Raise your hand if you audibly gasped when XXXXXX revealed Irene was having Seulgi's baby. Well, while the whole situation may have raised fans' eyebrows, actor Joohyun Bae's explanation of Seulrene's love story may change your perception of this particular incident — at least a little bit. Though she doesn't excuse W.B.'s appalling and terrible behavior, she emphasizes the fact that Irene and Seulgi chose to raise their kids together. Bae tells Kims, "I think [the pregnancy] forced [Irene] to face her feelings, which is basically something she's never done before... And I think that was the start of her deciding her future, instead of hiding from it."     The Seulrene pregnancy twist was even more shocking because W.B. had Rene impregnated against her will using Seulgi's eggs (which were previously stolen from a fertility bank). It sounds like a plot from a horror movie, but, despite that major invasion of privacy, ultimately Irene and Seulgi decide to start a family and raise their children together. (they have twin girls.) And as much agency as Rene may have lost over her body, this part became her decision. "The pregnancy really did force her into making those decisions," Bae continues, "but at the same time, she did have the choice whether or not to have the baby, if it was gonna be with Seulgi, or if it wasn't gonna be with Seulgi, so she really did choose Seulgi in so many ways... They really did choose to make a family together. So even though that decision was forced upon them, they really did choose each other."         Considering the Bae' h