it sure answers a lot of questions

WOW the reporter who landed this story must be raking in loads of cash rn cus this one is BIG.

It's just sad all around. Indeed it does paint her in a bad light, but it's also true that not all the blame falls on her. Seo Taiji also kept the marriage and the divorce a secret. The most unfortunate part in this mess is that innocent people are affected---their kids, most importantly, if they do exist, and to a slightly lesser extent, Jung Woo Sung.

Wow! I have been a fan of Korean entertainment and I must say I agree with everyone here.. a big WTF! I don't really know Lee Ji Ah but I love Jung Woo Sung (a.k.a my ideal man from "A Moment To Remember). I am not here to pass any judgments or anything but this so screwed up and shady... It made me wonder who else from k-pop or k-drama idols were secretly married??? Geez, one thing about keeping skeletons in your closet, sooner or later one of them would popped up and bite you right in the a*s *s. I always wonder why Korean celebrities spend so much time denying their relationships, dating status, and all just for career reasons.. I feel sad for JWS, obviously he didn't know.. I mean what kind of guy will openly admit his relationship to a girl that is still or was once married w/ kids to a k-pop icon.

To Lee Ji Ah, shame on you sweetie.. Lies and betrayal?? you probably destroyed a great actor's career but how can you openly date him when you don't even have the courage to admit your 2 daughters and your "real age"...

I hope this scandal should be a lesson to all other korean stars who are in the business of lying and fooling their fans.. such a disappointment

From the latest news, it seems that they've been divorced already and the lawsuit now is for monetary reasons (alimony & assets). See:

http://www.allkpop.com/2011/04/seo-taiji-lee-ji-ah-the-marriage-the-money-the-children-and-jung-woo-sung

The thing I can't believe is that Jung Woo Sung says he doesn't know anything about it and he can't reach Lee Jia to confirm. If it turns out to be true, he'll end their relationship. Oh, well...

"And 'Ripley' changes it's name to....."

I'm totally ready for a drama of all this! This news is mind blowingly huge! I mean, an idol announcing there dating another idol causes a frenzy, and this bit of news...so many individually exciting elements rolled into one mass media frenzy. I feel a bit bad actually....

I'm sure this is going to spark a wave of other star marriage rumors.

My take on this? Paris was a bootie call and nobody would ever have known, other than that photo of Jung Woo Sung and Lee Ji Ah being made public. When JWS talked to the press he had to say something, other than, it was a bootie call, or make her look bad. I don't think it was going anywhere, but he had to address the photos and their relationship to satisfy the fans, and so he said what he said.

Obviously he didn't need to worry about her honor, being he probably didn't know at the time, she was another man's wife. In all of this I'd hate to see his career suffer. She did her own career in, but why'd she have to drag him along. Too bad.

Although I hadn't watched dramas with Jung Woo Sung, I feel sorry for him and hope that it won't affect him. I

Do they have kids?

I like JWS, when I heard his dating LJA, I felt sorry for him,
I just wish he knows what is best for him, but if he is happy and willing to go through this, well, his really in love with her....lucky LJA!

WHAT THE????

is this a DRAMA???? i just can't find my words

daaaayuuumn. this just blew me away, especially at how they kept it secret for so long (if that's true). i never liked lee ji ah to be honest. well her acting, i never liked her acting - personality wise, i don't know much about her so i can't judge, but not a fan. i feel bad at how this blew up though because it seems she already divorced seo taiji few years back? and they have 3 kids?! i feel bad for the kids...if there are kids in the picture. concrete facts are needed damnit!

Lee Jin Ah look so guilty here... but it exposed that they already married for 14 years... It much before Lee Jin Ah debut... So who got the benefit from this secret married? Clearly not Lee Jin Ah... She have to keep all thing secret from beginning because of Seo TaiJi...

They maybe file for divorce such a long time... It just such unlucky situation that Lee Jin Ah find another man before the divorce final...

It's truly fascinating to see how archaic the views on morality in S. Korea are - here in the States this wouldn't necessarily be more than a day or two of news - the only aspect being the odd "hidden marriage" part of it.

What I see as really wierd is the fact that she had TWO pregnancies and unless she went to Mars to deliver and raise her two girls, how could she (and he - particularly seeing how high-profile their lives are) - HIDE that fact?! And better yet, not have someone reveal that to the press?

If this doesn't result in a future Kdrama - titled "We Lied", I'm turning in my Kdrama membership card! :)

Can someone tell me what BBK stands for??

What? Hold on, what? Married and kids???

You guys are being SO MEAN, WTF, she got the roles cuz she WON them. WHO in their right mind would cast someone in a big film without at least some confidence they could pull it off!!! The separation BTW happened a while back, but some things still need to be cleared up for it to be final, I'm sure they both already feel like it's over, but legally it's not. Also there are NO kids, they never had any and that was just a dirty rumor someone made up. This all happened before Ji-ah started her acting career and honestly Javabeans, I'm ashamed of you right now that last comment you made in your post was speculation and you just destroyed all the respect I had in you as a person, why you being a bitch?

i am not Lee ji Ah fan but i must say that i agree with most of your post let's say that she is older than what her profile states Seo Taiji still married her when she was pretty young .

Javabeans, you should update or amend your post to say they are not divorcing but are already divorced. Just to clarify that she wouldn't be guilty of adultery.

I think this is all very interesting mostly because it's such a surprise and proved to be such a well kept secret. But I wouldn't go so far as to paint anyone as the bad guy (like many commentors are doing), because, who exactly are they hurting? The fans? You feel betrayed? Ok, I just find that weird. You're a complete stranger to her. Not that she shouldn't be truthful, but how badly is she hurting you by saying she's 29 instead of 33, single instead of married, etc.

you guys are wrong, there was not adyltery at all. Seo taiji and his ex-wife divorce lawsuit started in 2006 and finished in 2009, they divorced before she dated Jung Woo Sung

She's already divorced and has been since 09' they are going to court for another reason. she wants assets and such.

I am ashamed at people who just jump on the gossip band wagon, because of what the media says. Its seems so bad for the Actors, Actresses and Performers! The fans over there must think they own them! The already have them hung up to dry before the facts are out. It is coming out now that she is already divorced and has no kids. Yes, it was amazing they were able to hide it for so long, and why they did is anyone's guess. Yes, maybe she should have told her current bf, but that is a long stretch from adultery!! I love this site when people are commenting about shows or music, but not unfounded gossip!!!!!

wait, didn't the news reports state that LJA and her husband already divorced a couple years back in the US?...so why are people calling her adulterer and having an affair when she's technically single now?...*confused*

to me, the only real bad thing was hiding the fact that she was once married and has children from JWS....now that's a low blow....I'd totally break up with her if I found out my significant other hid all this from me.

Poor LJA... Got herself an ex-husband who refused to pay alimony and a boyfriend who pretends to be ignorant and now wants to dump her.

Come on, if LJA really loves JWS, would she risk having JWS find out her divorced status from the media especially when she knew that suing for alimony may go public? And suppose JWS really doesn't know, then I can say he's not worth keeping either since his love for LJA is obviously not deep enough to prevent himself from publicly dumping her.

WOW! Fourteen years of marriage and no one knew? I find that odd. I'm sure others knew but don't want to be involve in the scandal. I do feel bad for Lee Jia and everyone else involve. I wish them the best of luck.

WOAH. this is crazy stuff. does this mean lee jia was cheating on seo taiji with her bf jung woo sung? insaneeee

woahh this is so intriguing...KDRAMA STATUS O:

wow thats surprising never would have guesses that.

It finally answers some questions as to how a complete unknown with no acting experience was picked as Bae Yong Joon's leading lady for his big budget series 'Legend'.
Well duh! Bae Yong Joon and her ex husband Seo Tai Ji are close friends. So Key East (Bae Yong Joon's company managing Lee Ji Ah's career) are lying when they said in a previous article that they had no idea. Bae Yong Joon is good at exerting his influence behind the scenes, everyone knows that in Korea...and him getting all chummy with Park Jin Young (JYP) who is one of the shadiest guys in K-Ent made me look at him in a much different light.

it always made me wonder how Lee Ji Ah who was a complete nobody got to act with bigwigs like Bae Yong Joon and Kim Myung Min, now it's all clear.

Her acting can be better ... but still ... there's something about her that I like and of course ... this has to be one of the reason ... 'bad ass chick'.

When I read the headline, my only thought was 'awesome'. Can't wait to see her next drama ... movie.

Well I was like O__O cause she has new bf (co-star Athena) I thought she cheated but hey they where marries back in 1997 and divorced in 2006 or 2009.. so not such a big deal..
Well for Korea and there status would be a shock i guess + they have 2 children together I read somewhere but don't know if that's true..

lucky women.. (well was)XD

At least there are no kids involved then. It's still unfortunate that it had to blow up this way.

First: In 49 Days yesterday it was revealed that the waitress is secretly divorced. COINCIDENCE?

Several details on the story that I have heard:
They are already legally divorced. The suit right now is about money.

Lee Jia's profile says she's born in 1981; she was married in 1997 so she would have been 16. Thus it was revealed that she was born in 1977.

Jung Woo Sung did not know about this.

can i ask y all that hate 4 her?
Before this ever comn is abad about her?
why?
did she do some thing bad?
Shame on you all
she is human

Wow! I've been devoting way too much brain bandwidth to this "scandal." The human propensity to gossip is truly appalling. (Guilty as charged.)

But, gah!, a "secret marriage" is so fascinating to me. Sadly, these sorts of things only come to light after the relationship has dissolved. :(

I guess it's just me, but I found JWS's statement to sound sort of douchey. Way to cover your own ass, Big Time Movie Star. Sorry, I just find it difficult to believe that he had no idea at all about her past. And I think it's pretty gauche to dump someone through the media.

I......CAN'T..........BELIEVE.........THIS!!!! (drops my jaw & staring at this picture)................

...........................(SILENCE)

Well looks like the official statement from her agency is out and many of the reports had been exaggerated. Now we just need an official statement from JWS, as to what he knew.

I also find it funny that there was no mention on just how old she was exactly, at the time of the marriage. She was in America to further her studies, which sounds to me like college. So she couldn't have been 16 at the time of the marriage.

Where are the kids?

This is quite surprising, especially since I'm a fan of both Seo Tai Ji and Lee Ji Ah.

Its a shame though, that some people run their mouths off before they hear the entire story. By feeding off of loosely factual information and denouncing Lee Ji Ah as an "adulterer, cheater, whore" only fuels viscous rumors, that might not be even true.

According to KeyEast, Lee Ji Ah's and Seo Tai Ji's divorce was finalized in 2009 and she does not have children with him.
(source:http://www.allkpop.com/2011/04/keyeasts-official-statement-on-lee-ji-ahs-issues)(still waiting on Seo Taiji's statement)

She has every right to find her own happiness and not to be held down by her past relationships.

And to say that she slept her way up to the entertainment business? Really? Is that all you can come up with? What a horrible thing to say.

As for Jung Woo Sung, he has every right to feel hurt. But it is Lee Ji Ah's decision whether keep it a secret, especially if they have only been dating for so long.
It's not like most people would tell someone they have only been dating less than a few months "BTW.... I'm divorced" especially if it was "BTW... I'm divorced to super rock star Seo Tai Ji."

Everyone is entitled to their own privacy, who ever it is. I feel horrible for both parties to have it blown up like this. I wish them all the best, and hopefully everything will be straitened out soon.

I like LJA ever since Legend. I don't care that she got the part because her then (?) husband knew BYJ...ever hear 'it's not what you know but who you know? or that her husband at the time was some major kpop player...again everyone uses connections ( if they have any).
I agree that artists have private lives, they should, who knows the reasons ( sounds like they were all for ST) for the secrecy.
Was it wrong for her to change her name and follow her dream? to find someone to be in relationship? to have a life? Anyway, I hope this doesn't end her career, I hope she comes back and rocks her parts.
Lee Ji Ah:FIGHTING!!!

@twilight....No, we really don't know who they are.
@Belleza....Sista has some serious game.
@Maho...LOL

Uh they were divorced in 2009 -__-;; why are people acting like she got divorced because of Jung Woo Sung?

Poor Lee Ji Ah..I hope she can recover from this scandal. I don't know the whole story so it's hard to comment or speculate.

this is so sad that the only reason we're finding out about the marriage is because of the lawsuits
i would have totally shipped this couple if they were still together

lee ji ah is from the U.S? Like, she's born and raised in the us? is an american? can speak english?

I'm worried about what will happen to Lee Jia's career after the media maelstrom dies down. She's always played characters that were feisty and spirited, yet kind and innocent. Now that it's been revealed that she's several years older than she previously stated, and now that she's known to be a divorcee, I don't think the public will accept her playing those roles in the future. And she's also suing Seo Taiji for $5 million. Eeek!! Suddenly she doesn't seem so pure and innocent any more.

Also, I read on allkpop that Jung Woosung said he was unaware of her past marriage and that he would never have dated her if he knew. He also stated that he would break up with her. Yet the two are still dating...so I guess they kissed and made up?? Any ways, won't men be wary of dating/marrying her after hearing all this press about her suing for $5 million?? If she and Jung Woosung get married, somehow, I think they'll have a pre-nup.

I'm torn about the idea of having rights to your ex-husband's assets. When you demand money upon your divorce, it makes you seem like a gold digger, no?? But on the other hand, if the divorce was due to the husband's digressions, then, I'd think, hell yeah!! the wife deserves half of his wealth. Yet this also seems to be a double standard.