Actor Kim Min-hee, who had an affair with director Hong Sang-soo for 10 years, had a child of director Hong Sang-soo, a 64-year-old married man, at the age of 42.
Entertainment media Dispatch reported on the 17th that Kim Min-hee was pregnant with Hong Sang-soo's child. According to the report, Kim Min-hee is living with director Hong Sang-soo in Hanam, Gyeonggi-do, and the two found out that they had a child due to natural pregnancy last summer. She is currently six months pregnant and is due to give birth this spring.
In particular, director Hong Sang-soo took a bold step to accompany Kim Min-hee to the obstetrics and gynecology department after hearing about the pregnancy of his infidelity partner Kim Min-hee. From pregnancy confirmation to examination, he visited the obstetrics and gynecology clinic together to check the health status of Kim Min-hee and her child, and from time to time, he went on a date with Kim Min-hee to take care of her.
On the same day, K-Star News said in an interview with director Hong Sang-soo's wife A that `I had no idea (about director Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee's pregnancy.'
Director Hong Sang-soo, a married man who married A, whom he met while studying in the U.S. in 1985, and has an only daughter, has developed into a relationship with Kim Min-hee since the release of 『Right Now, Wrong Then』 in 2015, and officially announced his affair with Kim Min-hee at a press conference for the 2017 domestic premiere of 『Alone on the Beach at Night』. Later in 2019, director Hong Sang-soo filed a lawsuit for divorce from his wife, A, but lost. At that time, the court dismissed the divorce suit filed by director Hong Sang-soo, judging that the main responsibility for the breakdown of the marriage lies with director Hong Sang-soo. Director Hong Sang-soo later gave up his appeal for divorce and is currently in a legal marital relationship with A, but apart from this, he has lived with Kim Min-hee for 10 years, and the controversy is expected to intensify as he and Kim Min-hee have been out of wedlock.
Earlier, director Kim Min-hee and director Hong Sang-soo received attention by attending the 77th Locarno International Film Festival held in August last year. In particular, Kim Min-hee, who won the Best Performance Award through infidelity director Hong Sang-soo's work 'Suyuchun' at the Locarno Film Festival, took the stage and said, `I love your movie so much, Director Hong Sang-soo for making such a beautiful movie. Thank you for working together."
Immediately after winning the award, he returned to his seat and handed his trophy to director Hong Sang-soo and buried his face on the shoulder of director Hong Sang-soo, which was captured on camera in real time. Kim Min-hee, who did not let go of director Hong Sang-soo's hand at the best moment, posing with director Hong Sang-soo's hand in a photo shoot to commemorate the winner, was pregnant with director Hong Sang-soo's child at the time.
Dispatch added to the shock by saying that Kim Min-hee's pregnant child will be listed out of wedlock on Hong Sang-soo's family relations register and his mother will be his wife A. Kim Min-hee added that she could only post it on her family register alone. Director Hong Sang-soo has submitted his new work to the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be announced on the 21st. Attention is focusing on whether he will make an official appearance at this year's Berlin Film Festival and mention 'Out-of-wedlock'.
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