It Took Him 14 Years, But Lee Sang Min Has Finally Repaid All $6 Million Of His Debt

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

He is finally debt-free.

Popular television personality Lee Sang Min has just revealed that he finally finished paying off his debt, and that his finances are finally positive.

On November 11, Lee Sang Min guested on fellow Knowing Bros cast member Kim Young Chul‘s radio show Power FM, where he talked about his past debts and current financial status.

Lee Sang Min revealed that he is still using the same bank account that he had when he went into ₩6.9 billion KRW ($5,944,406 USD at current exchange rate) in debt, following the massive failure of his restaurant business.

"There are no restrictions on my bank account now. I can now even open a new bank account.

But I haven’t made a new one, I’m still using the same one from the past."

— Lee Sang Min

He then revealed that earlier this year, he finally finished paying off all of his debt, and what it means to him to have the burden off his shoulders.

 

"My finances turned into the positives this year. Even right now, it feels like a dream.

My goal for the past years has been the same. I just want to move forwards like I am now. It’s hard to live life in the same way, without any change. I don’t want to be arrogant, I don’t want to rush things, I don’t want to be greedy, I don’t wish for more, I just want to maintain my current ways."

— Lee Sang Min

Following his reveal, Lee Sang Min quickly shot up to the top of the realtime search charts, and joked that his fans get worried every time he ranks high. Kim Young Chul laughed it off, saying how this time, it’s for good news, not bad news.

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[Ronnie Mars]

Yeah, they mentioned this on Knowing Bros too. That dedication is really something. 

[Aphrodisiac]

Being debt is the worst. I’m glad he was able to pay it off.

[Hanamaru]

Conngratsss 

[Elscian]

Exploited his ex wife for it so meh that people still hired him for so many shows

[classiq]

Good for him! It was always a running joke, but I thought it would never get paid off 

[Winter Bear]

I’m glad he’s debt free now, I know he’s been an inspirations for many people struggling with the same issues and hopefully others can also see from him, that it’s possible to turn your life  around.

[Yen]

I'm happy for him!

[Nev Schulman]

4 hours ago, StanSatan said:

Exploited his ex wife for it so meh that people still hired him for so many shows

That is the tea. He was known for being a scum but I guess he is easily forgiven.

[AwkwardMango]

Didn’t he also rape someone?

[Gerimolda]

Why are people disliking the posts calling him out lol he's literally a garbage human. Do some research people

[mmmmm]

Just a reminder to everyone he is still a piece of shit. forced his ex-wife to do nude photoshoots to pay for his car, outed a gay on national TV and was ruthless to his joiners back in the day. he literally just changed his image to pay for his debt. 

[The_Vixen]

4 hours ago, AwkwardMango said:

Didn’t he also rape someone?

That's the other one 

Lee SooGeun

[Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo]

He's still trash

[hess]

Good for him though I never found him funny and never understood how he kept getting cast left and right.

[domination]

14 minutes ago, hess said:

Good for him though I never found him funny and never understood how he kept getting cast left and right.

He probably undercut his fellow colleagues in fees since he's desperate for money. Most Korean variety shows build a team of dispensable second tier comedians + idol/actor around a first tier comedian like Kang Ho Dong or Yoo Jae Suk. They won't really care about the quality of the second tier comedians as the focus is on the first tier comedian so if Lee Sang Min is cheap, they'll gladly take him.