has not been filming a commercial. Didn't he consider the legal responsibility for the incident and the possibility of a penalty clause being exercised when it is revealed later? I mean, I have a reasonable doubt.

[Anchor]
Anyway, Jung Woo-sung, there is a big controversy over his personal life. There has been a mention of the actor's private life in the past, so we prepared the contents for a while. Let's listen to it for a second. We talked about

, but Jung Woo-sung is an actor who has been thinking about managing his personal life and being shown, and I think you can see this short side.

[For Security]
I just focused on the mediocrity of this story. Because Moon Ga-bi's SNS content revealed that she is now a mother because she wants to find normal happiness. He knows better than anyone that his father, Jung Woo-sung, will receive much more people's attention if he is revealed here. But what's ahead of this? My child was born and I want to be blessed for his life. This is Moon Gabi's idea. So if you look at the end of the SNS, there is a message saying, "Congratulations, this is enough." But from Jung Woo-sung's point of view, who talked about ordinaryness like this, he feels regretful about dealing with this situation with an open mind so that the child can grow up a little more ordinary.

[Anchor]
I'm also very curious about the meaning of Moon Gabi's silence. Anyway, Jung Woo-sung's side said that he will be responsible for the child until the end, and this message was clearly delivered. Being responsible will have an economic aspect, but there will also be an emotional aspect. I think there should be an additional explanation for this as a public figure, right?


[For Security]
Recently, more than 10,000 couples were born out of wedlock in Korea last year. Many people already say that about 40% is possible. The perception of Korea is changing a lot. But what should be the premise of this? The father, mother. If you're not married, you have to come to an agreement on the way they raise their children. Why do you need this? That way, you can tell your child clearly in the process of growing up and your child won't be emotionally hurt. But what I'm telling you now is that Jung Woo-sung will do his best as a father, but the public is saying what to do with his emotional responsibility. He himself said in the past that he wanted to be a good father and a friend-like father in this father-to-son relationship, but providing all the financial support can't be a friend-like father. In the end, there should be harmony while watching the process of growing together, but in the current situation, the question arises whether it is possible in this relationship.

[Anchor]
Anyway, there is a film festival this time, but Jung Woo-sung is also about to release a new drama next year. Some criticize it because it conflicts with the social remarks and activities that have been made so far, including the refugee ambassador activities, and others support it, and such voices coexist now. Lastly, it's important for Jung Woo-sung to wrap up the situation well for those who expected him to be good in a short time. How do you think it's important to respond?


[For Security]
The most important response right now is not the public response. Because we need to focus on establishing a relationship between Mr. Mungabi and that child, and how we end up with no more damage to each other. Because no matter how convincing the public can explain here, many people cannot support Jung Woo-sung if Moon Ga-bi, the person concerned, says that this will inevitably hurt him in raising children. On the contrary, even if everyone points out that this is not the case, if the parties, Mr. Mungabi and the child reach their own agreement that is acceptable, it should be accepted because it is private from the public's perspective, a third party. That's why it's most necessary at the moment to think about how to wrap this up with Mr. Mungabi.

[Anchor]
Let's wait for that part to see if I'll stand in front of reporters at the Blue Dragon Film Festival right away. This has been Ahn Jin-yong, a reporter for the Munhwa Ilbo. Thank you.