Today’s lesson comes courtesy of K-tabloid Dispatch – don’t piss it off otherwise it’ll act like a spurned mistress. After Dispatch rattled the mid-week hump with a breaking story about Pinocchio costars Park Shin Hye and Lee Jong Seok secretly dating for the last four months, the two stars in question swiftly denied the report through their agencies and united on the same explanation of being “just good friends who hang out.” I suppose that’s acceptable a lame excuse as any, and really no need to keep pushing them to admit if they really don’t want to for whatever reason.
But Dispatch clearly felt its investigative integrity and prowess was being called into question by the denials so hours later followed up the first article with a bitchy and snippy second article, this time with all the picture proof. Basically Dispatch claims its reporters followed the two on secret dates for months so how dare they deny it, not to mention Park Shin Hye and Lee Jong Seok have been openly wearing a couples bracelet recently (see above). The pictures really are as hard to deny as the ones that outed Lee Min Ho–Suzy, Won Bin–Lee Na Young, and Rain–Kim Tae Hee, basically secret meetings in parking garages to get into the same car and whatnot. Dispatch ended the second article with a snide wish for “the friendship to last forever.” LOLOLOL.
Dispatch first flashes pictures of Park Shin Hye hanging out with her platonic guy friends, in this case Lee Hong Ki and his buddies – she openly drives her car to hang out with free hugs aplenty. Then Dispatch releases the dam on Park Shin Hye’s surreptitious rendezvous with Lee Jong Seok, switching cars in a parking garage and plenty of over-the-shoulder checking for eyeballs. So let the lesson be learned, if Dispatch outs you and it has picture proof, fess up rather than incur the wrath.
I’m actually struck by a few other asides after looking at the pictures – (1) Lee Jong Seok needs to burn his Crocs and get smacked upside the head for wearing such footwear monstrosity especially on a date with his honey, (2) both Lee Jong Seok and Park Shin Hye look as good au natural and dressed down as they do in full drama form, and (3) damn, those two drive pricey wheels, with Park Shin Hye in a white Audi while Lee Jong Seok drives both a top of the line white Mercedes sedan and a black Porsche sports car. Have fun dating, cuties!
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LOL yea they should have just said they were dating when outed by dispatch. Seems like they always have proof before outing couples. ^^
I'm glad they are dating. Good luck to them.
Why cant dispatch just leave them alone to date in private. Its really a personal choice whether to disclose their relationship to the public. I fully understand why they would deny it since they are both actors who are still so young. Anything can happen. When they are ready to announce it they will. I just want them to date like normal people without having to answer to anyone.
As unfair as it is, it is the price of fame.
Dispatch got all the celebrities on date even Snsd and Bae Suzy so do not expect them to not follow stars, Dispatch is probably the only real paparazzis in South Korea
Dispatch is probably playing a pun, no more Pinocchio syndrome of telling the entire truth with Pinocchio drama's leaders on a realistic date, get caught twice
LOL, hell hath no fury like Dispatch scorned.
It is so obvious that they are dating, but the fact they denied it is their choice. I understand that they don't public attention and just dating freely just like normal people...
and dispatch is so salty. It's so annoying. You can't control their life duhh...
Exactly! I won't regard them any less even they denied what is or isn't true. It's their private life.
They have any right to deny the dating. But it s funny how their fans continue to call it a "rumor."
A celebrity is called a "public figure" for a reason. Being a star means one give up part of his/her personal life.
*they don't want public attention
Dating at night is even more suspicious then dating while being surrounded by a few more friends
Changing cars + late at night implies
Meetings at flat + calendar coincidences implies also
They should tell the truth if they are dating. Just like Lee Min Ho/Suzy and Kim Tae Hee/Rain did. The media specially Dispatch won't stop following until you tell them the truth.
More like what they want to hear as truth.
Let's be honest, most of the time they have no idea what they're talking about and just throw speculation out there and just assume the whole case true as such and demand that these celebrities act along.
And they really don't owe the paparazzi anything, truth or not.
I think that is the tactic media and especially paparazzi uses, when in doubt, throw something out there. In most cases the concerned parties if " guilty" will think they have been found out and will "confess". In this case it didn't work and it left Dispatch incensed. They were like " What? You dare deny us our reward after months of chasing you around missing family dinners and all?" Come to think of it, it' s rather creepy. Imagine thinking of someone watching your every move night and day.
If only PSH had Pinnochio syndrome, the definitive truth would've came out ages ago.
Nice one girl! This cracks me up. Haha.
I hope “the friendship to last forever" too hehehe. Nothing wrong with denying the dating rumors. PSH has always been rumored dating her costars (Yong-hwa ship never died down, then the brief LMH rumors after Heirs), but this is the first time there has been pictures. Lee Jong-seok is so cute. I hope they hang out with Kim Woo-bin too because that bromance is the best ever since Song Joong-ki/Yoo Ah-in in SKKS.
LOL just admit already before more worms in the can come crawling out!
Why so scared, just two young persons dating? Its not like an old man with very young lady or an old lady with very young man. Even those are not that scandalous anymore....
Come to think about it PSH seems to be dating every male co-star she has worked with haha. Time to settle for this one already Shin Hye.
don't say nonsense... it's fans who want her to date with her costars. So far, it's only LJS have pics but they still can be friends tbh