It is not often that an
entertainment celebrity can attain fame in two countries such that both could
claim that person as one of “their” people. That would be the story of Sandara
Park, who was born in South Korea in 1984 but lived in the Philippines with her
family since 1994. She became a Pinoy showbiz household word since joining
ABS-CBN’s “Star Circle Quest” in 2004, but her TV/film/music career in the
country lasted only until 2007 when she returned to her birth country. Sandara
would become famous there as well when she debuted as Dara of K-Pop girl group
2NE1 in 2009. But since their dissolution in 2016, Park has been markedly
despondent.
According to ABS-CBN News, Sandara Park has expressed great sorrow at the fading
of sorts for her star following the breakup of her K-Pop group 2NE1 three years
ago. The 35-year-old celebrity star of two nations admitted her feelings on the
matter on the Tuesday, February 4 airing of South Korean talk show “Video
Stars,” in which Dara was a co-host. In one portion, she described the time
immediately after the members of 2NE1 went their separate ways as the darkest
period of her life, one where she felt lost.
Sandara mentioned having regrets
following the disbandment of her group, which had been comprised of her, Gong,
Park Bom and CL. She remarked that during their promotional appearances before
their breakup she was beginning to feel that her presence was extraneous to the
group, in that the other three were harmonized enough in their singing that if
Dara tried to make her voice stand out more, it might ruin the effect. But when
their agency YG Entertainment announced 2NE1 dissolved in 2016, Park mentioned
being gripped by pessimism for “two or three years,” where she felt her
confidence has suffered.
If there was any silver lining to
2NE1 ceasing to be, Sandara Park believes that the event enabled her to see who
her true friends were, who stuck with her in that trying time. She remains
contracted to YG Entertainment as a solo performer, and has made appearances on
Korean TV as show co-host or competition judge. In that same vein, it allowed
Park to try re-establishing her celebrity prominence in the Philippines, where
she once returned in 2016 as a judge for “Pinoy Boyband Superstar” on ABS-CBN,
where she got her Philippine entertainment start.
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