IU’s 14-Year-Long Friendship With Kim Soo Hyun Becomes A Topic Of Discussion
Since actress Kim Sae Ron’s passing, her involvement with actor Kim Soo Hyun has come to light, with the older star allegedly having dated her while she was underage. As more details of his alleged involvement have been revealed, netizens have taken a look at Kim Soo Hyun’s past.
Recently, a netizen’s post discussing singer IU‘s relationship with Kim Soo Hyun gained attention online.
On a now-viral post on Pann, a netizen brought up IU’s friendship with Kim Soo Hyun, sharing a past article where their relationship was discussed. In particular, an article from 2024, when Kim Soo Hyun attended IU’s concert and took a photo with the singer backstage.
Kim Soo Hyun and IU share a sweet photo together… ’14 years of friendship still going strong’
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There’s two appeared in the 2011 drama Dream High and remained close since throughout the years.
Many commented their feelings on the post, with some offering explanations for their friendship continuing despite of Kim Soo Hyun’s alleged wrongdoings throughout the years. Others had less than positive feelings about their association
- Even if [she] had heard rumors about Kim Soo Hyun, honestly, wouldn’t they have been hard to believe? The public only started believing it once actual evidence came out. Celebrities already suffer so much from baseless gossip—if you’re a fellow celeb, wouldn’t you be even more likely to dismiss it as just another rumor? I mean, how could you believe it without any proof? Honestly… and in the end, everyone got stabbed in the back.
- He might’ve hidden a lot from his female friends and just treated his niece well, so maybe they didn’t realize he was weird. A lot of guys are like that.
- It’s not like IU has poor judgment when it comes to people—did he just do a really good job pretending to be normal in front of her? Even Shin Se Kyung said he’s strange, and Jun Ji Hyun implied she’d never want to work with him again because of his personality.
- IU seemed to be pretty close with Sulli also… so if that’s the case, she couldn’t have not known about Kim Soo Hyun, right? Then why did she keep staying close to him even after Sulli’s passing?
- I just don’t get it… With Sulli, maybe you could say IU didn’t know because Sulli never told her. Fine. But there were already bad rumors about him in the industry, right? And they weren’t just casual acquaintances — people even called them best friends. So it really makes you wonder why she stayed so close to him.
