Actress Kim So Eun’s Instagram Flooded With Comments Mourning Song Jae Rim, Netizens Express Concern

Actor Song Jae Rim’s sudden demise has left all his colleagues and fans in extreme shock and grief. But some netizens feel that fans are crossing the line by bombarding actress Kim So Eun’s social media with comments about him.

The two actors were once an on-screen couple on the popular show We Got Married. As per the show’s format, Song and Kim spent time together as if they were a real married couple, and their on-screen chemistry won them the Best Couple award at the 2014 MBC Entertainment Awards. It also continually sparked rumors about them dating in real life, all of which remained unconfirmed.

Following Song Jae Rim’s tragic passing on November 12, KST, many fans have flooded the Instagram profile of Kim So Eun with comments grieving the actor. Most of these comments wished her to stay strong or reminisced about We Got Married.

The increasing number of these comments has ticked off Korean netizens, who have called such behavior problematic.

• “It’s been so long since We Got Married. Why are they acting like that?”
• “People are really so rude.”

• “Are they crazy?”
• “There are so many mentally insane people out there…”
• “Ugh.”
• “This is really weird. Really.”
• “At this point, this is mental illness.”
• “Why is everyone like this?”
• “They just worked together on a show. Why all this…”