After Surachai Sombatcharoen the famous Luk Thung singer publicly introduced a wife he had kept hidden for 40 years and revealed they were officially married, the matter sparked widespread discussion. People wondered about his family in Thailand, which included another wife and four children, questioning if they were considered mistresses.
Recently, Rocky Surabodin together with his mother Jeab Atthapornphim and Ding Kamolchanok his younger sister, appeared on the talk show "Kui Zab Show" on One31 channel. They addressed the issue, stating that his mother and sister wanted to share their perspective and that this would be their final comment on the matter.
- Rocky revealed that he first saw his father Surachai's post not directly but through a family group message. From a female perspective, both his mother and three sisters were quite upset. However, as a man, he told others from the start, "Actually, we don't benefit from this at all." No one gains or loses; only losses occur. The person we are talking about is our father. No child wants to see their father insulted. Over the past two years, various things have surfaced from different people, but we chose not to acknowledge them. If father is happy, that is good. We prefer to stay out of it, living our own lives happily. We have moved past this.
- The reason for speaking out today is because mother and sister wanted to present their side but only once and to conclude it. After this, if there are retaliations or negative remarks about the family, they will not respond and wish to move on with their lives.
- Mother Jeab said that in her 47 years of silence about past issues, the pain caused to her children today prompted her to speak up.
- Regarding the issue of Surachai introducing a wife he had been with for 40 years, causing people to view mother Jeab as a mistress, she explained that she had been with him since 1979. They had children, all legally registered. But back then, they couldn't marry because he was a famous performer. They had to keep it secret; when Rocky was born, she gave birth at a small, unknown clinic at night, secretly seeing doctors, and not leaving the house while pregnant. At birth, she had to use a different name. However, when Rocky was born, his father visited and the birth certificate was normal.
- When father told Rocky to change his surname, Rocky said that sentence hurt deeply. Considering his father's intent, it seemed he wanted to make him sad. But when asked if he was sad, he admitted he was. Lately, his father had been acting like this heavily, seemingly wanting him to be hurt. Though he had been scolded similarly before, he was okay.
- Regarding the changes to the Wikipedia page about their family, Ding revealed that she and her older sister had managed their father's Wikipedia and social media accounts for a long time. But in the last 2-3 years, they noticed information had changed.
- Rocky did not intend to disparage his father, who was a talented man who raised them. His sister had managed his social media continuously. They suspected someone else altered the Wikipedia page, which they believed was possible.
- About the father's comment that Surabodin should not have "Thorn" because "Bodin" is not normal, Rocky said he was confused about what was meant by "not normal." He takes care of his mother, sister, and family. He did not understand what his father wanted to say but accepted it. They did not want to retaliate but simply wanted to speak out because now he is the head of the family and the only man left at home.
- When father Surachai posted about karmic debts and questioned why they would meet again, mother Jeab said it was baffling. Everything had been let go; he had taken everything from them over two long years. She wondered what he wanted now.
- Regarding Rocky's use of the phrase "wicked man and woman," he admitted his mistake, apologized to his father and everyone for saying it unintentionally. On the day of the show, he did not think the phrase would refer to his father. Despite trying to avoid saying it, it came back to haunt him. He felt regret and sincerely apologized.
- When the other party posted about the woman married for 40 years, mother Jeab said she initially did not know. Some time ago, a man contacted her claiming to be a journalist and said a foreign man wanted to expose that a famous Thai singer was having an affair with his wife, with whom he had children. She communicated via email with this foreign man, who identified himself as Mr. L, an Iranian-American. He said his wife was a refugee (a Cambodian immigrant) with American nationality, who had a child with a foreign man, possibly Ecuadorian. This woman later dated and married Surachai, had two more children, but Surachai became involved with his wife.
- Mother Jeab admitted that her ex-husband wanted a green card because he liked foreign countries. Since the children were young, he wanted her and the children to apply for visas and find ways to live abroad to gain American citizenship, even when Rocky was a child.
- She said that when they first met, her ex-husband was not yet famous. He acted in some films but was not well-known. Afterward, he became famous with many jobs and traveled abroad, while she already had two or three children and was touring singing.
- Mother Jeab further recounted that Mr. L told her by email that her ex-husband had registered marriage with his wife while Jeab already had three children, and the ex-husband had traveled abroad.
- She revealed that when Mr. L sent emails, she initially did not believe him but he kept sending evidence. He wanted her to expose that this man was having an affair with his wife and had hired a detective to collect photos.
- However, mother Jeab did not discuss this with her ex-husband because she found the story confusing. Mr. L told her that when his child was born, they had to use the surname Sombatcharoen because the woman's first son also used Sombatcharoen. Mr. L had the woman file for divorce in Thailand, which was successful. He sent documents, but said the man still interfered with his wife.
- When Surachai was sued for divorce by that woman, he had not officially registered marriage with mother Jeab. One day, he invited her to register their marriage. After she told him what had happened, she overheard them arguing on the phone in English. She let it go, but suddenly he invited her to register, which confused her.
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