Actors Lee Dong-hwi (39) and Jeong Ho-yeon (30) broke up after nine years of dating.
On the 26th, a media outlet announced that Lee Dong-hwi and Jeong Ho-yeon recently broke up and went from being lovers to being colleagues.
An official from Lee Dong-hwi’s agency, Company, told Donga.com, “It is true that Lee Dong-hwi recently broke up,” and that the reason for the breakup could not be confirmed in detail.
Next, an official from Jeong Ho-yeon’s agency, Saram Entertainment, also said, “It is true that Actor Jeong Ho-yeon broke up with Actor Lee Dong-hwi. “We decided to remain good colleagues.”
Lee Dong-hwi and Jeong Ho-yeon have received much love as a representative long-running couple in the entertainment industry. The two acknowledged their relationship in 2016. Afterwards, while remaining faithful to their main profession, acting, they freely revealed their affection for each other at public appearances.
In an interview conducted after Ho-yeon Jeong emerged as a global star with the 2021 Netflix original ‘Squid Game’, when asked about her lover’s reaction, she said, “(Lee Dong-hwi) is proud of me.”
Lee Dong-hwi appeared on ENA’s entertainment show ‘Kwak Jun-bin’s World Driver’s Restaurant 2’, which was released in August, and boasted to a taxi driver he met in Los Angeles, USA, saying, “Do you know the squid game?” and “My girlfriend and best friend is appearing.” I also did it.
Meanwhile, Lee Dong-hwi is meeting viewers through the currently airing tvN entertainment show ‘Finland Rent’, and Jeong Ho-yeon has successfully entered Hollywood through Apple TV+’s ‘Disclaimer’.
Kim Seung-hyeon, Donga.com reporter tmdgus@donga.com
Source: www.donga.com
