Kim Jong Min Reveals the Word He Says Most to His Wife After One Year of Marriage: "I'm Sorry"

Singer and entertainer Kim Jong Min has candidly shared both the sweetness and the reality of his first year of marriage. While emphasizing that he is "so happy" in his stable marriage to his non-celebrity wife, who is 11 years younger, he drew laughter by naming "I'm sorry" as the phrase he says most frequently to his spouse.

In the MBC variety show "Hangout with Yoo" broadcast on the 29th, the members participated in a self-sufficiency mission called "My Money, My Purchase," where they had to sell items piled up in the prop room to generate profit. Following the production team's plan, the members met Kim Jong Min without revealing the purpose of the sale and naturally inquired about his recent life, with marriage becoming the centerpiece of the conversation.

The first thing to catch Yoo Jae Suk's eye was Kim Jong Min's wedding ring. Showing the ring on his finger, Kim Jong Min revealed his changed daily life after marriage, saying, "I always wear it. I have to let people know I'm married."

Testimonies from colleagues who had already suspected Kim Jong Min's relationship followed. Yoo Jae Suk revealed that he had guessed the existence of a partner when he visited Kim Jong Min's house in the past, and Heo Kyung Hwan also exposed the situation, recalling the time he visited the house for filming, saying, "When I asked if someone was there, he told me, 'Someone is here, so be quiet.'"

Having passed the one-year mark of marriage, Kim Jong Min showed significant satisfaction with his current life. When asked how married life was, he replied, "It's so good. There is a sense of stability," not hiding his affection for his wife.

However, the broadcast soon captured the subtle gap between the ideal and the reality of newlywed life. When Haha asked, "Don't you fight a lot after about a year?" Kim Jong Min asserted, "We don't fight. It's so good." But when Yoo Jae Suk probed his expression and tone, asking again, "It seems like you did fight a bit," Kim Jong Min eventually stepped back with a laugh.

Kim Jong Min confessed, "Rather than fighting, I tend to be the one getting criticized a bit." He essentially explained marital conflicts not as grand arguments, but as a process of daily criticism and adjustment.

In particular, the realistic aspect of married life was even more clearly revealed during the part asking what words the couple says most often. Kim Jong Min shared that when his wife calls him in a voice mixed with anger, she often uses the word "Honey." Conversely, the word he says most to his wife was unexpectedly "I'm sorry."

When Joo Woo-jae asked, "Why do married men always just say they are sorry?" Yoo Jae Suk retorted, "You just shouldn't do things that make you sorry." He added that he, too, ultimately ends up saying sorry to his wife, using humor to point out that the daily conflicts and reconciliations in marriage are not a phenomenon limited to specific couples.

Kim Jong Min's marriage has also brought changes to the image he has shown in the variety show industry for a long time. Having been loved for his unique eccentricity and innocent character in variety programs since the early 2000s, he established himself as a long-running entertainer through shows like "2 Days & 1 Night." Especially since he had often shown a somewhat clumsy and indecisive side whenever asked questions about dating and marriage, his current appearance of saying he has "stability" after actual marriage contrasts with his past broadcast image.

Kim Jong Min put an end to his long solo life by holding a wedding ceremony with a non-celebrity woman 11 years his junior last year. Since then, he has been showing a much more stable lifestyle than before, appearing on broadcasts wearing his wedding ring and sharing anecdotes related to his wife.

While one year of marriage is short legally, in terms of the relationship, it is a period of entering a stage of adjusting to each other's lifestyle habits beyond the romance of dating and the honeymoon phase. Kim Jong Min's confession that he says "I'm sorry" most often also shows the fact that small daily collisions and considerations, rather than grand conflicts, constitute a marital relationship.

Nevertheless, the expressions Kim Jong Min repeatedly emphasized regarding his married life were "It's so good" and "stability." This means that even within the realistic married life he encountered for the first time after marriage, he is satisfied with the life he shares with his wife. While the material for creating laughter on variety shows was the short phrase "I'm sorry," behind it lay Kim Jong Min's sincerity that he has gained a new balance in his daily life through marriage.