Actor Lee Dong-gun has addressed rumors that his cafe on Jeju Island "failed," shutting down just a year and a half after opening, saying the decision was driven by the difficulty of traveling back and forth from Seoul. On the Nov. 1 episode of SBS variety show "My Little Old Boy," Lee visited spatial designer Ryu Jeong-su's studio with actors Im Won-hee and Cho Jin-se. The group was surprised to see that Ryu’s home even had a swimming pool. When asked whether he actually used it, Ryu said, "I'm basically the cleaning staff. Even if I clean all day, it never ends." Lee could relate. "The first thing I did when I went to work at my cafe on Jeju Island was clean the pond," Lee said. Im then brought up the fate of Lee's cafe directly. "I heard rumors that your Jeju cafe went under. What happened?" he asked. Lee denied that the closure meant the business had simply failed, saying he is now preparing to relocate the cafe to Seoul. "We operated on Jeju Island for almost a year and six months," Lee said. "But honestly, traveling back and forth between Seoul and Jeju was much harder than I expecte