Song jihyo has spoken out about gary's sudden marriage & it’s pretty sad
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She's also one half of the extremely popular Monday Couple, the other half being Kang Gary. They're called the Monday Couple because (to the public's knowledge) they have not dated in real life and are only a couple on Mondays.
In fact, Song Ji Hyo was said to have been dating Baek Chang Joo (CEO of C-Jes Entertainment), a relationship that was revealed in February, 2012. Though there are rumors the two have broken up, the couple has still been seen together.
Aside from being a variety star and an actress, Song Ji Hyo is also a model.
Before Running Man
Prior to Running Man, Song Ji Hyo had acted in more than 10 films and TV shows. Many consider Frozen Flower to be her biggest movie role to-date. Before that, she played mostly supporting or antagonist roles, the most famous of which is Jumong. She is largely known as a B-, or maybe a C-list actress and she is nowhere near the rank of Ha Ji Won, Kim Tae Hee, Moon Geun Young, or even Shin Min Ah.She stated in one of her interviews that she doesn’t like playing typical characters, which are helpless and weak, and many of her fans believe that this is the primary reason she hasn't gotten many roles.
However, Song Ji Hyo also stated that she has not declined any role given to her. With that in mind, we could also assume she's simply not being offered very many roles.
Her Projects Since Running Man
Since joining Running Man, she played a main role in The Fugitive of Joseon as a nurse and the love interest of Lee Dong Wook. The show got mediocre ratings, between eight and nine percent for the most part.She also got the lead role in a movie, The Jackal Is Coming, as a female assassin opposite Kim Jaejoong. The movie grossed a little over $1M at the box office, not a hit by any measure.
She was famously considered for the lead role in The Woman Who Married Three Times but eventually lost it to Lee Ji-Ah.
Most recently, she was in Emergency Man & Woman playing the lead role opposite Choi Jin-hyuk.
The Jackal Is Coming had a mediocre box office reception despite the presence of one of the biggest idols in Korea, Kim Jaejoong.
How Running Man Has Changed Her Career
Undeniably, Ji Hyo is now getting the big breaks that she needs to further her career. Many credit the popularity of Running Man for that and I agree that the show has greatly contributed to her getting noticed by producers, writers, and directors.Though she’s still not at the level of Ha Ji Won and Kim Tae Hee, for once she has a shot at getting there. The only question is what’s taking her so long?
Running Man is on its fourth year and she is undeniably one of the cornerstones of the show. Her primary selling point is her partnership with Kang Gary, a rapper and half of the extremely successful duo, LeeSsang.
Her character in Running Man is so strongly identified and connected with Monday Couple that when her relationship with CJes CEO Baek Chang Joo became public, her character got lost in the show. She has always been competitive and a really good runner but Korea’s variety shows are primarily anchored in comedy and characters that people can sympathize with, as opposed to competition between them.
Monday Couple Fan Video
The Monday Couple has a large and devoted fanbase. Some are so devoted, they create videos like the one above.
The Power of the Monday Couple
When Song Ji Hyo’s real-life relationship became public, many fans felt Gary was cheated. As silly as it may sound (because both parties made it clear that the romance is only for the show), many fans felt that Song Ji Hyo had led on Kang Gary.The Monday Couple broke up on the show but has since reconciled. Their resurgence proved to have a bigger impact as Song Ji Hyo became more “cooperative.” Unlike before, she has also initiated Monday Couple moments of her own instead of always waiting for Kang Gary to take the lead.
The Monday Couple is arguably the second strongest character in the show, with the first being the National MC, Yoo Jae Suk. Netizens are always abuzz whenever Song Ji Hyo and Kang Gary display some form of sweetness on the show. Some even speculate that they might have real feelings for each other or are even dating.
Even though the show has been helpful for Song Ji Hyo’s popularity, it’s hard not to notice that the break she’s been given hasn’t led to better projects. In fact, her role in Emergency Man, Woman was the very role of a cute and lovesick woman she swore never to play. The show had some success but she has yet to get a follow-up project.
Could it be that fans are rejecting her partnership with actors because they can only see her with Kang Gary?
Could it be that her character in Running Man as the ace and the Monday Girlfriend is so strong that fans are having a hard time seeing her any other way?
Sweet Monday Couple Moment
Why Kang Gary Is Different
Kang Gary’s case is different because before Running Man, he was able to create a strong connection to hip hop. He started at the bottom, with no label or management company willing to take him in. To get started, Kang Gary and Gil invested their own money to record their first album and did live concerts to promote themselves (because no TV show would pay attention to them). It was a long haul to success, but one that eventually paid off.In other words, Kang Gary was already successful in his field before Running Man, and the show only helped him become more mainstream. By that time, however, his credibility, skill, and reputation as a rapper and musician had already been solidified.
Unconsciously or consciously, Kang Gary was also able to differentiate his career as a musician from his persona as a variety star. In his Leessang interviews, he almost never mentioned Song Ji Hyo. It was only recently that he accommodated Song Ji Hyo-related questions in his Leessang interviews and even then it was quite brief.
Because he was already established, he will have no problem continuing with his career as a musician either with or without being identified with Song Ji Hyo.
LeeSSang: Tears
Other Actresses That Have Been in Similar Situations
Song Ji Hyo, on the other hand, had a mediocre career prior to Running Man. As a result, her commercial success became deeply connected to being the ace as well as the Monday Girlfriend, and it’s possible that people are having a hard time seeing her any other way. They see her only as a great variety star and find it hard to detach themselves from that image.In the past, there have been other actresses who suffered the same fate. Park Ye Jin was a character actress highly respected for her acting skills. But after being a member of the highly successful Family Outing, people started rejecting her presence in other movies and TV shows. She then decided to leave the show altogether so she could concentrate on acting, her real craft.
Then there's also Yoon Eun Hye who “played” the love interest of Kim Jong Kook in X-Men. To date, there are still some supporters who believe that they used to be together and that they will eventually reconcile.
Park Ye Jin has yet to bring back the brilliance of her acting career. On the other hand, Yoon Eun Hye was lucky to have been young enough when her love interest with Kim Jong Kook happened. She was able to rest for a couple of years and then come back to make several successful TV shows.
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Official poster of Song Ji Hyo's next TV series, a romantic comedy, "Emergency Man Woman"
Should the Monday Couple Be Stopped?
Song Ji Hyo, on the other hand, is in her mid-30s. People like Ha Ji Won and Shinhwa are making being 30 and unmarried a bit more acceptable nowadays in Korea even though just last decade, 30 was considered ancient. However, Ha Ji Won and other women who are now in their 30s had reached success even in their 20s. In contrast, Song Ji Hyo is just starting and needs to be very wise in her career moves.With the Monday Girlfriend following her everywhere she goes, can she build a strong enough identity outside of it?
Song Ji Hyo is not a great actress. She’s not terrible but she’s also not excellent. She’s not prolific. She’s not one of those actresses that can be given any kind of role and fit it perfectly. She has a personality that requires her to be selective about the kind of roles she will play and those roles aren’t numerous.
With the extra baggage of being most well-known as the Monday Girlfriend, things are becoming more difficult for her.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for the Monday Couple to lie low a bit and let Song Ji Hyo blossom on her own until enough people can see her brilliance beyond being the Monday Girlfriend and, eventually, beyond being a variety star.
Badass Moments from Song Ji Hyo
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While the Running Man cast always goes crazy for pretty female guests, usually the funniest episodes are when they have a guest they can mess around with and treat like an equal. Here are some of the best female guests that have been on the show and given the cast a run for their money.
The best part about watching Running Man is seeing the cast interact in funny ways with the guests and watching relationships develop. Some of my favorite episodes have been with guests who either have a history with the cast outside the show or have been on the show multiple times. The shared history makes for a lot of very funny moments.
Comments
Damian on December 14, 2019:The only reason Ji-hyo had more solo wins coz they let her win. If this was a real competition KJK and Gary would’ve swept the floor with others.
fan on November 30, 2019:
tbh I didnt mind the Monday Couple at least it was a comedy segment that made a part of the show even funnier but I hope they both are happy though as Gary has a wife and a son. So I do hope the best for all the RM members and season 1 was the most amazing season for me and I have never missed an episode of it because back then like skinship was not a bad thing back then but now obsessed fans get too into it when they don't realise its just a show.
An Onymous on October 16, 2018:
From a B or C rated actress not many people knew to a pretty known actress with a lot of recognitions, this article looks silly. She made herself popular thought Running man and Monday couple. However this is very outdated article. KG is now married with a child and is no longer in RM and she is a very busy actress and entertainer. So the point if this article is...?
Anonymous on October 01, 2018:
This article was written with a biased approach. It’s crystal clear that the writer did not research much about Song Ji Hyo. SJH has already created a name for herself before she joined Running Man. She started as a model, has hosted a musical variety show and acted in both films and dramas.
Anonymous on October 23, 2016:
sjh & kg are amusing to watch, running man are one of my fav because each one of them has an interesting character and the monday couple is one of the spice that make the show awesome. i not from korea, but because of running man came to know them all. so, i think it has it own good and bad thing because that is life. for sjh & kg i wish them well, what ever happen it up to them decision to be true or fake. be happy go lucky
RMfans on September 18, 2016:
I seriously HATE this monday couple relationship since it's created from the beginning, from early episode i dont see the chemistry at all, all fake! Suffocating actually, i rather have them to be free from this MC so that they can freely interact and have chemistry with any guest. The only RM members who really cares with Ji Hyo off screen is kwang soo, jae suk, haha and jong kook, but Gary naturally not a caring person. He only used his jealous lines every now and then and his fans thought that concludes the whole fake relationship, i wish the Running Man PDs can read my comment. Please END the fake monday couple, it's tiring and enough already. You dont need to force this whole MC thing because RM members are popular in their own style. Let Ji hyo and gary spread their wing on their own. Please please end this fake monday couple, it's been uninterestingly suffocating for 6 years.
A Guy on July 29, 2016:
Well, I don't know.
I really like the Monday couple. I think they're ridiculously cute together. But what they do in their personal lives is their own business.
If they get together, great! If not, ah well.
Gigi on May 13, 2016:
Just stumble on this article and agreed with you. MC is really overused. Thanks god they already ended it.
stop on May 10, 2016:
Frankly speak SJH lack of variety skill at all, she doesnt know the way to joke back, if there r not MC ... she might be not sooo famouse as the day.
But for Gary, he do well on variety, as first he's a peaceful Gary, King of funny dance, painful ignored. Actually he can play these roles so well... I bet If PD didnt put him on love-line.. he can stand popular by himself as teasing Gary. coz he's a playful one as u guys c in many vcr clips with his closed friend like HAHA,,, they always be plank.
Vixen on February 23, 2016:
Yes, Monday Couple needs to die now and release Song Ji Hyo from that moronic, baseless, uncomfortable 'ship'. I mean, I get the charm, especially because Gary is a very smooth talker, but honestly, I've NEVER once seen Gary actually being a gentlemen to Ji Hyo when the cameras WEREN'T on him. The fact that he does it at times to attract attention and laughs makes it even more shallow and scripted that I can't believe they have fans who actually believe they have something 'special'. Especially when they've claimed themselves, multiple times, that they don't hang out outside of work.
The only way I would ship Ji Hyo in an RM couple, is if it were with Kwang Soo or JK because they actually help Ji Hyo out and care for her behind the scenes, especially Kwang Soo (it's such a shame that MC is so popular when Kwang Soo & Ji Hyo are a real heartfelt and sibling relationship). If Jae Suk and Suk Jin weren't married, I'd pick them over Gary too because they also care for her behind the scenes. Heck, she even has more chemistry with Haha!
I'm glad she decided to diverge her reality persona with WGM and I can't wait to see the dynamic she has with Chen Bo Lin. Hopefully that scripted ship with sink MC.
what on January 02, 2016:
I totally disagree with the author . I first watch running man was when the episode when song ji hyo played as the chaser with Kim jong kook . nothing to do with the Monday couple .. So basically I love running man because I saw her as a strong woman . not the kind of girl/women that is full of aegyo and acting weak . as for her acting , I love her play in goong , whispering corridor and other drama and the drama I just recently watched emergency couple before and I am telling you that she was great in it . it is depend to you whether you like her acting or not . nobody would care since it is one's right . but I'm telling you that she's doing well in her career with or without her mc partner . sorry 4 my broken English .. :)
gaemi on November 17, 2015:
honestly, i m agree with the author. i knew about gary through running man. when i knew kang gary is a former rapper of leessang, i kept listening his music. now, i accept kang gary as a rapper, not as a comedian from variety show...
but it's not the same case to song ji hyo. yes, she is cool, pure,pretty..but, when talking about acting, she is not really incredible actress who are stand out from other actress..i m not interested to see her again in other drama.
honest is freedom.this is only my selfish thought.
arina on July 21, 2015:
i'm going to honest here..I like SJH but i dont think being MC in RM is the prob ..i watched all her dramas and frankly speaking..her acting is mediocre..i dun know what but her acting lacks sumthing..
passing by on June 26, 2015:
I could notice that some of the comments here have the same pattern of writing; which means it comes from the same person. :p
Dull on May 31, 2015:
Just give gary another partner for monday couple
k kook on May 18, 2015:
I love spartace couple
Hanon on May 11, 2015:
I think the idea that "monday couple" is one of the "special few things" that keeps the show popular is sick. I thought it was entertaining in the first few episodes, after that it became gross and bloated with hideous fan noise over who ships who. I think this article is refreshing amongst all the delusional vomit that tries to dictate how the show ends up instead of letting it have a little air. When these kind of humorous romance ACTS were invented at the beginning of the show, it happened on its own and felt original and new. Now it's just become an overdone cliché THANKS to the moronic owners of many of the commenters above (or below). I love running man for how original it is but this other business just makes me want to throw up and I might be burnt out from the ludicrousness of it all.
I agree with this post: "In my opinion, Monday couple are fake. Especially Monday couple fans. Most Monday couple fans are gary fans and they also hate jihyo which sounds ironic. When ji hyo is with make guest the fans insult her but when gary is with female guest they say he gentleman!?! It is obvious that they are basis to gary, most of Monday couple fans at least. "
blah on March 11, 2015:
Time to do a self-check, blogger. Your post tries so hard to sound objective but you failed dearly. Try to listen effectively to some of the negative feedback please. Even if you deny it, we all know you're biased towards gary, and against ji hyo.
supib on February 04, 2015:
I think that the loveline between Gary and JiHyo was certainty Gary who started this whole Monday Couple thing. I just finished watching all 230+ episodes of Running Man. From ep1 till episode 80 ish (when Ji Hyo's relationship was released) that Gary has always been the one who poke love lines at Ji Hyo. Around the 100th episode point Monday Couple started arising again (i believe that was when Ji Hyo broke up with her bf). As RM progress you see that whenever the cast members line up it JiHyo and Gary was always next to each other. I don't think that the PD's would tell the RM members how to line up nor is RM scripted so that shows how Gary and JiHyo are as close as they act. During one episode JiHyo said she was single outright to Gary without even a slight pause that shows that she indeed broke up with her BF. During the Taiwan interview with the RM cast members JiHyo said she missed Kang Gary (who was in GuangZhou) and that she would tell everyone that if there was something going on between Gary and JiHyo she would let her fans know. I believe that there are feelings that JiHyo and Gary have for each other. In the end my thoughts are that Gary and JiHyo would probably marry in the near future or would date but sadly would not be when running man is still alive and kicking. Maybe these two will surprise the entire world and announce that they are dating on the show. Mansei Monday Couple
ianne on January 31, 2015:
actually when i first watch running man Monday Couple caught my attention and how good all the cast are... i love them all...
