Yeo Esther and Hong Hye-geol disagreed over a possible ruby purchase in a video released October 16. Yeo Esther is a television personality. Yeo Esther posted a video on her YouTube channel showing a visit to Seoul Grand Park with Hong Hye-geol. Hong Hye-geol is Yeo Esther’s husband. Their conversation shifted from getting out more often to whether she should buy jewelry.

Yeo said the outing felt like a picnic. Hong suggested that they spend more time visiting restaurants and traveling, and share those experiences in videos. When Yeo asked why he resisted whenever she mentioned jewelry, Hong said he worried the spending could escalate. He then asked her to promise viewers that she would stop buying it. In the video, Yeo Esther said she wanted to buy a ruby.

Yeo rejected the proposed promise. She brought up a necklace that a friend had given his wife, explaining that her point was the freedom to say she wanted a ruby. She also referred to her own earnings when asking why she could not buy one. The video did not establish her income or the price of a ruby.

Hong called buying one grounds for divorce, and Yeo responded with delight. A member of the production team added another joke about getting both the ruby and the separation Hong had mentioned. The exchange was presented as playful marital sparring; the video did not describe divorce proceedings or plans. Yeo Esther and Hong Hye-geol married in 1994. The video did not say whether they bought a ruby.