Guess that wedding was shotgun after all
Heh.
Lots of netizens speculated as to the reason for the speedy courtship and quick wedding of Kwon Sang-woo and Sohn Tae-young, and a popular theory was that a pregnancy had precipitated the nuptials.
Those rumors weren’t based on anything but speculation, but it turns out that this time they were coincidentally on the mark: Sohn Tae-young is expecting the couple’s first child in the spring. She’s six months pregnant, the wedding was on September 28, you do the math.
Back when the couple announced wedding plans on July 18 at a press conference, they’d declined to comment on the question of whether Sohn was pregnant at the time. Sohn also later denied pregnancy rumors in a later encounter with a reporter. But I suppose there’s no point in hiding the fact now, and the couple announced their pregnancy in a phone interview on the 3rd. (The couple is currently enjoying time off work in Australia.)
Keke. Now, I find this news funny, but let’s keep things decent here. I’m sure we’re all above slut-shaming, and if we aren’t, my “delete” button is! Fair warning, y’alls.
Via Chosun.com
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well, i hope they both made a smart decision and decided to marry for love. but then again, this is korea. responsibility comes first. i hope the best for them!
wow, i didn’t know!!
lucky gal!
ummm…so did he really love her? just kidding, KSW is a real man. their baby will be so beautiful.
they’re handling this like pros. drop the bomb while out of country, and after japanese investment was secured for latest star vehicle. congrats to the couple anyway! all i remember from the wedding is the amount of stars & a certain yummy chocolate dress. what shotgun? LOL
i wonder why they chose to hide it….
i mean most stars these day just reveal it.
why hide it if it was going to get obvious soon?
Good news after many bad news in K-showbiz recently. Congrats to Kwon Sang Woo and his wife
Well, at least the man didn’t run away. It’s not like it’s the first case ever. I guess people have urges (just make sure it’s on right, yeah?).
Hopefully this will end up to be a successful relationship and no divorce will come out of it.
i’m not surprised since i always thought KSW will be a bachelor for a few more years especially with his career and all. I kind of speculated that there is something behind the sudden wedding. still, they are married now.. i wish them to have many years of happy life together with lots of babies. I agree too with the earlier post, good strategy by his PR people, drop the bomb while they are M-I-A!!!
I don’t know how to react. I’ve already accepted that Sang Woo was married and I was half expecting this scenario because how would you explain the abrupt announcement right? I just hope that they will not separate after the baby is born.
An unborn life is the dawn of a new day.
An immense happiness of heart that radiates the infinite sky.
My sincerest good wishes.
But why did he choose to have the baby in Australia?..Everybody knew it was a shotgun marriage..
But if I were them, they could have managed the public perception of a shotgun wedding if (a) admitted that they are pregnant; (b) held a civil wedding, without the hype; and (c) had the pregnancy before holding a lavish wedding. The route they chose makes me feel like no one wanted this pregnancy. My concerns are for the child. Someday, he/she will learn that his/her parents have the capacity to lie about him/her — even in and to the public.
Slut or not, at least the guy has the decency to take responsibility for the baby. They look good as a couple. And, if anything, she is lucky to have gotten pregnant because the guy she grabbed is cute XD
How they know it’s 6 month already??
STY should eat more she’s so skinny
Well JD let’s don’t speculate too much as we really don’t know what happened. He probably did want the baby and if he didn’t then precautions would’ve been taken. Anyway congrats to him and his wife and the child. Eventually superstardom has to take a back seat to reality.
Ha, I knew it!
Anyway, I hope they have a healthy baby, and hopefully they stay together! Even though I don’t like STY too much, I want the marriage to work.
i knew the wedding was september but they were engaged much earlier, no? some people consider engagement as a wedding without the ceremony…
Are we sure it’s HIS baby? HA!
Just kidding.
I do hope so.
So she was 3-4 months preggers when she got married? Holy crap, that was one tiny baby bump!
Perhaps they had the intention to marry all along but this just sped up the process?
No matter what, if they are willing to marry because of a baby I hope they choose to stay together as well.
ahaha lolz
why weren’t i surpised?! as if this is new!
i just hope that this marriage would last.
goodluck to their family life.
see – what Korean drama shows is not true… there are s_x when one is having a relationship….
hahah…. at least the World They Live In is more realisitc… LOL
By the way, TWTLI photo shoot in Elle(?), the girl with JY and JO seemed to be their daughter in the drama?.. or am i wrong.. LOL… out of topic..
“slut” shaming is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. Why condemn girls for being sexually active before marriage when guys do it as much, or even more? A girl who has had sex isn’t “impure” or “dirty” –seriously, virginity has nothing to do with your character or who you really are. And yet, we use virginity to judge girls ALL the time and yet do not discourage guys from being promiscuous.
Double standards suck.
Congrats to the couple though
i bet their child will be beautiful.
congrats, and wish them to have a healthy baby
^ i wholly concur
old habits die hard, esp when phallocentric views are so ingrained in us, generation after generation, steeped in much other “reinforcements” like sexual history relating to your roles as daughter, wife, friend, partner. nobody wants to think about it, but a healthy-bodied male like kwone with a long list of attractive checklist items to tick off, can’t possible have stayed celibate or even virgin long before he met the missus. but it’s “male nature” to “do what he must”, and “scandalous” If a woman meets her partners on equal terms. why can’t they ALL be damaged goods, the whole lot of them together? ROFL
congrats to them & hope they live a blissful life with their new baby on the way!
Shotgun weddings: The gift that just keeps on giving.
In any case, I hope things work out for the best. Maybe someday Korea will be more liberal so couples don’t have to get married like this : (
Didn’t Jang Hyuk get married while his girlfriend was pregnant or even after the baby was born? Now he was truthful and honest, and didn’t hide anything to the media or his fans. While it’s good KSW and STY are taking responsibility for their actions, we have to agree that the way they handled it shows dishonesty, and if she denied it, well, she lied. If they knew the news would break out eventually, why hide it in the first place? Not that we care if they lie or are dishonest, that’s totally their business. Shows they care more about their image and getting business than their integrity. We have to agree KSW really made it like it was a fairytale and his confessions of love and romance–he played his part well. But hey, that’s show business, some can live with it and still be themselves, others are victims of it and just play their parts.
I think the current statistic in the U.S. is that around 37% of babies are born out of wedlock. At least their baby will have married parents. Not that having unmarried parents is bad because it’s all about choice, right?
I wish them all the best as parents, because it’s a tough but rewarding responsibility.
Thanks for choosing that lovely photo of the couple. They will make beautiful baby!
people remember, if she’s a slut then he’s man-slut. you can’t just blame one party… !!!
but yeah, good luck to them and congrats as well.
Seriously, what’s with calling her a slut? Women have the right to express their sexuality just as men have been doing all along. There’s nothing wrong with this situation, especially if they are married. Celebrities are normal people too. I don’t see why netizens are so concerned over a so-called ’shotgun wedding’. What’s it to them anyways?
Well, I really dont think all those details matter much as long as they dont divorce.
*prays* lol.
lucky girllllll
the babys gonna be a cutie
Hope they will have a healthy baby. Who cares if WE knew about it or not…
too bad the rumors were true…
i thought it was the only legit reason …
what a lucky gal …
i mean, why else would one of the most eligible bachelors of k-entertainment want to suddenly settle down and get married right when he’s getting his comeback?
well, at least he’s a man for taking responsibility
haha i just hope the baby is as gorgeous as they are … or else we’ll all know that someone (or both?) had some extra extra done at the doctors
Agree with prev posters saying they handled it wrong.
Should have just come out with it gracefully like Jang Hyuk handled it , and it would sound a lot more dignified – more so anyway than the way the KSW couple are announcing their news now.
(at that, wasn’t Jang Hyuk steadily dating his wife for a while already? it wasn’t some whirlwind thing. just a natural progression of the relationship perhaps?)
Or is it going to be (for the KSW couple) a case of:
– “hey, we didn’t know .. back then?” or;
– “we just thought the symptoms or lack of ovulation cycle was due to stress of wedding planning? ^ ^
It’s not that possible to still not know (or even suspect) at 3-4 months, which was about when they got married?
Finger-pointing “slut” responsibility ==> again agree here.
NOT making any personal judgement on promiscuity (I actually think two mature committed grownups should know what they’re doing and do NOT have to wait for some black and white agreement for the world to see. Commitment is in the mind and heart, NOT on some piece of paper endorsement).
But definitely, the decision and responsibility should float BOTH ways.
In fact, normally it would be more the guy than the girl who would want to progress the relationship physically (esp in teenhood
)
Slut? Thats a bit extreme. They’re both two adults that love each other and are taking responsibility for their actions. I can see why she would deny it at first. I mean, its really none of anyones business but theirs. Best wishes to both of them. They make a lovely couple.
“people remember, if she’s a slut then he’s man-slut. you can’t just blame one party… !!!”
I agree. Zeus was such a man whore, he fathered halfgods before he removed his toga. And the Greeks worshipped that slut. Think about it; without man sluts, the Greeks would have no religion. Suck on that Socrates!
But I definitely agree with Ed. All of the magazine coverage and visibility was a Hallyu business plan to protect KSW’s international image. Cynical stuff, but well timed and executed. It’ll work outside of Korea and domestically in the longer run.
Congratulations to the married couple on their new child!
Why have a boyfriend if you not going to have sex with him!
i’ve noticed that most guys get married cause of a kid, but they probably do love each other, it just takes a visit from the stork to say yes to marriage, also what their family & society will think. besides marriage is a a 50/50 thing anyways. they are adults, & its really their own business. hey maybe their kid will be a Hallyu star.
why are people calling her a slut?!? she’s an ADULT in her 30’s! she should be able to do whatever she wants to do with him?? the double standards are sickening….
Who cares??? At least he took responsibility for the baby! They should be able to do whatever they want! In this generation,, couples have children without getting married. It’s not a big deal anymore. People shouldn’t call her a slut.
lol, i’m giggling as i type this.
i’m happy for them. i guess it’s okay that they had a shotgun wedding.
hope they have a beautiful baby together!!!
haha, i knew it, right from the start. i didnt even know they were dating and all of the sudden they’re getting married,? how is possible.
like most koreans, from what i observed wants to marry a girl after dating her for few years., but im cool with them, im not against in relationship, just be happy and congrats with thier first baby, i hope its a girl. ..
To DWILLIAMS, I’m not speculating because I really don’t care about the BTS of these all because we will never know. But these couple made some things public like denying that they are pregnant. When people make things public — they know that they will never have control on its consequences, especially on their child. When the child grows up, I am sure that the only thing that would matter to him/her is what was said to the public. So when I said ” The route they chose makes me feel like no one wanted this pregnancy”, it was an opinion made out of putting myself in the shoes of their would-be child, who in the future might want to know how were mum and dad when she/he came to this world, and learn that his/her loving parents kept mum on his/her existence for a while. If it happens that she/he grows up thinking like me, I’d say they their actions before admission that mum is pregrant make me FEEL like I was an accident that they had to be responsible for (nonetheless, at least the child can use this excuse to get everything she/he wants from his/her parents — hehehehe). Lessons learned: the truth will set you free (not only now but also in the future), so just be honest to save you time explaining history.
I knew it…I knew it…
Bet they won’t last for more than 5 years…
I KNEW IT! They do not look in love btw… but good luck to the 3 of them! <3
i’m sure they denied the pregnancy rumors to somewhat salvage his popularity and to not cause such a frenzy among his fans and the media. however, it’s very common for couples (at least all the ones i know) to hold off on announcing their pregnancy until after the first tri-mester since most miscarriages happen in the first tri-mester.
i agree with a lot of you…why the unnecessary name calling? they’re both adults in a relationship. now, if she TRAPPED him by getting pregnant…that’s another story! i guess we’ll never know….
this is just the sign of the times – nothing to be ashamed of. Attraction and sexual desire is just a natural physical thing. Most of us have/ will undergo this stage in life. Koreans and other Asian countries are just not that open to this aspect.
Haha, I knew it! Oh well, I never really had much respect for the woman anyways.
And the reason why people call her a “slut”, as heinous as it sounds, is not because she had premarital sex and chose to become pregnant befoe marriage. It’s because Son TaeYoung is known to have high profile relationships with MANY CELEBRITY MEN before she settled down with Kwon SangWoo. And by many, I’m talking about breakups after a year and then hopping into a new relationship soon afterwards; and then repeat cycle. She’s had about 5 I think. That’s a lot. And not to mention, not a very good image.
And like anna, said, are we sure it’s his baby? LMAO.
I laugh at these people saying Son Tae-young “trapped” him. Hello! Kwon Sang-woo isn’t some little kid that doesn’t know that contraceptives aren’t 100% effective. That’s a risk you take whenever you choose to have sex. I don’t agree with shotgun weddings, they usually never work out, but at least he’s taking responsibility for his actions. That’s more than I can say for a lot of men out there nowadays.
#55, I understand the reasoning, but that’s still unacceptable. (And I know you’re explaining the stance, not promoting it.) Of course I know it’s an issue for society at large to condemn the woman for sex and condone (or praise) the man, and that it isn’t just confined to Sohn-Kwon here.
But it’s ridiculous to rip on Sohn for the pregnancy as though Kwon had nothing to do with it.
STY is one smart cookie! what a way to nab one of the hottest bachelor of South Korea… anyways, congratulations!
Oh! is that what happened in the car while dating?.
No wonder now he work for free !!
#55, i think if u take away all the celebrity status and if they were all normal citizens with normal jobs (not that acting is abnormal), there are people who jump from one relationship to another to another to another. so maybe the person is emotionally dependent, i don’t know. but does that mean they deserve the label? and i sincerely believe that not all dating relationships leads to sex.
“But it’s ridiculous to rip on Sohn for the pregnancy as though Kwon had nothing to do with it.”
i agree with javabeans on this one. takes two to tango.
Whoops, I didn’t mean in any way whatsoever to justify that slut-shaming was acceptable. Should’ve put that in. I was just explaining why people jumped to conclusions and might call her a slut.
And javabeans, I wasn’t really ripping on Son for the pregnancy, if you were directing that comment towards me. If you are, please read my reply thoroughly once more. =)
And it is not really my business whatsoever to be concerned with their lives. Maybe that person is emotionally dependent. Maybe that person isn’t. I don’t know. But no, that does not mean they deserve the label, and I never said it was justifiable to call someone a slut in my post. You have your opinions, and I have mine, so please respect them as I will do unto yours.
Thanks.
cee, that was not directed your way. I did figure you weren’t advocating the name-calling, just explaining it, which is what I was responding to.
I don’t know why but it always rankles me when people say that at least the man is taking responsibility as if that’s something super special. If put that way, then at least the woman is willing to carry his child. How awesome of her!
It is super special in my eyes since a lot of American women have to take men to court to get them to take responsibility.
I don’t want a kid, but I’d give up 8 months of my life in a heartbeat to carry Kwon Sang Woo’s baby:-) I’d be set for life.haha. Now, carrying Larry the Cashier from Walmart’s baby on the other hand….
6 months pregnant but no ‘baby bump’?
@ afternoontea
I can empathize with your situation, but a congrats is still in order. You just made a miracle, after all
am sending them diaper money…..
congrats…
I hope the child will be taught not to tell lies.
Sorry fans you had been conned !!.
Sesame street, what exactly were we “conned” out of? Some of us don’t impose outrageous (double) standards of morality on actors we like. They’re just people, honestly. It’s fans who preach about being conned or lied to who are so judgmental that they’re “disappointed” when someone gets married or pregnant. It’s not like the actors owe us anything, or have to tell us every little thing about their personal issues right away.
I haven’t got a problem with a shot-gun wedding but lying about the baby makes them seem ashamed of themselves and makes the whole thing look shady. I think situations like these should be done in a straight forward, honest manner.
hahahhaahhahhahaah!!! i’m sorry, i just have to laugh…coz i speculate it right with a lot of netizen…lol
edit: didn’t read above rants/raves, i guess congratulations is in order.
The point is she lied and so is he…. No, pregnancy.
Cover up.. Too much business instead of true love between them. I don’t like either of them.
My wife tells me that much before KSW, Sohn had two boyfriends before KSW, and that she dumped one for another because she was trying to upgrade (more star power). I haven’t confirmed, but that’s what my Korean wife said.
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Poor boy..lucky girl…this is a making of a K drama right here!!! Everything about it is really suspicious and fishy!!! Even if they were married, they only got married for the interest of their respective careers…the boy, marries the pregnant girl to save his face..and his career ( talk about a big responsibility to the public), the girl, lucky girl, intentionally got herself pregnant by a beautiful man who any woman on this planet would like a shot of ( ..very smart girl…very smart!!! ) and a name for herself…and now..a baby..applause..applause.. next chapter pleazeee. what a bunch of fakes….