[Edaily Starin Gim Ga Yeong Reporter] Actor Lee Dong-gun is shocked by the story of the first couple as soon as he joins “Divorce Cooling-Off Camp.”

In the episode of JTBC’s “Divorce Reflection Camp” airing on the 30th, Lee Dong-gun makes his first appearance. His excitement over filming his first episode is short-lived, however, as he breaks out in a cold sweat right from the start due to the couple’s conflict, which is beyond anything he could have imagined.
The first couple of Season 23 is a pair standing on the brink of ending their 12-year marriage. In a video from the wife’s perspective released in advance, the husband’s severe addiction—which has crossed all boundaries—is revealed. It is reported that the husband is addicted to “this,” to the point where he took out a loan in his mother-in-law’s name to raise money, and eventually even stole his child’s first-birthday ring. As attention focuses on the nature of the addiction that drove the husband to ruin, Lee Dong-gun is left speechless and flustered by the husband’s unprecedented string of wrongful acts, which are revealed one by one.
The video from the husband’s side captures the wife’s daily routine of relentless verbal abuse and physical violence toward him. The wife not only spews chilling insults but also unhesitatingly resorts to physical violence against her husband. The couple’s conflict reaches a fever pitch as the husband, in turn, attempts to defuse the situation with extreme rhetoric.
However, there was something else that truly shocked the studio. A shocking twist was revealed about the wife, who had been fiercely condemning her husband’s wrongdoing. It is reported that even Director Seo Jang-hoon, who had been patiently watching the relentless barrage of revelations throughout the investigation, finally reached his limit and exploded, saying, “Just get a divorce.”
JTBC’s “Divorce Reflection Camp” airs every Thursday at 10 p.m.
Meanwhile, Jin Tae-hyun, who had been appearing as a family investigator, has left the show, and Lee Dong-gun has joined the cast. Lee Dong-gun married Jo Yoon-hee in 2017, and they had a daughter. However, in 2020—just three years into their marriage—they announced their divorce. Since “Divorce Reflection Camp” focuses on the stories of couples on the brink of divorce, there is growing interest in whether Lee Dong-gun will open up about his ex-wife and the divorce process now that he has joined the show.