Broadcaster Ham So-won said on the air that the rental house was his in-laws villa, and then revealed his position regarding the controversy.
On the 5th, in a phone call with a SBS Entertainment News reporter, Ham So-won asked, “Is the airbnb (shared lodging) right in the in-laws’ villa in Harbin on the broadcast?” Ask me,” he avoided the immediate answer.
Earlier, Ham So-won showed a trip to Harbin, China with his in-laws in TV Chosun’s’The Taste of a Wife’, which aired in 2018, and introduced the luxurious three-story mansion as a villa where his father-in-law stays whenever he comes to the farm. However, suspicions have since been raised that the house is a shared accommodation rather than a private residence.
In the process of introducing the wealth of her husband’s evolution right after marriage, Ham So-won gained a lot of attention by saying, “My father-in-law is farming on a farm 30 times the area of Yeouido in Harbin,” in MBC Every1’Video Star’. At that time, the subtitle “Owned a farm 30 times larger in Yeouido” ran along with the broadcast.
Even if the area of Yeouido is calculated as about 1 million pyeong (3.3㎢), it is explained that the farm owned by the Evolution Father reaches as much as 30 million pyeong. However, in China, it is legally impossible for individuals to own land. As a result, some netizens raised the issue that Ham So-won lied to inflate the in-laws’ property.
Regarding this, Ham So-won explained that “China is forbidden to own land by individuals,” and explained that “It was not that the father-in-law owned it, but that it was farming.”
In fact, when asked that he had the right to use 30 times the area of Yeouido, Ham So-won explained, “I have never measured it before. I will go to China and do a survey later if I have a chance.” I also added an explanation.
In March of last year, Ham So-won showed his father-in-law’s financial help to purchase a house in’The Taste of Wife’, but in fact, this house turned out to be the place Ham So-won owned for three years, which was controversial.
When asked if the production crew knew whether this house was owned by Ham So-won, Ham So-won said, “That part is not a personal part, and I can’t tell you.” I said,” he added.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Kyung-yoon)