And in the seriously trashy tabloid crap department, entertainer couple Park Cheol and Ok So-ri are splitting apart after over a decade of marriage, with Park reportedly filling a divorce suit against his wife on Oct 9.
The reason for the split? Well, nobody’s talked yet — Park said he would reveal the reason today, but later decided against it. During his radio show, he seemed to suggest he’d been cuckolded by his wife.
The Sports Seoul, however, dug a bit deeper, claiming that Ok had been carrying on an affair with the head chef of a major Seoul hotel since the beginning of the year.
And sit down for this — the chef in question is a foreigner. And seven years her younger, to boot.
I know. My worldview was completely shattered, too. I’ll allow you time to grab your pills, if you need ‘em.
The paper, citing an anonymous employee at the alleged homewrecker’s hotel, claimed Park even came to the hotel looking for the chef — whom at this point we can assume is NOT Jamie Oliver — but the chef wasn’t at work. And he’s reportedly taken a sudden vacation at any rate.
No doubt more on this story will come out later.
(HT to reader)
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Not exactly a looker, is she?
Now, if it had been _Moon_ So-ri, props to the guy.
By the way, who in their right minds names their kid “Ok So-ri”? The potential for teasing would seem to be high up there.
Come on, dogbertt. She’s a good looking woman.
And as for the name, apparently, her parents DIDN’T name her Sori. Her birth name is Bo-gyeong. Which is arguably worse.
those damn foreign chefs…we should watch out for them…now they are ruining marriages
Well, at the least they had the decency to pixelate his face and not reveal his name. However, they were emphasizing the fact that Ok’s supposed lover is a foreigner by publishing the picture in question.
Good point, Robert.
Not everyone was so considerate.
And it’s not a good sign when “옥소리 외국남” comes up automatically on Naver.com searches.
Have they annouced which hotel it is in any of the papers?
I know which hotel it is and can see the scene now…Korean men on one side of the lobby protesting against foreign men taking “their women” with lots of lonely Korean housewives on the other side of the lobby looking for an “extra potion” from the foreign chef!!
Not to mention the lovely nutizen comments - a toxic bloom if ever there was one.
Ah, for the days when Koreans only cheated on their spouses with fellow Koreans. Another unintended horror of globalization.
And (a deleted European nationality) to boot. Strikes me that Mr Park didn’t stand a chance. I can just picture the chef telling the innocent lady how well kimchi and a good chianti go together…with a wicked smile.
#7.
It wouldn’t happen to be this guy, would it?
If so… you can’t make that name up.
http://www.zenkimchi.com/FoodJournal/?p=311
Blue-eyed devils.
Zenkimchi — In fact, it’s NOT him. But since we’re on the subject, I ask commenters not to post his name, photo or place of work. At least not until he outs himself in the local media.
He is a disgustingly good looking guy.
I seem to remember a similar furore when it was alleged that Gong Li was shtupping a whitey.
better delete my comment @9 then - unless i’m wrong.
I edited your comment — because you were right.
a deleted European nationality
jewish?
crikey, that was in bad taste.
Bad taste, but funny.
@16 post of the week.
hoju_saram:
I burst out into laughter, but PLEASE do not do it too often…
Do motels have foreign chefs now?
I must be staying in all the wrong places.
I heard it was some chef named Sweeney Todd she was seeing.
whatever the dude’s name is: Run for the fucking hills.
have at it…
Judy, thanks for cracking my screen. That is NOT a flattering shot.
Come on you guys, sometimes the ugly ones are good in the sack. This girl must be REALLY good.
perhaps the koreans are concerned that the foreigner is a pedophile. you know how so many an expat like little children, don’t you? lol.
Paw,
My gut tells me that you are going to be banned from this site one day…
Oh heavens…she needs less make-up and more surgery.
pawi…they said the foreigner was a cook, not an English teacher. As far as cook stereotypes go, you’ll have to wait out on that…
@#28:
Our words are a reflection of ourselves. That’s why Pawi never manages to offend with his predictably lowball anti-expat insults.
#29
I’m not so sure the solution is more surgery.
Try less makeup + less surgery - stealing airline stewardess wardrobe and most importantly less camera.
Just to be a total ass:
Pawi, are you, in fact a naturalized or natural born citizen of the United States, or are you an expat living there. At any point have you or members of your family been expats in another country? If so, whilst living as an expat, did you or your family “like little children?”
wang-goo, why would marmot ban me? i’m just following the flow of traffic. i suggest you keep yourself busy by showing us just how gawd damn smart you are. that’s your specialty and you should stick to it.
as for you, sonagi, i suggest you learn how to stand up for yourself while you’re standing in line at the 711. ok? btw, you really made a fool of yourself when you accused wjk of lying about becoming a doctor. it showed your ignorance.
Kyopo vs. kyopo.
I like it.
Pawi should be banned for his crimes against capitalization. He’s never met a “Shift” key that he likes.
Here’s a funny but true story.
Ten years ago, in the summer of 1997, I was in Japan on a visa run. I was standing in the middle of a crowded bridge in Osaka (the famous one where a lot of people hang out) minding my own business. I pulled out a smoke and before I could locate my lighter, this guy walks up to me and offers me a light. I knew he was Korean, took the light while he engaged me in the usual conversation that Koreans are so famous for. After a few minutes, and as I was about to finish my smoke, I told him that every time I’ve come to Japan, I somehow met a Korean. Once it was a group of university students (3 guys and 2 girls), and another time a group of people on tour…and this time I met him. Harmless stuff right? So I get back to Korea, a few weeks later my girlfriend (now my wife of 9 years) calls me and tells me I was on a famous Korean TV show that was produced by Park Chul. It was him on the bridge, but even though you can clearly hear me saying the correct words, he added compeletly different subtitles making me say “Everytime I come to Japan, I want to find a Korean boyfriend” They were secretly taping me from a distance of 500 meters (0r so..)
The name of the show (I think) was called “Lets make fun of other peoples culture” - so I told my boss (I worked for a Korean company called Halla Heavy Industries at the time) and he contacted a lawyer. I went to see the lawyer, we filed a suit and settled out of court for just under 10 million won. And no, he never apologized for what he did. That’s why I’m so fucking happy that his wife did a foreigner, he deserved it for what he did to me.
That’s my Park Chul story.
Dude… I don’t buy it.
Cool story bro
I recall Cactus telling that story a few years ago, way before Ok’s affair became public.
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