Broadcaster Lee Sung-mi revealed that she had five mothers.
On the 11th, a video titled 'Comedian Lee Sung-mi Episode 2 (5 Moms..! The Sad School Days)' was posted on Song Seung-hwan's YouTube channel.
Lee Sung-mi said, "My stepmother passed away when I was in the 6th grade. When I was young, I didn't feel sad or anything. I cried because my dad was crying. I didn't feel sad that my mom died; I just felt blank and dazed."
Previously, Lee Sung-mi revealed, "My biological mother disappeared when I was 100 days old, and I got a stepmother when I was about 3 or 4 years old. She was so good to me that I thought she was my real mom." Her stepmother passed away after battling cancer.
Lee Sung-mi continued, "My dad quickly remarried. He was busy. She was my third mom. There were two more after that. My dad was busy. I was also busy taking care of all five of them. I don't even know what the first mom looked like," and added, "When my dad remarried, we moved to Busan. There were four siblings in that house. The third mom had four kids, and the fourth mom also had four."
Hearing this, Song Seung-hwan said, "That must have been really tough." To this, Lee Sung-mi replied, "I didn't know it was hard when I was young. I thought, 'I have to live here.' I was glad to have peers. But that aspect made life difficult. Those friends weren't ready to accept me. I didn't have a concept of siblings, so it must have been awkward for them."
Lee Sung-mi also recalled, "Packing my things was a task. Not having a mom means there is no one to protect me in my life. My dad is a support, but a mom is someone who is by your side. Not having that side was sad."
Song Seung-hwan asked, "I heard you couldn't attend all your graduation ceremonies?" Lee Sung-mi replied, "That's right. My dad went bankrupt, and he said, 'If you go, the creditors might catch you and come after me,' so I couldn't go. In middle school, I couldn't go because I inhaled coal gas, and in high school, I was living alone and woke up too late. By the time I got there, the graduation ceremony was already over."
She added, "In college, I was broadcasting, and when I finished my broadcast and went, the graduation ceremony had already ended. So I don't have a single graduation photo."
[Yang So-young, Star Today Reporter]
