The Rumoured Reasons Behind Song Joong Ki And Song Hye Kyo’s Divorce

Shortly after the shocking announcement of Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo’s divorce, Chinese media outlets were quick to speculate that the split was due to the fact that the Korean stars were unfaithful. While there have been murmurs of trouble in paradise for months now, these rumours are finding new life after the couple announced their divorce. This, despite Song Hye Kyo’s official statement that they were filing for divorce due to “differences in personalities”.

The 33-year-old actor and the 35-year-old actress starred together on the wildly popular Descendants of the Sun in 2016, and got hitched in a secret wedding ceremony the following year, and have headed for splitsville just a couple months shy of their second wedding anniversary. But even as early as February, Chinese media had reported that Joong Ki had been allegedly having an affair with Hye Kyo’s make-up artist for six months. Reporters also suspected that Song Joong Ki and the woman may have been planning for a love nest, after noticing that she had begun to follow several interior design social media accounts.

The woman in question isn’t just responsible for painting Hye Kyo’s famous pretty mug, she’s also reportedly the actress’ BFF and had even attended the couple’s wedding. After the rumours arose, she posted this selfie with Hye Kyo, seemingly in a bid to pooh-pooh the rumours.

Shortly after the divorce announcement on June 28, rumours of Hye Kyo having an affair with her Encounter co-star Park Bo Gum (above) also surface. Bo Gum has denied any involvement via a statement released by his management. “We are planning to take strict legal action against the rumours being spread around in regard to Park Bo-gum, shortly after news of Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki's divorce became a huge topic,” the statement read. ‘It seems that such rumours were fabricated as Song Hye-kyo and Park Bo Gum recently worked on a production together. We are also in the process of discussing legal action against other rumours outside of the recent divorce rumours.”

Rumours of the couple’s divorce started swirling earlier this year, when Hye Kyo was spotted numerous times without her wedding ring. However, Joong Ki was spotted with his wedding band at a script reading session for his latest drama, Arthdal Chronicles, in May.

South Korean media outlets have reported that neighbours had noticed the lack of trash outside the couple’s S$12 mil home. “They haven’t been taking out the trash for a long time,” one of their neighbours said, leading to speculation that they might have been living apart for some time prior to the announcement.

Just one month ago at the show’s press conference, Joong Ki sweetly referred to Hye Kyo as “my wife”, and gushed that their marriage has made him “more emotionally stable”.