Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung reveals son’s same-sex marriage, jokes she loves her son-in-law more than her son
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Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung recently revealed that her eldest son married his same-sex partner in New York.
Youn made the comments during a recent interview with a foreign media outlet ahead of the release of “The Wedding Banquet,” which is a Hollywood remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic of the same title.
In the interview, Youn shared that her son came out in 2000 and later married in New York when same-sex marriage was legalized there.
Youn said the whole family came to New York for the wedding because it was still secret in Korea.
The actress said she still doesn’t know what the reaction would be back home.
She also joked that she now loves her son-in-law more than her son, while acknowledging the challenges parents of gay children can face in Korea.
Youn has two sons with her former husband, singer and TV personality Jo Young-nam.
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