Actor Ji Ye-eun. [Yonhap]
Actor Ji Ye-eun. [Yonhap]

Actor Ji Ye-eun has turned down wedding song offers from Song Ji-hyo and Ji Suk-jin ahead of her upcoming marriage to dancer Bata.

The wedding lineup was revealed Sunday on SBS variety program "Running Man."

Yoo Jae-suk opened the segment by announcing that Ji Ye-eun's wedding invitations had gone out, prompting the other cast members to offer their congratulations.

Yoo then revealed that Song had repeatedly asked to perform a wedding song, to which Kim Jong-kook quipped, "Let her play soccer, soccer" — a pun on the Korean words for "wedding song" (chukga) and "soccer" (chukgu) — drawing laughs from the group.

Ji Suk-jin added that Song had also been pushing for a duet performance of "Milkshake." Ji Ye-eun turned down the offer, saying she wanted to "keep the quality high," drawing another round of laughter.

Ji Suk-jin then asked Yoo whether he would be serving as MC, and Yoo confirmed he would. When Ji Suk-jin asked Kim Jong-kook whether he had the wedding song slot, Kim confirmed that as well. "So that's why Ji-hyo and I got rejected," Ji Suk-jin said, sending the room into laughter.

Yoo lightened the mood by telling Ji Suk-jin not to sulk and inviting him instead to his daughter Na-eun's upcoming birthday party.

Ji Ye-eun is set to marry dancer Bata, who is the same age as her, at a private venue in Seoul in December.


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