When he was younger Lee was known for his fondness for the opposite sex and was often involved in scandals, and he admits that his feelings for women can overwhelm him like a rushing river. "I don't have those quiet and deep kinds of emotions, the ones that work slowly and steadily, so virtually every time things end badly.
年輕時風流倜儻、緋聞不斷的李泰祥坦承，他對女性的情感，經常是排山倒海似地席捲而來，隨時隨地決堤，「我的情感沒有那種靜如深潭，或慢慢吞吞的平穩順遂，幾乎都是悲劇收場，沒有甜蜜的回憶，想起來都覺得辛酸無比！」