Park Hae Jin’s popularity has risen and his dark history has been mentioned again! He revealed that he grew up in a poor family and was forced to work in high school

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With the popularity of “National Death Penalty Referendum”, Park Hae Jin’s popularity gradually recovered.

Park Hae Jin has attracted attention for his handsome appearance since his debut. From “Seven Princesses in the Family”to “My Love from the Star”to “Bad Guys”, his popularity has been rising. However, when his career was on the rise, he had no films to film for three consecutive years and was deeply involved in scandals. It was not until he came back to film again in 2020 that his popularity was already far behind.

None — (Photo source: SBS “National Death Penalty Vote”)

In 2017, Park Hae Jin was revealed to have been a cowherd. The reason was a photo in which he was standing with several men and wearing the same belt. There is a man in the photo named Ko Young-tae, who is a close friend of former South Korean President Park Jin-hye’s best friend Choi Soon-sil. Because Go Young-tae once worked at Cowherd’s shop, the public can easily think: Park Hae-jin and Go Young-tae are so close, does it mean that he also worked at that Cowherd shop? Park Hae Jin’s image was greatly affected. Although he responded many times, he still could not resist the rumors, and Park Hae Jin’s career also fell to the bottom. The general public agreed that Park Hae-jin’s explanation was far-fetched.

<Ilbe’s Information Power> Ko Young-tae from his Gangnam host bar days. The person on the far left is Go Young-tae, and the third person from the left is actor Park Hae-jin. pic.twitter.com/Gd2vDYNlbn
— A4 bite, tear, tear and chew (@4ranghanza) January 26, 2017

In fact, Park Hae Jin hides a surprising past, that is, his family is poor. The first home he recalled was a simple single room, and his parents had no stable income since he was a child. He spent his childhood without a suitable guardian. According to Korean media reports, Park Hae Jin’s guardian even changed three times until he reached adulthood. After graduating from high school, he worked in clothing stores and tape factories to make ends meet. During this process, Park Hae Jin expressed that he felt huge emotional discomfort. In addition, Park Hae Jin was exempted from military service due to mental illness such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression before his debut. The fact that he had been suffering from depression for a long time due to family discord at that time was also revealed. Park Hae Jin also said that he was suffering from lung disease at the time and his condition worsened. However, because Park Hae Jin was exempted from military service in the year when he was photographed with the “problematic belt”, this caused a lot of doubts and controversy.