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Lee Sang-min/ Photo = Ten Asia DB
Singer Lee Sang-min from ‘debt debtor’, ‘Gong Sang-min’ and ‘debtor cosplay’ is unable to escape from the image he once had. No, rather, he is putting forward the needy character as his selling point.
In the SBS entertainment program ‘My Little Old Boy’, which was broadcast on the 15th, Lee Sang-min, Tak Jae-hoon, Kim Jun-ho, Kim Jong-min, Im Won-hee, Oh Min-seok, Choi Si-won, and Kim Jong-guk visited Park’s wedding. Previously, Park got married to Han Young on the 26th of last month.
On this day, Tak Jae-hoon said that he saw a bad boy at the wedding. “They shouted that I had sent a congratulatory money to my account,” he said. It was aimed at Lee Sang-min. Tak Jae-hoon asked, “Do I have to say that? Are you pretending to be smart?” Lee Sang-min explained that he did so because he feared that if he didn’t tell other people, it would look like he wasn’t giving any congratulatory money.
‘My Little Old Boy’ Lee Sang-min/ Photo courtesy of SBS
Kim Jong-guk asked how much he gave. Lee Sang-min surprised everyone by revealing that he had paid 3 million won. Tak Jae-hoon said, “I don’t know what kind of situation you are right now,” and “Would the person receiving your money be comfortable?” Lee Sang-min said, “Park Gun has a brother like that, and he wanted to be that kind of person.”
Then, Kim Jun-ho said, “Tak Jae-hoon paid 200,000 won…”, and Tak Jae-hoon was embarrassed, saying, “One more person is getting farther away, are they discussing it?” Kim Jong-guk also reproached Lee Sang-min, saying, “It seems that he likes writing letters and doing things alone, it’s a group life.”
Siwon Choi also asked a surprise question, “It’s a question as a younger brother, but will we do that even if we get married?” Lee Sang-min answered, “Personally, (Park Gun-i) was a little special to me, my position is different.” The members said, “Aren’t we special then? ” the group protested. In the end, Kim Jong-guk and Choi Si-won said, “I will watch over you, and Sang-min will definitely get married because of you.”
To this, Lee Sang-min said, “You live well, you live abundantly.. What do you want? He said he wanted a washing machine, and he said that he didn’t have anything to take to his wife’s house.” “The price of a washing machine (about 3 million won) was that I needed more money, so even if I wanted to give more, it was the maximum amount.”
‘My Little Old Boy’ Lee Sang-min/ Photo courtesy of SBS
Lee Sang-min already said in a broadcast in 2020 that he had paid off 90% of his debt. However, as the ‘Gong Sang-min’ character, he continues to go through various stages in the entertainment industry. There are more than 5 fixed programs, such as ‘My Little Old Boy’, ‘Dolls for Man’, ‘Knowing Bros’, ‘The Man Who Runs the Charts’, and ‘Men and Women with Different Interpretations’. In addition, in last year alone, ‘Golden Time Signal’, ‘Friends’, ‘Birth of a Rich Man’, ‘Hodong’s Camping Zone-Choose it’, ‘Blood Game’, ‘Good Alsam’, such as ‘Golden Time Signal’, ‘Friends’, ‘Birth of a Rich Man’, etc. took in At this level, the remaining 10% of the debt should have been paid off earlier.
Even recently, he moved to a two-story house with a terrace with a deposit of 50 million won and a monthly rent of 2 million won, which further fueled the controversy. In addition, there were hundreds of pairs of luxury shoes inside the house, which led to criticism. Because of this, even the word ‘debt debtor concept’ comes out.
In addition, Lee Sang-min confessed in the broadcast that his debt increased from 900 million won to 1.64 billion won. At the moment when debtor materials are being depleted, it has firmly established the position of being ‘poor’ again.
Only he knows whether he has not been able to pay off the remaining 10% of his debt after more than two years, or whether he is acting to maintain his character even though he has already paid it off. The important thing is that viewers are already tired of Lee Sang-min’s ‘debtor concept’.
By Ryu Ye-ji, staff reporter for Ten Asia ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr
