Seo Yea-ji Extends Contract with Gold Medalist

Seo Yea-ji officially extended her contract with the Gold Medalist agency. The Korean drama star It's Okay to Not Be Okay has joined the Gold Medalist since January 2020.

"We renewed the contract with Seo Ye-ji," said Gold Medalist

It's Okay to Not Be Okay is Seo Yea-ji's first project after joining Gold Medalist. In the drama, Seo Yea-ji collided with Kim Soo-hyun. Seo Yea-jin plays Ko Mun-young, a popular children's book writer who has an anti-social personality, is very selfish, and arrogant. He meets Moon Kang-tae (Kim Soo-hyun), a psychiatric ward worker who doesn't believe in love. The two main characters find solace in each other. Gold Medalist is not Seo Yea-ji's first agency. The 31-year-old actress first joined Made In Chan Entertainment from 2013 to 2016. She then joined King Entertainment. While under the agency, Seo Yea-ji got her first leading role in a film. The film is Another Way, which was released in 2017. He plays Jung-won who decides to make a suicide pact due to his family's unstable condition. Seo Yea-ji went on to star in a number of other films and dramas, including Save Me (2017), Lawless Lawyer (2018), Stay With Me (2018), and Warning: Do Not Play (2019).

On January 1, 2020, he decided to join a newly established agency, Gold Medalist. The agency also houses a number of stars, such as Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Sae-ron, and Choi Hyun-wook. Seo Yea-ji has often been hit by controversy throughout her career in Korean entertainment. He is suspected of being the source of the harsh treatment of his ex-lover, Kim Jung-hyun, on SNSD's Seohyun in the 2018 drama Time. He is said to forbid Jung-hyun to come into contact with female co-stars. In addition, Seo Yea-ji was also accused of lying about plastic surgery and her education. As a result, a number of companies and labels have terminated the employment relationship between Seo Yea-ji and her. A number of cosmetic brands such as LUNA, Inner Flora, and AER have removed all content related to Seo Yea-ji on online sites and other promotional media. Seo Yea-ji is predicted to have to pay a contract violation penalty and advertisement cancellation worth billions of won.

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