After marriage, the actress, who was called the ‘daughter-in-law in Cheongdam-dong’ and was envied by many women, is a topic of discussion as the sad current situation of the actress is revealed. Attention is also focused on her ex-husband’s monolithic parenting remarks.
According to OSEN coverage on October 12, actor Jeong-yoon Choi’s contract with Workhouse Company, founded by Ha Jung-woo, ended at the end of September, and came to the free agency market.
It is said that Choi Jung-yoon and the agency both decided not to renew the contract following an amicable agreement and decided to go their separate ways. It is known that she is currently working alone with Choi Jung-yun leaving her agency.
Earlier, in 2011, Choi Jung-yoon married Yoon Tae-joon, the eldest son of E-Land Group vice president and former Eagle Five group.
In 2016, following 5 years of marriage, they announced that they had a daughter, but following 10 years of marriage, last year, “I am in the process of divorce with my husband.”
A meeting between a popular actress and a second generation chaebol
Choi Jeong-yoon, who married the second generation of a conglomerate in 2011, was nicknamed ‘Cheongdam-dong daughter-in-law’ because of her luxurious image and elegant atmosphere as an actress.
In the family of her husband, Tae-Jun Yoon, her mother-in-law is Vice Chairman Park Sung-Kyung, younger sister of E-Land Group Chairman Park Seong-Soo. In other words, Chairman Park Seong-soo is Choi Jeong-yoon’s suburban uncle, and his family is E-Land Group.
Choi Jeong-yoon, born in 1977, and Yoon Tae-joon, born in 1982, are known to have met for the first time through an acquaintance. At the time of their first meeting, Choi Jeong-yoon knew nothing regarding Yoon Tae-joon’s family background, and just knew that he was the owner of a meat restaurant where they first met.
Later, as they developed into a romantic relationship, Tae-jun Yoon naturally confided regarding his family, and Jung-yoon Choi said, “I had no idea the size of the economy. Later, I found out that the difference was regarding 10 times.”
The figure of ’10 times’ was not an exaggeration. At that time, E-Land was the 42nd largest group in the business world as of 2017 and ranked first in sales in the domestic fashion industry.
In addition to being the son of a chaebol family, Yoon Tae-joon drew more attention because of his special background. That is, he was a member of the group ‘Eagle Five’, which debuted in 1998, and was a singer.
After Eagle Five was disbanded, Tae-Jun Yoon left to study in the United States and returned to Korea following graduating from Indiana University in 2009. Tae-Jun Yoon is running a personal business, not a business related to E-Land Group. He was involved in management as a major shareholder of a textile and apparel company, or was in charge of the management of an entertainment agency to which Choi Jeong-yoon belonged.
The news of the marriage between Tae-Jun Yoon and Jeong-Yoon Choi, a man who has everything from a celebrity background to a striking beauty and economic power at the level of a chaebol, has earned the envy of many women.
Their love story first became a hot topic in 2014 when they appeared on a talk show following 3 years of marriage and revealed their newlywed house.
Sudden arrest and separation of husband
However, starting in 2017, even social media activities were switched to private accounts and contact was completely blocked. The reason is said to be because of his husband, Yoon Tae-jun.
In April 2017, Yoon Tae-joon took office as the president of a clothing company in charge of the Korean Wave content supply business in China in September 2014. He was arrested and charged with making a profit.
At the time, the prosecution believes that Tae-Jun Yoon raised the stock price by distributing the information through a press release that “the application developed by the Taiwanese company that has signed a business agreement with the company will enter the app store of China Mobile, the largest telecommunication company in China.” Evidence An arrest warrant was issued for fear of destruction.
After that, the court judged that regarding 1.5 billion won out of the 2 billion won was not clearly proven whether it was Yoon’s profit from the crime. 5 million was sentenced.
Just in time for the end of her husband’s probation, Choi Jung-yoon resumed her social media activities. In the meantime, her daughter Ji-woo had grown a lot, and Choi Jeong-yoon was still her elegant wife.
And recently, Choi Jeong-yoon began to reveal her daily life with her daughter through broadcasting. Prior to the broadcast, in an interview with Women’s Magazine in April 2020, Choi Jung-yoon said, “I will appear on an entertainment program with my daughter. There may be negative views due to my husband’s wrong actions in the past, but I mightn’t hide it, so I took courage.” I will show you my daily life without pretense.”
The reality of a daughter-in-law in Cheongdam-dong is… 10 years of single parenting
Choi Jung-yoon’s daily life, which she was going to reveal without pretense, was not only far from the glamor of the ‘Cheongdam-dong daughter-in-law’, but rather honest and naked enough to cause a salty smell.
On this day’s broadcast, Choi Jeong-yoon showed that he was devoted to Ji-woo’s childcare all day, saying, “I have been raising my children alone for 5 years because of my husband who leaves early in the morning and comes in late at night.”
Choi Jeong-yoon answered her daughter’s call and played with her, so it took 3 hours following waking up to prepare the first meal and eat together. She continued to threaten and negotiate, saying, “If you don’t focus, I won’t show you TV.”
After living a life tailored to Ji-woo all day, bathing a child she doesn’t like, reading a book in bed for over two hours, and finally having time for herself, Jeong-yoon Choi, who is alone late at night, brings out wine and raw ramen, and is a close colleague. I called actress Park Jin-hee.
Choi Jeong-yoon, who complained regarding the hardship of single parenting, saying, “I finally finished 6 years old,” but said that if the child said “I love you,” melts away, was no different from any other parenting mothers.
On this day’s broadcast, Dr. Oh Eun-young, a counseling expert, expressed concern that depression was detected in Choi Jeong-yoon’s psychological diagnosis conducted in advance. She said, “It’s literally self-reliant parenting. Dad isn’t there when Ji-woo wakes up, and sometimes Dad comes in when he’s sleeping.” She asked Choi Jeong-yoon, “Why don’t you lean on her husband?”
In response, Choi Jung-yoon said, “My husband says, ‘Are you the only one raising children?’
On this day, Dr. Oh Eun-young looked at Choi Jeong-yoon’s daily life and said, “A mother raising children can’t say ‘it’s hard'” and “I think I’m going to cry.” Viewers are sympathizing and cheering for his familiar daily life, saying that it is ‘the swamp of single parenting that even the daughter-in-law of Cheongdam-dong might not avoid’.
Attention is focused on whether Choi Jeong-yoon, who has been exhausted from childrearing alone for a long time, will be able to overcome her future challenges as a single mother.
Meanwhile, Choi Jung-yoon, who was born in 1977 and is 46 years old, made her debut in the 1996 SBS drama ‘Beautiful Woman’. Since then, he has appeared in ‘Live Upright’, ‘Rooftop Cat’, ‘Bad Couple’, ‘You, Smile’, ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’, ‘Can We Love’ and ‘Cheongdam-dong Scandal’.
