Yuh Esther, a former doctor turned entrepreneur, aired her frustration and anger over the aftermath of her husband, medical journalist Hong Hye-geul's Facebook post regarding the film "The Assassins."
On the 9th, Yuh Esther uploaded a video titled "Yuh Esther and Hong Hye-geul on the brink of separation" to her YouTube channel. In the video, she recalled the incident, saying, "I got up early that morning and received a KakaoTalk message saying 'I'm sorry.' After a while, the internet was in an uproar."
She continued, "He only said he was sorry but did not say he would never do it again. So I drew my sword," revealing that she had announced she would no longer support Hong Hye-geul's YouTube channel, "After the Rain."
When Hong Hye-geul responded by saying, "People are shamelessly threatening with money," Yuh Esther retorted, "Mr. Hye-geul should not reveal his political leanings, but didn't he write as if it were about a completely different faction or something?"
She stated, "Our company's internet was plastered with malicious comments, and our employees could do nothing else but delete them all," conveying the damage sustained by her company. Ultimately, Hong Hye-geul reportedly wrote a pledge promising to permanently delete his Facebook account.
Yuh Esther said, "This happens once or twice a year, so I have no choice but to stop running my company," even mentioning the possibility of selling the business. While Hong Hye-geul stated, "I thought that level of trouble would be no problem at all," Yuh Esther countered, "That is exactly the problem."
Previously, last month, Hong Hye-geul wrote on Facebook about "The Assassins," asking, "Is it right to defame a respected or acknowledged deceased person with forced conspiracy theories while the bereaved family is still alive?" and labeling it as "double standards." "The Assassins" is a film based on the 1974 shooting incident of Lady Yuh Young-sook, which has been engulfed in controversy over historical distortion since its release.
The couple, both doctors from Seoul National University, married in 1994 and have two sons. Yuh Esther operates a health functional food company with annual sales of approximately 300 billion won.
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