'Let's Live Together' Kang Buja: "I Pretended Not to Know Husband Imukwon's Affair... Endured It for the Children"

Photo by KBS 2TV, screen capture from the broadcast of 'Park Won-sook's Let's Live Together'.

Photo by KBS 2TV, screenshot from the broadcast of 'Park Won-sook's Let's Live Together'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] National actress Kang Bu-ja revealed the secret to her 53-year marriage.

On the 18th, Kang Bu-ja and her husband Lee Muk-won appeared on KBS 2TV's "Park Won-sook's Let's Live Together."

During the broadcast, Kang Bu-ja said, "I came with a bodyguard," referring to Lee Muk-won accompanying her.

Seeing the couple married for 53 years, Park Won-sook joked, "They are tough. They live long. They live too long. It's boring," drawing laughter.

That day, Kang Bu-ja shared, "I couldn't sleep from the day I decided to appear. My heart was fluttering," expressing her feelings about the appearance.

Kang Bu-ja said the secret to her 53-year marriage was "patience."

She said, "If our couple were to separate, people would say, 'Husband Lee Muk-won must have endured a lot.' They might say, 'Is Kang Bu-ja a bit overbearing? He must have had a hard time living with that wife,' but I was the one who endured a lot."

She added, "My husband looks like he’s smiling and kind on the outside, but do you know how scary he is when he’s angry? Even during our honeymoon, if he got a little angry, something would fly. He once threw an ashtray into the honeymoon wardrobe, and the wardrobe was damaged. He’s that scary," and continued, "I said I couldn’t get a divorce even if I felt wronged. Anyone would say, 'They divorced because of Kang Bu-ja’s overbearing nature,' and see my husband as a good person, but I endured so much," she confessed.

Also, Kang Bu-ja opened up about the painful past caused by her husband's infidelity.

She said she suffered silently because of her husband's affairs after marriage, stating, "I knew everything but pretended not to. Even after our first child was born, when he went out and didn’t come home for three days, I never mentioned it. When he came back and made excuses, I pretended not to know. Even when the woman he had an affair with came to greet me, I accepted it without any reaction," which surprised viewers.

In response to Kang Bu-ja’s confession, Park Won-sook expressed sympathy, saying, "It’s not easy to endure and live through that."

Kang Bu-ja confessed, "I just endured it because I had children," saying she protected her family thinking of her kids.

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