Seo In Young recalls father's blunt reaction to her divorce

Singer Seo In Young has revealed an unexpected remark she heard from her father when she first confessed her divorce. Rather than the emotional comfort one might expect from a father concerned about his daughter's life, his words were surprisingly blunt and direct: "Clean up your own mess."

While the expression is humorous, for Seo, it served as a realistic message from her father to take responsibility for her own choices.

On the 23rd, in a video uploaded to the YouTube channel 'Seo In Young's Reformation,' Seo spent a pleasant time with acquaintances to celebrate her birthday. In the presence of Kang Yu Mi, Jo Hye Ryun, Noh Sa Yeon, Brian Joo, and Crown J, the cast lightened the mood by wearing 'look-alike' costumes that parodied Seo's appearance and behavior. During the subsequent TMI quiz, questions regarding Seo's private life emerged, naturally bringing up stories of her past marriage and divorce.

The question posed by Seo herself was, "What was the first thing I heard after confessing my divorce to my dad?" The cast members offered various answers, such as "I knew you would do that" or "Give me your credit card," but none were correct. Seo gave a hint that it was "related to poop," leading to responses like "You stepped in poop" or "Think of it as stepping in poop."

When Noh Sa Yeon answered, "Clean up your own poop," Seo laughed, saying it was "similar." Ultimately, the person who guessed correctly was Crown J, a long-time acquaintance. The actual statement made by her father, as revealed by Seo, was, "Clean up your own mess."

This can be interpreted as her father, upon hearing the news of his daughter's divorce, choosing to convey the sentiment that one must take responsibility for one's own choices rather than offering emotional consolation or hasty judgments.

Combined with Seo's characteristic honest and uninhibited way of speaking, the remark was introduced as a humorous episode, but beneath the surface, it offers a glimpse into the complex family emotions surrounding marriage and divorce. Because marriage is an individual choice, the realistic perception that divorce is also a life result that the party involved must handle is compressed into her father's short expression. It is particularly noteworthy that in a situation where a celebrity's marriage and divorce become matters of public interest, the disclosure of a family's reaction can also become an additional burden to the individual.

In the broadcast, Seo's divorce became a subject of laughter once again. When the item "Fold your finger if you are divorced" appeared during a 'Son Byeong-ho game,' Seo, along with Kang Yu Mi and Jo Hye Ryun, folded her fingers. As her divorce became a subject for a public game, Seo jokingly snapped, "I'll kill you," causing laughter from those around her. It was a scene where a personal history that might have been sensitive in the past has transformed into a subject of laughter over time.

Seo's marriage and divorce drew significant public attention in a short period. She married a non-celebrity businessman in February 2023 but divorced the following November. As the marriage itself was a major topic in the entertainment industry at the time, the split also garnered considerable interest. Since then, Seo has been expanding her field of activity centered around YouTube, conveying a different daily life and human side to the public than the image she showed on television.

In particular, she has entered another phase of her life by recently sharing news of a new marriage. Seo drew attention once again as it was reported that she is scheduled to remarry a businessman six years her senior in the second half of this year. As she is forming a family again after experiencing the failure of a marriage, this remarriage is being received with a different meaning than before.

Ultimately, what draws the most attention in Seo's recent confession is not the blunt expression itself, but the passage of time surrounding those words. The words that symbolized wounds and realistic responsibility at the time of her divorce have now become a past episode that she can bring up while laughing with close acquaintances. With the addition of the new choice of remarriage, Seo's life story is moving beyond a simple dichotomy of failure and restart, continuing as a process of taking responsibility for her choices and moving toward the next scene.