It’s been 37 years since the divorce… Jo Young-nam: “It’s like living with my ex-wife Yoon Yeo-jeong”

“No contact at all… I thought it was great in my heart”

Singer and painter Jo Young-nam. Newsis

Singer and painter Jo Young-nam again mentioned his ex-wife, actress Yoon Yeo-jeong.

Jo Young-nam appeared as a guest on YTN Radio’s ‘Lee Ik-seon and Choi Soo-young’s Issues & People’ broadcast on the 12th.

On that day’s broadcast, the host asked, “We didn’t prepare the question, but do you meet Yoon Yeo-jeong sometimes?” to which Jo Young-nam briefly replied, “Not at all.”

When the host asked, “You don’t meet at all?” and “Isn’t it great that you’re doing so well? He congratulates me and sends me texts,” Jo Young-nam responded, “It’s like living together,” and “He’s on TV whenever I turn on the TV, he’s on when I go to the movies, and he’s on wherever I go.”

When asked repeatedly, “But don’t you congratulate me and say, ‘It’s nice to see you. Take care’?”, Jo Young-nam replied, “I just think in my heart, ‘You’re amazing.’”

Meanwhile, Jo Young-nam and Yoon Yeo-jeong got married in 1974. He had two sons, They divorced in 1987 due to an affair. Cho Young-nam has been criticized by the public for mentioning Yoon Yeo-jeong several times in the past. In 2021, when Yoon Yeo-jeong won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ‘Minari’, Cho Young-nam was criticized for saying in an interview, “Isn’t that the best revenge on cheating men?”

Kim Ji-su, online news reporter jisu@segye.com

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