Singer KCM has opened up about why he kept his marriage and two daughters secret for more than 12 years, saying fear of debt was the main reason.<\/p>\n
Appearing on TV Chosun\u2019s variety show \u201cLovers of Joseon\u201d on Monday, KCM spoke with comedian Kim Byung-man about his long-hidden family life. The singer, who admitted earlier this year that he had a wife and two daughters, said he endured years of stress in silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI worried that if I got married, my debts would become family debts. That fear kept me from revealing my family,\u201d KCM said. \u201cFor about 12 years, I lived in solitude, suffering quietly.\u201d<\/p>\n
KCM, whose real name is Kang Chang-mo, married a noncelebrity woman who is nine years younger than him. The couple welcomed their first daughter in 2012 but did not hold a wedding at the time. <\/p>\n
In 2021, during the pandemic, they officially registered their marriage and held a small ceremony with only close relatives and friends. Their second daughter was born in 2022. In March this year, KCM announced both his marriage and his children, surprising fans.<\/p>\n
The singer recalled finally clearing his debts before registering the marriage with his wife. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe cried together when we filed the papers,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I went public with my marriage, I was scared. I knew some people would be shocked or criticize me for hiding it for so long. Being a celebrity means living off the love and attention of the public, and I had to let all of that go.\u201d<\/p>\n
KCM said his wife and eldest daughter initially urged him not to go public, but he insisted. \u201cI told them, \u2018As long as I have you, it\u2019s enough. Even if I lose everything else, I\u2019ll be fine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer KCM has opened up about why he kept his marriage and two daughters secret for more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-148050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}