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Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki have been divorced for three years, and their development directions and current situations are very different.
Now looking back at their marriage, all that is left is sigh...
01
In 1981, Song Hye Kyo was born in Guangyu City, Daegu, South Korea. When she was nine years old, her parents divorced due to a breakdown in their relationship, and
Song Hye Kyo was sentenced to her mother.
Song Hye Kyo, who grew up in a single-parent family, lived a displaced life since childhood.
Recalling her childhood, the thing she remembers to do the most is: moving.
Mother took her to live in Seoul,
When there is a problem with the house transferred or rented,
Song Hye Kyo will follow her mother to move from one place to another.
Mother moved big objects in front, Song Hye Kyo was holding small objects in back,
She always called herself a "little moving expert."
In childhood, Song Hye Kyo was not only displaced, but also lonely.
Because she often moved, she had no close friends.
Sometimes just as soon as she was familiar with the children next to her, her mother informed her to move away.
to a new place, and she wanted to try to get along with new strangers.
After a long time, Song Hye Kyo felt that even if there were new friends, they would be separated because of moving, so
no longer took the initiative to make friends.
What is different from other girls is that Song Hye Kyo was still a person without dreams at that time, and
has no expectations or plans for the future.
Although she has learned piano and figure skating, Song Hye Kyo has no plans to engage in these two professions at all.
Even though she practiced piano to level 10, she practiced figure skating until she was selected for the Korean training team.
In the third year of junior high school, Song Hye Kyo participated in the SMART model competition.
, she was not tall and won the first prize in a school uniform. Even she herself did not expect it.
Since then, she has been the exclusive model of the SMART brand and has entered the entertainment industry by shooting advertisements.
A year later, she got the opportunity to star in a TV series.
and Kim Hee Sun collaborated on a comedy TV series "Two-Color Wedding Dress".
In this drama, Song Hye Kyo showed her outstanding acting talent.
She seemed to be born to be an actor.
in her second work she had the opportunity to be the protagonist.
In 1998, Song Hye Kyo starred in "Observer and Gynecology", which is also a comedy.
plays Wu Hye Kyo, a naughty funny actor. With this role, Song Hye Kyo won the audience's attention, and
won the Newcomer Award at the acting award that year.
Immersed in joy, she thought she would have a smooth journey on the road of actors, but in reality, there was no chance to find her for a long time.
02
Directors prefer mature actors with rating guarantees than newcomers who are new to the sky.
Song Hye Kyo, who has no drama to shoot, can only linger on the edge of the entertainment industry for a long time.
's acting career was hindered, so she could only ask for another way out.
In confusion, Song Hye Kyo thought of being a host. She participated in the hosting selection competition of a music program.
was fully prepared and she was full of confidence, but she was finally told that it was not suitable.
Song Hye Kyo didn't give up and asked the other party where he was not suitable to be a host. The reply
received was: "You are too young and too short."
hosting this path is not working, so Song Hye Kyo could only continue to be an actor.
She went to auditions everywhere in order to receive the scene, but no crew would ask her.
even Song Hye Kyo said: "I don't care if it's the female lead. As long as there is a scene,
0 can do it." She still couldn't receive any scenes.
Until 2000, the crew of "Blue Life and Death" found Song Hye Kyo. The director of
felt that her appearance was innocent and suitable for starring in a fantasy idol drama.
boldly enabled her to be the heroine.
Song Hye Kyo broke through the professional bottleneck and had the opportunity to continue filming.
She did not disappoint the director who was optimistic about her, and contributed her unreserved excellent acting skills in this drama.
"Blue Life and Death Love" after it was broadcasted, with its "aboracious love" style, many viewers were reluctant to let it go.
quickly became popular in South Korea, and also set a precedent for the "BE aesthetics" of the Korean drama, becoming a phenomenal TV series of the year.
This drama was soon introduced to China, and
also gained extremely high ratings.
As the heroine Song Hye Kyo was successful,
won the photogenic and popularity award at the KBS Acting Awards, and
also won the popularity award at the Baeksang Art Awards, gaining a large number of fans. After the awards were supported by
, Song Hye Kyo's acting resources also became richer, and
won many female leads in the script.
In 2001, Song Hye Kyo won the Best Acting Award for "Guardian Angel" for a long time.
In 2003, she returned with "Los Angeles" and received more than 50% of the ratings.
The second year, the "Full House" starring her once again became a hit drama, breaking through the highest ratings in South Korea.
After the drama was introduced to other Asian countries such as the Philippines and Thailand,
also refreshed the local ratings.
, Song Hye Kyo, who became popular again, has officially become a Korean first-line actress. After filming many popular TV series, she set her sights on the movie market.
In 2007, she won the Korean Film Award for Best Newcomer in the movie "Huang Zhenyi".
, which has since starred in "Today", also won the Film Character of the Year Acting Award, which established her position in the entertainment industry.
At that time, many Korean agency companies had olive branches to her, but Song Hye Kyo did not sign any of them.
instead signed with Wong Kar-wai's agency and starred in big-scale films such as "The Grandmaster".
became popular from South Korea to China.
03
Because of her gentle and sweet appearance, Song Hye Kyo is called "My Qiao" by the audience.
After Qiao Mei entered the entertainment industry, she fell in love with two actors one after another.
One is Hyun Bin, the top actor known as one of the "Four Major Public Property of South Korea", and
The other is the handsome male god Lee Byung-hun.
Whether in terms of acting or fame,
Both actors are as strong as Song Hye Kyo. Every relationship is heart-wrenching, and Song Hye Kyo is talking about it.
But both relationships end in failure.
Song Hye Kyo later reflected on himself and summarized the reason for "I am too persistent".
because he wanted to catch the other person too much, but he didn't hold anything.
because he wanted to get a result too much, and he always felt disappointed when he got it. After
and Lee Byung-hun broke up, Korean audiences were talking, thinking that Song Hye Kyo had too high vision,
"I don't know what kind of people can catch her eyes." Some people guessed this.
To everyone's surprise, Song Joong Ki was the one who could get to the point of getting married with Song Hye Kyo.
In terms of age, Song Joong Ki is more than three years younger than Song Hye Kyo.
In terms of qualifications, Song Joong Ki is a popular traffic actor. After the broadcast of "Descendants of the Sun", he is very popular.
, but compared with veteran first-line actors like Hyun Bin and Lee Byung-hun, he is still almost there.
Before participating in "Descendants of the Sun", Song Joong-ki was far inferior to these two male actors.
Even if she participated in the Korean national variety show "Running man", Song Joong-ki didn't have much presence in the entertainment industry.
So many viewers were curious: Why did Song Hye Kyo fall in love with Song Joong Ki, who was far inferior to the previous two?
In fact, everything has traces to follow. First of all, before starring in "Descendants of the Sun",
Song Hye Kyo is no longer as popular as before due to the tax storm.
At the trough of her life, she met the clear and kind Song Joong Ki.
The two gradually sparked ambiguous sparks during the filming process.
Secondly, Song Joong Ki's experience is very similar to Song Hye Kyo.
He also learned skating in his early years and once wanted to become a professional athlete.
Only after being injured during a training session did Song Joong Ki change to an actor.
After entering the entertainment industry, Song Joong-ki starred in the movie "Wolf Boy".
became famous with his youthful appearance. If it weren't for the suspension of his acting career in the military service, he might have been able to reach the position of a first-line actor.
The same experience and the same excellent acting skills made Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki appreciate each other, and
gradually got together.
In 2016, "Descendants of the Sun" immediately gained mythical ratings after it was broadcast.
When the drama was introduced to China, Song Hye Kyo set off another Korean drama style.
Her outfits and jewelry in the drama became popular, causing the merchant to sell out of stock for a time.
Song Joong Ki became popular in China, Japan and South Korea, becoming another Korean drama male god after "Do Min Joon".
The sweet and famous scenes of him and Song Hye Kyo in the play are still unforgettable to many viewers.
and the two went from being sweet in the play to being outside the play, from a screen couple to a real CP.
After the Song Dynasty was exposed, the audience was not optimistic about the sibling couple,
Because this is not the first time Song Hye Kyo has been together with the co-star actor,
As the saying goes, "The male protagonist of a Korean drama, the iron-clad Song Hye Kyo",
Many fans speculated: "Even if it is not hype their relationship, it will not last for too long.
Maybe the relationship will come to an end when Song Hye Kyo films the drama."
But Song Hye Kyo does not. Her seriousness in this relationship shocked many people. After the photos of her trip together were taken, she announced the marriage news directly.
told the audience: "He made me think about spending the rest of my life with him, and I identified this person."
The period from the exposure of the relationship to the announcement of the marriage news was the sweetest time for the two.
Song Joong-ki is Song Hye Kyo's little fan. After chasing the goddess, she naturally took care of her in every possible way.
Song Hye Kyo has a strong personality and always had disputes when she fell in love with a male actor of equal proportion.
Song Joong-ki's look up and caring made her feel satisfied.
04
On October 31, 2017, the wedding of the two was held as scheduled.
The grandeur can be said to have shocked the Chinese and Korean entertainment circles.
Kim Hee Sun, Yoo Ya-in and other first-line actors were present, and even Zhang Ziyi went to congratulate him. The couple received a lot of sincere blessings.
In the photo, Song Hye Kyo is standing gently beside Song Joong Ki in white gauze,
smiles very sweetly in front of the camera.
Before this, she thought she would never get married.
was Song Joong-ki who gave her the belief to continue loving.
Song Joong-ki's meticulous care made Song Hye-kyo feel that she would continue to be happy like this, and
would never be separated from the person around her.
But reality once again failed her.
When love is in love, the relationship is always as spectacular as fire.
When the passion retreats to test the character of both parties, people can see that the real life is a mess.
Song Hye Kyo's married life is not as sweet as she expected.
Her marriage with Song Joong Ki was cracked, and netizens soon noticed the clues.
At first, Song Hye Kyo was participating in a domestic event. A sharp-eyed netizen found that she was not wearing a wedding ring,
so he questioned the problems with her marriage. Then someone revealed more evidence:
When Song Joong Ki had a wedding and funeral at home, Song Hye Kyo did not attend,
When someone asked Song Hye Kyo where she was, Song Joong Ki stammered and perfunctorily.
There are more and more speculations about their divorce. Song Hye Kyo simply admitted the divorce.
As early as June 26, 2019, the two filed an agreement to divorce.
After mediation, both parties said that "there is no objection, I just hope to end this marriage as soon as possible."
In July 2019, Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki officially divorced.
As for the reasons for the divorce, neither party has announced it. No matter how the outside world speculates, Song Hye Kyo insists that it is because both parties have different personalities and given enough money to the other party.
This failed marriage both hit both of them. After the divorce, Song Hye Kyo stopped all work in the entertainment industry and
ran to New York to relax.
For a long time, Song Hye Kyo has been traveling and watching art exhibitions everywhere,
relaxing his body and mind to relieve his inner pain.
, while Song Joong Ki is different. After the divorce, he spent all his time on his career.
terminated his contract with the company, joined the group to film, film advertisements, and numb himself with his busyness.
Now three years have passed since they divorced, both parties have emerged from the shadow of this failed marriage, and
each started a new life.
Song Hye Kyo became more mature after healing his inner pain, and her dressing style also changed. She was no longer the gentle and sweet Qiao Mei, but she became a cool and cool mature woman. Whenever a photo of Song Hye Kyo attending the fashion week leaked,
will make the audience sigh, "She is more beautiful."
In terms of acting, Song Hye Kyo, who has been away from the screen for three years, is the king of attacks. "Now, Breakup" starring
has won a 6.4% ratings for the premiere.
is the ratings champion among TV series broadcast at the same time. With this hit drama, Song Hye Kyo has once again returned to the peak of her acting career.
In 2022, Song Hye Kyo also finalized a new work and collaborated with director An Jihao to the new Netflix drama.
, who returned to his actor status with a more mature mindset, has become more confident and powerful, and
, with works with a harvest of ratings and reputations.
On the other hand, Song Joong Ki, although he has a career aspiration and has never stopped busy pace,
, his work has always received mediocre response. There has been no new masterpiece since "Descendants of the Sun".
's popularity and exposure are not as good as before.
Even his appearance that made fans intoxicated has changed.
In March 2022, he attended Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin's wedding. After the
photo was exposed, his appearance caused a lot of people to complain. Perhaps because of his weight gain,
Song Joong Ki looked glossy and had no sense of youth at the time.
had the label of "greasy uncle".
In order to break through the bottleneck, Song Joong-ki filmed many dramas.
tried to prove himself with a masterpiece like "Vincento".
may be because his former glory was too dazzling. Song Joong-ki has not been able to cross the peak of his creation so far.
is still trapped in a corner and has not been recognized by the audience.
Conclusion:
After the divorce of the Song Dynasty, many heartbroken viewers said "I can't believe in love."
In fact, it is normal for marriage to break up and get back together, especially for celebrities' marriages. There are too many unknown inside stories hidden in
.
Love is impermanent,
What people can do is cherish it when they have it.
When love disappears,
Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki have never complained about each other in public.
For them, no matter what the outcome is,
As long as they try their best to love each other, it will not be considered as letting each other down.
