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 Sunday, a video was released on the YouTube channel 'Pray for Renewal,' featuring Lee Ji-hye discussing her family background.
In the video, Lee said, "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 said, "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 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 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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