The Fact Snaps Kim So Eun on Late Night Date with Son Ho Joon

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• OMG?! Crazy!!! I was secretly hoping she would be dating kim bum

  • I don't think anyone would object to SoEul couple.

  • I really don't understand Kim So Eun. Maybe she doesn't want to become the next It girl or big name actress, but then why go on a show like WGM. First, she did the interview that pretty much cooled down her burgeoning popularity, and now this.

    Personally, I detest that dating is a scandal in K-entertainment, and find the whole thing ridiculous, but if you agree to play the game, then you stick by the rules. WGM has a quote unquote policy regarding maintaining the illusion for the shippers. Because frankly, who other than the shippers is watching the show.

    It's like she finally has a chance to cross the bridge and break out from her Boys over Flower role from almost 10 years ago, and she just keeps getting in her own way. Weird.

    • @Buthy
      Very well said.
      Although I know that the show is "fake",and that they will never date in real life,
      I stop watching them after her interview. She just came off too arrogant for me.

      Interestingly, even though Yura's couple is also having issue, they became more endearing to me, because in a way, they've always been "real".

      Yura comes off very genuine; she works so hard at making the guy like her. And he's so stiff to the point of actually being funny, and his friends that came on the show said that he's always been like that.

    • @buthy 100% agree with you here... I personally lost any interest in her because it just seems really unprofessional to be on WGM and poke a hole in shipper's boat...for no good reason.

    • Ditto @buthy. I find it hilarious that KSE fans claim she's not looking for popularity (despite being 10 years in the biz and still not quite reaching the stardom level of her BOF colleagues - that's got to eat at her), so why sign up for a variety show that will surely catapult you to "idol" level thanks to the many delulu and hardcore viewers/shippers? And why a marriage/romantic/dating themed show at that? There are many variety shows on K-ent TV, I'm sure. But not as popular as WGM, right? So there is a strategy there to boost her image and gain recognition. Let's not claim otherwise folks.

      Now, being fully aware of the nature of the show, fan-service is highly expected. Like you said, she's got to play the game and abide by the rules. And WGM has rules alright. According to the statement of the WGM producer from the last scandal with Jonghyun, Sun Hye Yoon states "the celebrities on the show promise the staff that they will not be involved in scandals or any other activities that could damage the show." However, KSE has done so in two occasions. And just in case some people ask how she damages the show by saying "she was only walking with a male friend," "she was being honest in the interview," "they're not dating, they denied it," and other reasons, think first, what is WGM really selling to the viewers - what is at the core of the show? And what exactly are people buying/lapping up? They're tuning in for a story of burgeoning love and potential romance between two people who, by the way, use their own names and claim to be showing their "real" selves during each episode. And if you say you show your "real" self, expectations are set that there some level of sincerity in your actions. Sure, in reality, no one really believes any of the couple will end up together, but the fantasy is kept alive until the end of their run. But if the star of the show acts or states the opposite, then what WGM and the casts who willingly signed their name on the dotted line, are selling is no longer sellable. And that's damaging to ratings and "credibility" of the show. In addition, I'm sure the clause for avoiding dating scandals or saying anything contrary to the nature of the show is in the contract so she needs to uphold her part and be professional. (Now, it's a whole different discussion to just pull off WGM from the airwaves because it's just a dysfunctional show and breeds rabid shippers.)

      So basically, if you deliver the job, you win the Couple Award with SJR. But the opposite is also true, you don't deliver the job, you can only expect the natural reaction of fans. You keep bursting their bubbles, you'll hear from them for sure. Unfortunately, you reap what you sow.

    • @sogazelle, you should see yura on another dating program. i used to like yura on wgm until i stumbled on this show. she refused to be paired with 2 of the guys there because they weren't "full korean" and her attitude was pretty crappy after she was paired off with a guy

    • exactly i dont understand her either. what's her purpose of joining WGM when she continually eff up everything? i get pissed off with fans saying she is popular since she was 10 years in the industry. 10 years?! and still b list actress? surely she needs to catapult her fame by joining WGM as what jaerim did but why eff it up everytime? her sina intervew already pissed me off of her arrogance. impossible to date jaerim because too busy but she can find time to date this guy? regardless if friends or lovers. i hope she leaves the show, its irritating to see her smug face just because jaerims show overflowing affection to her. i hope they would make an excemption for jaerim and replace that so eun if not then i can watch his drama this february. so eun can just go on continue living her private life as she desperately needs it. she cant even wait until wgm is finished atleast be wise enough not to get caught. her carelessness is like a big slap on the face of their couple shippers. who will watch WGM, no plot and they are only selling the pretend couple? of course those fans of solim. its not too much to ask to feed their delusion while they are still on the show but soeun being stubborn fierce as she is is displaying her midnight friendly date uncaring about the speculation that will arise. WGM is a show i get that but they sell a make believe couple and how they will do it if everytime her stupidity effed it up big time?? go date who ever she wants, if she continue to be in the show a lot of people will still see her as a user and too greedy for fame and disregarding her bf, this might not be true but in general public this will become the case. any denial from her will just look like a desperate attempt of damage control.

    • I so agree on what you've said. Yup, I used to enjoy watching WGM because of the LTE couple, but after her interview and this...to me she comes off as arrogant and doesn't care about her "co-workers". Yup, I said co-workers because we all know it's a pretend show which she signed up for and she is well aware of the conditions. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being true to oneself, however, be considerate of other people feelings and the people behind the scenes who works tirelessly for the show.

    • i think you need to watch WGM Song jaerim Kim soeun ep. 22 (CUT). This eisode explain everything about that issue. That scandal was fake. It's all media harsh doings.

• hmmm still it was just a rumor since neither sides are confirming. the same case with jonghyun-nana since both sides denied they act like nothing happened afterward between jonghyun-yura of course. still it will definitely take a tolls on fans affection towards their coupling considering many negative rumors that have already surrounded them before this. but by all means i still enjoyed their coupling very much because they have that much chemistry that make me love them together. thanks god my delulu state is not that sserious. hahha~

  • Hi, I'm just stating facts here, but this rumor is a bit different with Jonghyun & Nana's dating rumor, considering:

    1. Jonghyun & Nana dating rumor was not backed up with pictures, whereas this one is.
    2. Both Nana's reps and Jonghyun's reps as well we WGM's PD adamantly denied the rumor from the get go, whereas in SoEun's case, SHJ's initial statement was that he has "positive feeling towards her, though not dating" (read: he has a crush on her). This statement was retracted afterwards and changed into "a close oppa-dongsaeng" relationship.
    3. Jonghyun's agency was late in denying the rumor because Jonghyun was inside a moving airplane from Singapore by the time the rumor broke out. So there was no way for the agency to confirm the rumor, until after he landed which was 6 hours later. Whereas in SoEun's case, her agency was late in denying the rumor, despite her being in Seoul the whole time.
    4. During Jonghyun and Nana's dating rumor, WGM PD adamantly denied that the rumor is baseless and claimed that there was no ground to question Jonghyun's sincerity in the show and therefore no further discussions regarding their couple's future in WGM. Whereas in SoEun's case she summoned SoEun's reps to "further discuss the SoRim couple's future in the show".

    I'm not claiming that the rumor is true, but this case is a bit different with Jonhyun and Nana's dating rumor.

    • AMEN.

    • ^^ This!

• is it her fault or the media who digs her private life? The girl's mother is sick and he helps her with that. She just falls her his kindness when she needs someone to help.

  Where is SJR when the girl needs help? Those WGM's fans are really annoyed me. Why "poor SJR this," " poor SJR that?" He is getting so much popular now thanks to the show and KSE, and now many of his fans treat her like a criminal who commits adultery

  • The paparazzi is doing their job and KSE-SJH is just living their life outside of limelight.
    The source is solely at fault. why tell thay story and say many people are cheering that great couple. I would like to ask that person "so many are cheering for them, but not me. I wanna ruin them." That is super underhanded!!!

    people hating and bashing on kse is just wrong. I get the whole shipping thing, been there one time of another. And one can get betrayed but people needs to think more than broken shipping hearts. Think about kse side of the story. The girls mom is at the hospital, maybe she just needed someone to be her strength in that hard times and in this case it is in SHJ she found. Whats so wrong with having someone when one is having a hard time. A friend or lover, whatever/however/whenever the case and circumstance she has that in him To ease whatever pain/stress/worries She has.

    her past statements notwithstanding, when she was in wgm she played the part but outside, she is free to live her own life as long as its legal. for whatever the case, i hope that all people involve will weather this storm. and i realky think iys time for kse to live the show of she is just getting hate for lovibg her life outside the wgm world

    • *leave

  • I don't feel 'poor SJR' beyond if their segment gets cut earlier than planned it screws up their hardwork, visibility and paychecks. KSE is getting hit harder than he is because she's the one that's deflating things, however you stand on whether fans of WGM should expect anything beyond what's being present on screen.

    She's also gotten equally popular do to him.

    I have to saw that after the interview she gave, I see them as coworkers not even friends. Beyond a cordial text he's not obligated to help her.

  • i never thought of it that way but now that you said it, it is strange. why did they only catch son ho joon visiting so eun's mom and not jae rim ? this just once again subtly implies that wgm is fake and so eun and jae rim need to be nominated for oscars

• If this is true...she's dumb. Not for dating but for getting caught. I will never ever understand why dating is a scandal in K-ent, but I've also never witnessed a young star almost willfully sabotage their new found popularity.

  They started off so well and are now flaming out. Oh well.

• Just want to correct that " The Fact" is formly known as Sport Seoul, not Dispatch.

• She was already on fire when she stated that being an item with Song Jae Rim was not possible, and now this. Good gracious LOL!

• Anyone who's familiar with WGM, how does it end? When couples need to leave the show, do they just go or is there some sort of divorce? This show is still something I can't grasp. It's not real and everyone technically knows it. So why is there such a hullabaloo over Kim So Eun dating in RL when she can still pretend to be married on the show? That's like saying someone can't be romantic in a drama and date in real life. This actually makes no sense to me.

  And that's not even a diss. I legitimately don't understand.

  • Me too, i don't understand the show too. The PD try to sell lies, that those couples have real feeling with each other, that there are no script whatsoever. At one point, they even make the rules that you can't have real partner when you're in the show. Is it even make sense? Why pretend this is a reality show when we know it's a variety show and variety do have script and certain characters. So the viewers left all confuse. It become the games of who's a better liar

    • Basically, the concept is like 'a romantic comedy with your favorite celebrity in real time minimally scripted'...there's always the possibility or hope that they will date.

      The fun is watching cute attractive celebrity couples meet, date, and interact.

      Consider watching the 1st episode of the 1st season of Global We Got Married. I thought it was cute.

• So Eun and Jaerim is charming couple .
  But i hope fans understand that Wgm is only the show. Rather than purely enjoy watching the show , They tend to be too delusional thinking everything is real.
  When things are not what they expect , they end up hating and hurting those celebrities since they felt betrayed and cheated. What? It's just a variety show
  Jaerim might be dating someone too. Are those netizens not learning from the past? Lots of celebrities who taken part in wgm in relationship while doing this show. It is just business.
  There are few couples end up dating after the show. However they are mostly rare and shortlived
  Congratulations on the new couple! Ho joon is such a cutie . Love him in Reply 1994 and Youth over flowers. Too bad they are both 2015 rising stars. More opportunities are coming to them after years of hardwork.
  And now they will get hate and opportunities might go to other pl because of their relationship got known.
  It's so sad.
  Dating is beautiful thing . It supposed to be congratulate by lots of pl
  Be strong -.-

• We all know WGM is a variety show but dun get caught when u want dating with somebody. Especially KSE in the hottest cake popularity. Everyone can have their own private life but not for celebrity. U want popular & money or a normal life. It is all your choices.

• have a love hate relationship with WGM because sometimes i ended up liking the couple. Never get their weird concept. Like what's the point of the show? it's so wrong in so many level that they are trying to sell lies that those fake couples have real feeling with each other and they don't fake it when they are most of the time by keep saying there are no script when in fact it's a variety show and variety do have script and sometimes they're given characters. That's why there's negative response everytime they found out someone is dating. If this is dramas noone will care. I don't know it feels like you either make it 100% fiction like dramas or give them characters like in normal variety show or make it a reality 100% so if they don't like each other they can have other partner or something. Is it even make sense that they all end up liking each other in the show. If it's real they will be some couple who really don't get along and bickers everytime.