I didn't get close to enough sleep but I stayed up late for good reason ... to support someone close to me and cheer on their journey towards their dreams and that is always worth doing. ❤️ What a great privilege to see so many epic women ... doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, meteorologists, entrepreneurs, and nuclear engineers on stage last night. What a wonderful way to end the day celebrating grace and brilliance and diverse levels of beauty across many races. ❤️

I woke up to even more epic news regarding a situation I have been following closely for a while ... and it's always amazing to read positive news about people who embody insanely high standards of epicness, selflessness, honor and levels of empathy and awareness of their role in the world. I'll share this story later, but I will simply say that the world needs more men like #LeeSeungGi ❤️ He puts so many to shame in the epic way he's come through this situation and handled the outcome.

So before I get too busy with my day ... let me explain this complex and wonderful thing about #LeeSeungGi ... a person whom we can all learn a lot from about how to walk through life with a true sense of justice, realism, honor.

Lee Seung Gi is a rather famous actor and also a popular singer but he's the last person to actually know that thanks to 18 years of being ripped off and gaslit by his management company who convinced him that he was a talentless ... less than ... "minus singer"

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Basically, this means that he was told his albums make no money and that "out of the goodness of their hearts" his agency is supporting his love of music and singing at their expense. His albums sell but not enough to make a profit and certainly not enough for him to see any money from 18 years worth of effort.

They even convinced him that they were losing money on him and actually asked HIM to give them LOANS so they could buy personal items like ... luxury apartments and cars.

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Someone kind of let it slip to him that he should be making earnings after so much time but he was so convinced that he was a minus singer that he didn't look into it until recently.

When he finally asked for a statement of earnings for the distribution of his music, a fairly common thing ... all hell broke loose and the shit hit the fan. His life was threatened by the CEO of his management company, a lawsuit started, lies and shitty denials from his agency ... you name it ...

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Lee Seung Gi released a statement today that filled me with so many emotions ... a summary of the translation follows:

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 $3.8 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯) 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵.

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𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 '𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳', 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 18-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰.

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𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺.

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𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘙𝘞.

𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴.

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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘙𝘞 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

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𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺.

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺.