'Ant couple' back in fake marriage show
Korean rapper Crown J and singer Seo In-young, a former couple from MBC’s reality show “We Got Married,” will appear as a new couple in the second season of JTBC’s reality show “With You.” / Korea Times file
By Hong Dam-young
The famous “ant couple” are returning to a reality TV show as a “remarried” couple.
Korean rapper Crown J, 36, and singer Seo In-young, 32, will appear as a couple in the second season of JTBC’s “With You,” in which celebrities act as married couples, according to the network.
The new couple will replace comedian couple Heo Kyung-hwan and Oh Na-mi and start their second fake marriage on Nov. 1.
Their reunion has been welcomed by many because they had acted as a married couple in MBC’s “We Got Married” in 2008. The couple rose to fame because their relationship in the show was realistic enough to make fans wonder if they were actually dating.
Seo even opened up about her relationship with Crown J on MBC talk show “Radio Star” in September. She said she had grown feelings for Crown J while acting as a couple, and had once considered dating him in real life.
“As they appear as a remarried couple, we expect them to be different from other couples who are still getting to know each other,” one of the JTBC show’s producers said. “They have been keeping in touch on and off screen for eight years.”
In 2011, Crown J was sentenced eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and 80 hours of community service for smoking marijuana, but made a comeback in June 2015.