In June 2024, T-ARA member Jiyeon found herself amid rampant rumors speculating that she and her baseball star husband, Hwang Jae Gyun, had gotten a divorce.
The rumors started when Lee Kwang Gil, a baseball commentator for KNN PowerFM radio, mentioned the couple’s “divorce.” While Lee immediately apologized for his words, the rumor did not die down…
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…as other alleged “signs” of troubled marriage emerged. For example, when Hwang Jae Gyun was spotted out drinking at a bar belonging to Shinhwa member Minwoo‘s older sister, it acted as fuel to the divorce rumor spreading like wildfire.
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While an “acquaintance” has tipped off Korean media that, as of September 19, 2024 (KST), the couple “has not gotten a divorce,” Jiyeon’s return to YouTube left Koreans confused.
Despite the acquaintance’s reassurance, multiple Korean media outlets reported that, in the latest video giving T-ARA fans a sneak peek into the girl group’s 15th debut anniversary fan meeting, Jiyeon is “not wearing her wedding ring.”
The missing ring has raised eyebrows, given how the rumor has not yet been clearly addressed by the couple—but this time, Jiyeon’s married fans came to her defense, claiming that she must have taken it off for the shoot.
- “Try getting married… LOL. It’s impossible to keep the ring on forever.”
- “Haha. Who cares if they’re divorced or not? People have no lives.”
- “It doesn’t matter if these two are divorced or separated or whatever. What are you all going to do about it, offer couple’s counseling? Remember divorce isn’t some terrible thing.”
- “To be honest… Married couples don’t really wear wedding rings because it gets uncomfortable after a while.”
- “She probably took it off for the shoot, though…”
- “It is possible that she took it off because she was at work. For my husband and me, we kept our rings on for the day when we got it and that was it. I don’t even know where it is now.”
Jiyeon and Hwang Jae Gyun tied the knot in December 2022.
