Cha Tae-hyun rejects the label of 'nation's sweetheart'... Marries after 13 years of dating and reveals a song written by his wife

Cha Tae-hyun expressed his refusal to be labeled as the ″nation’s lover.″ On the 4th, Cha Tae-hyun appeared on SBS variety show ″Anything I Can Do - Secretary Jin″ and honestly shared his thoughts about the ″lover″ image attached to him. In the broadcast, Cha Tae-hyun introduced his career, which spans acting, singing, radio DJing, and variety shows. He married his first love, whom he met in high school, and built a harmonious family with three children, earning nicknames such as ″nation’s lover″ and ″nation’s husband.″ However, Cha Tae-hyun revealed that this image is a burden to him and explained that actions he took for himself were perceived as actions for his wife, which created the ″lover″ image. His wife also once said to him, ″What are you going to do?″ Various behind-the-scenes stories related to Cha Tae-hyun’s married life were revealed on the show. One story introduced how, after his then-girlfriend and now wife left him with shocking words, Cha Tae-hyun canceled his shoot and went directly to Jeju Island. The story of how he quit drinking because of his wife and the stroller walks that made him famous as a devoted husband were also shared. On the day, Lee Seo-jin mentioned Cha Tae-hyun’s first album track ″I Love You″ and asked about the lyrics. Cha Tae-hyun said, ″My wife wrote the lyrics. She wrote almost all of my songs. I still get a little money from that.″ He added that the lyricist for the title track of the first album was delayed, so he asked his wife to write it. Since he couldn’t reveal his girlfriend before marriage, he considered a stage name and used ″Geomok,″ the name of a large tree shopping center in Jamwon-dong where his wife lived at the time. In fact, on portal sites, ″Geomok″ is credited as the lyricist of ″I Love You.″ Cha Tae-hyun married his first love, Choi Seok-eun, in 2006 after 13 years of dating, and they have one son and two daughters.