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Actor Jung Woo-sung acknowledges an extramarital child with model Moon Ga-bi

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Actor Jung Woo-sung is the biological father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child, according to Jung’s agency Artist Company on Sunday.

This follows Moon revealing that she had given birth to a child on Friday through an Instagram post. The 35-year-old model did not state specific details about the child, like their birth date, sex or the identity of the father.

Dispatch reported Sunday that Moon and the 51-year-old actor had met for the first time in 2022 at a gathering and kept in touch since then. It was in June last year that Moon became pregnant with Jung’s child. Jung reportedly even decided on the taemyeong, which is a nickname given to a developing baby.

Jung promised through a statement by his agency to take responsibility for raising the child.

Actor Jung Woo-sung, left, and model Moon Ga-bi [SCREEN CAPTURE]

“I learned of the pregnancy last year, and decided to protect the precious life,” Jung was quoted as saying by Dispatch. “I will support the baby as much as I can as the father.”

The report did not specify the pair’s relationship status, except that it “was not a serious relationship leading to marriage.”

Moon debuted in 2017 through a variety show called “Attraction TV” (translated) on the cable television channel OnStyle. She has since made appearances in other variety shows like OnStyle’s “Get it beauty” (2006-21) and SBS’s “Law of the Jungle” (2011-21).

Jung is best known for starring in films like “12.12: The Day” (2023), “The King” (2017), “Asura: The City of Madness” (2016) and “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” (2008).

Model Moon Ga-bi revealed that she had given birth to a child on Nov. 22 through an Instagram post. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]