Jeong Ga Eun on Avoiding Fraudsters: 'Never Meet a Liar'

Actress Jeong Ga Eun has identified the 'type of person you must never meet' based on the lessons learned through her own marriage and divorce. The first type she warned against was none other than a liar—specifically, someone with a criminal record for fraud.

On the 14th, Jeong released 'Jeong Ga Eun's Inquiry Life' content through her channel 'Roller Coaster Sister,' where she shared her candid thoughts on dating and marriage.

The point Jeong emphasized was unexpectedly simple: while dating can be driven by emotion, marriage should not be decided by emotion alone.

"If you are only dating, you can let yourself be swept away by emotions and enjoy it to your heart's content, but if you are moving toward marriage, you cannot do it with love alone," she said. "Because you have to be together for a long time, you must match not only in love but also in practical aspects, values, and lifestyle."

The 'calculation' Jeong referred to did not mean simply weighing money or status. Rather, it was about how realistically one can assess a partner's life.

She confessed that in the past, she was attracted to 'unpredictable people' while dating. Even if a partner didn't specify exactly when they would meet, she would leave her schedule open and wait, hoping they might see each other.

However, looking back, she realized that such a relationship was not true love.

"After dating a man who makes your dopamine explode and feeling what that is like, you must marry someone predictable," Jeong said.

This means that while uncertainty can be packaged as excitement in dating, that same uncertainty can turn into anxiety in marriage. The intensity of momentary emotion and the stability of a long-term relationship are entirely different matters.

So, who is the 'man you must never meet' according to Jeong?

She answered without hesitation: "Someone with a criminal record for fraud."

She continued, "If I were to meet someone now, the number one person to exclude would be a liar. Never meet a liar."

The reason her statement carries such weight is that Jeong herself experienced a total collapse of trust and severe financial hardship during her marriage and divorce.

Jeong confessed that in the past, she considered economic power to be a primary criterion when choosing a spouse. Due to her experience of not being financially well-off during her childhood, she often thought, 'I want to marry someone who is economically capable.'

However, she revealed that after her divorce, she came to re-evaluate her standards.

While money is clearly an important practical factor in married life, it cannot take precedence over trust in a person.

Jeong said, "I have come to value a person who is truthful, someone whose front and back are the same and transparent, and someone who is predictable, rather than economic matters."

Ultimately, the condition for marriage she speaks of is closer to the sustainability of trust rather than flashy credentials or wealth.

When people fall in love, it is easy to downplay a partner's flaws and overstate their strengths. In particular, intense emotions can sometimes cause one to mistake red flags for charm. This is exactly the point Jeong emphasized through her experience: 'The person who drives you crazy' and 'the person you can live with for a lifetime' are certainly not the same.

"When you fall in love, you feel like you want to marry this person, but you must never marry so hastily," Jeong advised.

Her words contain more than just regret; they contain the practical wisdom gained from her ordeal. Her message is that marriage should not be decided at the peak of passion, but rather after confirming whether you can trust each other when the love cools and reality sets in.

Meanwhile, Jeong married a businessman in 2016 but divorced in 2018. Subsequently, she sued her ex-husband for fraud under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, claiming he used her fame to misappropriate her identity and defrauded her of 13.2 billion won across 660 instances.

Years later, Jeong does not speak of her past merely as a story of failure. Rather, she says that through that experience, her very criteria for judging people have changed.

In the end, she emphasizes only one thing: the most valuable asset in marriage is not money, but trust—and once trust is broken, no amount of wealth can easily restore it.