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Cho Min-ah and Seo In-young discuss wedding misunderstanding

The former Jewelry members spoke on Seo In-young's YouTube channel about Cho's sweet red bean jelly controversy and her absence from Seo's 2023 wedding.

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The source article said Cho Min-ah and Seo In-young spoke directly about past misunderstandings on Seo's YouTube channel. Their conversation covered Cho's past sweet red bean jelly controversy and why Cho did not attend Seo's 2023 wedding.

When Seo asked whether Cho had anti-fans, Cho replied that it was 'because of the sweet red bean jelly,' according to the article. Cho had run a cafe called Cosmic Goddess Bakery after receiving a baking certificate, and she was criticized at the time because the sweet red bean jelly was priced higher than market levels. During the controversy, Cho explained that there was nothing problematic, and the article said that response expanded the issue again.

Seo joked, 'Our lives are divided, mine by divorce and yours by the sweet red bean jelly controversy.' Cho answered, 'I am sorry. I did not know how the world worked. It was my first time in social life. I thought it would be enough to make things carefully with good ingredients.' When Seo told her the explanation was too long and said she should simply say selling the sweet red bean jelly was wrong, Cho said, 'The bread was expensive. I am sorry.'

The article said the two also brought up Seo's 2023 wedding. Jewelry members attended at the time, but Cho did not go to the wedding, and Seo's marriage ended after about 1 year. Seo explained that Cho had warned her against the marriage at the time, while she herself was struggling mentally after her mother's death.

Seo said people think she made her first marriage with someone who did not suit her, but Cho had warned her first at the time. Seo said Cho told her, 'Isn't this too rushed, In-young?' and that she herself was mentally overwhelmed then. Seo said her mother had died, she had no presence of mind, and she only wanted to hold on to the marriage and live happily, but when Cho said she was hurt, Seo replied by asking why Cho always thought only about feeling hurt. Seo said she did not even have the capacity to explain her situation.

Cho said she had been unable to attend because she did not know the wedding venue, and what she wanted was a reason rather than an apology. According to the article, Cho said reporters contacted her and she received many DMs asking why only she had not gone to the wedding. Cho said she truly could not go because she did not know where it was being held, and she wondered why Seo had not told only her, because Seo was a friend she loved very much.

After hearing Seo's explanation, Cho said she looked back and thought she had approached the situation only in practical terms. Cho said that once Seo explained the reason, she thought she had been immature, and that Seo probably had only wanted congratulations. Seo also apologized, saying Cho was not a friend who asked for much and that she should have considered Cho's feelings a little more, and the article said Seo showed tears.

People think I made my first marriage with someone who did not suit me, but Min-ah warned me first at the time. She said, 'Isn't this too rushed, In-young?' but I was also mentally in such a hard place then.

What I wanted to hear was not an apology but a reason. 'Why did she not tell only me?' I was so curious about that. She was a friend I loved so much.

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