During a recent taping, the 18-year veteran vocalist walked onto the set with a serious look and said, “I came here to call out my distracted husband,” immediately stirring the studio. Her husband, Jo Sung-hwan, a former soccer player with model height, has even drawn buzz for resembling actors Lee Sang-yi and Lee Joon. Navi joked that neighbors call them “the Beckhams of the suburbs,” and said Jo was once famed as an all-in romantic ― think Choi Soo-jong meets Sean meets Cha In-pyo.
But the singer revealed that the man who “used to look only at me” has changed. Even her close friend Lee Ji-hye reacted, “I couldn’t live like that,” stunned by what she heard. With the couple seven years into marriage, viewers are wondering what really went down.
Tension was in the air from the morning. The moment Jo woke up, he left the bedroom for another room and dove straight into his phone. The house quickly filled with Navi calling out and their 4-year-old son searching for Dad ― while Jo stayed glued to his screen in silence.
As the rush to get their son to school kicked in, the load fell squarely on working mom Navi. Her husband drifted from room to room, barely looking up from his phone. Watching the footage, the studio hosts were floored: “He’s totally under a spell.” Theories flew ― “Is it a game?” “Stocks?” After dropping her son off alone, Navi admitted she was hurt, but Jo doubled down, saying, “It can’t be helped,” leaving the panel even more shocked.
The standoff stretched into the night. Despite promising to come home early, Jo didn’t show. Over a noisy line, he told Navi he was “in a meeting,” then went dark. Determined to “make a call on this,” Navi headed out into the neighborhood. Locals joined her late-night husband hunt, volunteering tips like, “He hasn’t been here tonight,” and the singer doubled down on her resolve to speak for moms juggling solo parenting. The studio was on edge as the search unfolded.
Will the couple push through the rough patch and find peace? The reason behind Navi’s midnight search ― and the real story of Jo’s phone fixation ― will be revealed on "Same Bed, Different Dreams 2", Monday at 10:10 p.m. KST on SBS.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Sun-ae)