Football star from family reality show divorces

Former national football player and TV reality show star Song Jong-guk has divorced, shocking viewers who have known him as a family man with two children, media reports said Wednesday.

Song, 36, who appeared in MBC’s family reality show “Dad, Where Are We Going?” with his wife, actress Park Ib-seon, 36, in 2014, had been married for nine years. The couple agreed to the divorce after the Chuseok holiday season late last month and filed the suit with a court. They agreed that Park have their daughter and son.

The couple reportedly has been living separately for a couple of months.

This is Song’s second divorce. His first marriage in 2003 ended after two years.