Lee Mi-joo on marriage: "If you love someone, why get angry?"

Lovelyz singer Lee Mi-joo shared her candid views on marriage while experiencing a "grooming course" designed for brides-to-be. Despite having navigated a high-profile relationship and a subsequent breakup, her outlook on love and marriage remains optimistic. While acknowledging the realities of married life, she expressed a romantic perspective: if one is with someone they truly love, even conflicts can be overcome through understanding and consideration.

In a video released on the 28th via her YouTube channel "Just Mijoo," Lee experienced a "celebrity bride management" program featuring flying yoga, shopping, and meditation. When the production team framed the session as preparation for marriage, Lee maintained her characteristic playful wit, explaining, "I'm not getting married. I just came because they said they would groom me in advance."

The conversation eventually turned toward her thoughts on married life. During the final meditation segment, the production team set a scenario intended to help build the patience and emotional control necessary to handle potential marital conflicts.

Lee responded with an unexpected question. After asking, "Are there many things to get angry about when you get married?", she added, "Since you are living with someone you love, would you even get angry?" She continued to express her optimistic expectations, saying, "If I live with someone I love, I don't think I'll get angry. I think I'll understand everything and accommodate them."

However, reality provided a moment of comedy. When the production team instructed her to be quiet and focus on the meditation, Lee reacted with immediate frustration. The crew teased her impatient personality, suggesting, "Let's control that temperament and improve your concentration," before Lee eventually settled into the meditation.

Even while practicing meditation, Lee continued to discuss her future. "Since I have to get married someday, I must learn to control my anger well," she remarked, showing that she views marriage not as a distant concept, but as a natural stage of life she will eventually encounter.

These remarks have drawn attention given Lee's history with public dating. In 2024, she acknowledged her relationship with soccer player Song Beom-geun, becoming a notable celebrity-athlete couple. Although the two eventually broke up, they were noted for managing the boundary between their private lives and the public eye with relative naturalness.

Since the breakup, Lee has focused her career on music and variety shows rather than dating. Building on the bright, friendly image she established with Lovelyz, she continues to showcase her wit and honesty in variety programs and personal content. Recently, she also expanded her musical horizons by joining AOMG, the label founded by Jay Park.

Lee's views on marriage in this video are particularly interesting because they prioritize the "emotional quality of the relationship" over material or social conditions. While recognizing the potential for realistic conflict, she believes that love allows partners to adjust to one another. This perspective views marriage as a continuous interaction between two people rather than a mere social contract.

Of course, in actual married life, love alone does not resolve every issue. Practical matters such as lifestyle, finances, family dynamics, and the division of labor often create friction. In this sense, the scene where Lee struggles with emotional control during meditation serves as a humorous, paradoxical nod to that reality.

Nevertheless, Lee continues to envision marriage as a space for love and understanding rather than a site of conflict. Having experienced the highs and lows of a public relationship, her refusal to lose her romanticism toward love makes her comments feel like more than just variety show banter.

Ultimately, Lee's mention of "marriage someday" feels less like a set plan and more like an open door to her future. While she remains focused on her music and variety career, her ability to maintain a romantic outlook on love—even after a breakup—is what continues to resonate with her audience.