8 Years [ENGV]

#32

"Hello, this is Jung Haein.

I would like to clarify the story that has come out. Even though it is something personal, and something I wouldn't want to expose at the moment, I value transparency and honesty, and I believe it is the best way to handle all of this.

Yes, it's true; Kim Jisoo and I had a brief relationship in 2015, which lasted until 2016, when our daughter was born.

Jisoo was still very young and was training to debut as an idol under YG Entertainment, in what would become one of the biggest K-pop groups in history, and I was just a young actor rising to stardom.

Even with the fear and confusion that surrounded us, we embraced the idea, and I was extremely happy. Together, we found a way to pursue our dreams while becoming parents. The agreement between us was that I would take a break from acting for about two years while Jisoo made her debut. Depriving her of that dream and achievement seemed selfish to me, and I knew that, for me as an actor, it would be easier to return than it would be for her as an idol.

The companies seemed to agree and supported us during this period, but we couldn't have imagined the cruelty they had planned.

The night our daughter was born, I was forbidden from entering the room—Jisoo went in alone. I waited for hours in the hallway for any news, and I wasn't even informed when she was born. The doctor only appeared at dawn, and the news I received was that my daughter had died.

I felt lost, weak. All my dreams and plans slipped away from me, and I collapsed to my knees in the hallway. I wanted to see Jisoo, but I was only allowed in hours later, when it was already night. She begged me for us to go our separate ways. That was when we parted.

It's been eight years of holding in that pain, sharing it only with a close friend—eight years of suffering caused by YG and FNC Entertainment. Inhumanely, the CEOs faked my daughter's death and took her from us without our knowledge or consent.

When we learned she was alive, we asked to meet her, to know how she was living and whether she was well and happy. That was our only wish, and if she were happy with the life she had, we would have left it at that. It would have been cruel to take her from a happy and comfortable reality to place her in ours, so full of daily challenges due to our fame. But we found that she wasn't happy.

Our daughter was living in a boarding school, practically abandoned by her then-guardian. The woman told us she barely spent time with her aunt, spending all her time at school.

When at home, she was alone. One night, while at home alone, she watched a drama starring Jisoo and excitedly told us about it. Our daughter already admired her and was happy to learn that she would be living with us and would be adopted.

We told her she would be adopted because the real story was so cruel and complex. Of course, we would tell her the truth eventually, but we didn't want it to be now. Yes, our daughter is already aware of what happened in her life and, surprisingly, understood what's going on.

We are in the process of getting her back through the courts, and we are thinking first and foremost about her well-being, her safety, and above all, her desire to be with us. We ask that you respect our privacy and refrain from spreading false rumors. The situation has been painful for me, for Jisoo, and for our innocent daughter. Thank you."

"Hello, this is JISOO.

I'm here to confirm that the rumors about me giving birth to a daughter are true. When I got involved with Jung Haein, I was young and still training to debut with BLACKPINK. That's why our relationship was still a secret until I became pregnant. It was confusing and scary at first, but we began to adapt and make our plans—plans that were ruthlessly interrupted.