Lee Ji-hye, a broadcaster formerly of the group Shop, confessed that she dropped out of school at a young age after being deeply hurt by her father's infidelity.
On the 9th, a video was released on the YouTube channel 'Pray for Renewal,' featuring Lee Ji-hye discussing her family background.
In the video, Lee Ji-hye began by saying, "My mother worked hard and had strong maternal instincts, while my father was very handsome, excelled in many things, and was the youngest son of a wealthy family."
She added, "My parents ran a pork stew restaurant in Jang-an-dong, and the business did well. My mother worked so hard that I wondered if she really had to push herself that much. There was a billiards hall on the second floor next to the restaurant, and my father would go there frequently."
Lee Ji-hye stated, "My father wanted to do many things. Perhaps because he married young and felt lonely, he helped my mother a lot, but there were aspects of his behavior that seemed inappropriate. He had an affair. The pain I felt looking at my mother became severe during my adolescence."
She also recalled, "I ended up dropping out of school. My mother suggested that if she was struggling, I should study abroad and start fresh in a new place, so I went to Australia when I was in the first year of high school."
Lee Ji-hye continued, "Going there did not make things better; it got worse. I stayed with a host family locally, and the host's daughter was a wild child. She tried to get me to smoke, and although I was a minor, I also drank alcohol."
Lee Ji-hye said that she returned to Korea during vacation and, at a friend's suggestion, took an audition and began her life as a trainee. Later, she met producer Lee Sang-min and debuted with Shop.
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