This is the cutest K-ent dating rumor ever, too bad it’s likely not true. Fans of currently airing MBC drama Angry Mom had a bit of fun waking up Friday morning to news that Kim Yoo Jung may be dating her costar Baro after the two were snapped attending a soccer game. Sadly the excitement about budding young love was splashed with the cold water of reality when both sides immediately shot down the dating rumors and explained they were merely attending a game in a group that included other friends. I personally don’t see how being out with other friends refutes that two people within the group could be dating. Kim Yoo Jung explained that she invited other AM costars to watch the game but only Baro could go, and later they were joined by fellow teen actress Seo Shin Ae. Oh wells, Baro and Kim Yoo Jung would have made a supremely adorable couple.
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I think it's creepy not adorable if they realy are dating, Ms. Koala... because she's still a minor and baro is 23 or 24 years old..
I think everyone is forgetting Yoo Jung is a minor and Baro is like 24. I honestly find that really gross.
Pretty sure Baro is only like 22 but still, he's much older than her. Obviously, they're just hanging out as friends or they wouldn't have been out and about so casually. It's stupid of the media to try and make something out of this.
They would have made a highly disturbing couple, as she is a minor and he an adult. I am all for age gap romances between consenting adults, but we should all draw the line at pedophilia. Even if South Korea seems to have one messed up age of consent system.
not pedophilia please stop referring to every questionable relationship with a large age gap as pedophilia. yes this would have been very weird/icky if it was true but it is not pedophilia. don't use words with such a strong meaning so lightly.
She is 15. A kid, a minor. It's not about age difference,it's about her being clearly underage.
My term was inaccurate and unfair (I was quite shocked and still am). I've often been angry at people calling (adult) age gap pairings "pedophilia" myself, so I understand your issue. You were right to call me out on that. However, that does not make the ease with which many find such potential pairings adorable in dramas and especially real life any less problematic.
The kids are probably friends or maybe even interested in each other. It happens in those ages and for them, it would feel normal. I'm not making Baro into a would-be fiend here. As adults, however, we do need to be more careful about such delicate matters and how we approach them.
Seeing this style of a post from an otherwise quite reasonable, highly educated and very much adult blogger is kind of a biggie for me as a reader. So I expressed it.
@sour grapes you totally disregarded the whole sentiment of my comment and what i was trying to get across. doesn't matter if she is underage it has nothing to do with pedophilia and the misuse of the term. i also outright said that any romantic relationship between the two would have been highly questionable but i guess you chose to ignore that part.
@orion i get it. i'm sorry for being so blunt because i do see where you're coming from and 100% agree. i was shocked too when i read this article. its just the term pedophilia is misused so often and i understand when having intense feelings about something we're prone to using extreme language. i guess its hard to be careful at times.
Isn't she 15? A guy in his 20's being interested in a 15 year old is kinda disturbing.
Ummmm...isn't she like 15?
yeah, she's a September '99 baby. 17 by Korean age rules but even in Korea, she's still years away from being an adult.
I am surprised that you find it cute when in most sites, people agree that's kind of creepy as dating rumors because Kim Yoo Jung is basically 17 and Baro 24. It's not about the age difference because Jung Kyung Ho and Sooyoung also share 7 years of difference but they have begun to date when she was 23 and him 30 so it's all right whereas in this situation, she is still a minor so yeap', it's kind of awkward to me.
Please don't misunderstood, all of us have experience liking a person at early age, these two are no exception. Let them enjoy the stage of growing up. They too deserve to be happy. Keep going guys!
I totally agree with you on this. Wish more people would think this way.
I agree too. I think it would pretty sweet if they were dating and I really hope their friendship won't be ruined because of the rumors and other people.
er, koala, do you not know that she's 15 years old? It would NOT be cute if she was dating a 23 year old (his age), it's disturbing to even suggest that.
Calm down people! They just spending time together as FRIEND. I guess in this universe celebs can't spend their free time to hang out with different gender because everyone will start thinking they're dating, or with so much age gap because people will say they're pedophile. How sad..
If she's 15 then its nothing to cheer on, definitely!! I also wish kdramaland would stop casting guys 23-30 as students with very young girls. That's also disturbing.
To be fair, a lot of girls who play high school students in korean dramas aren't 15, usually a few years (or more) older. And the onscreen pairing works because he has a baby face.
I almost did a double take when I first read the comments- baro is 24?! isn't he my age (22)? It hasn't been that long since my teens... until I remembered we're speaking in terms of korean age. Nevertheless, there is still a 7 year difference.