Second week is always the stay or drop moment for most of my K-dramas and thankfully tvN Wed-Thurs rom-com Her Private Life solidified all my pre-airing excitement for it. It’s so darn sweet and sincere, writing two very likable leads and sticking them in fun situations to build their romance and chemistry. It’s basically K-drama rom-com 101 done right because of Kim Jae Wook and Park Min Young. If it wasn’t them I may not be as enamored, but he plays Ryan with warm aloofness and a decent heart and her Deok Mi is competent yet girly with a side of fangirl silly. Their romance has all the hallmarks of perfect together but would never happen but for all the shenanigans and coincidences that keep bringing them together. His offer to be her pretend boyfriend to keep the crazed fangirls away is a fresh reason to pretend date, I love these two so much and they are as visually in sync as I expected. This one is a keeper!
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Don't have star power
Kim jae wook better to play as villian and this drama hard to watch cause park min young face change in every new drama?????. Second yoo in na plastic surgery monster.
It’s fluffy but he’s so charming and sweet. I think her character feels a bit too similar to Secretary Kim but still loveable.
I enjoyed watching this, my big problem just cha sian character, trying to act as a cute guy, but end up look so creepy. Btw I love park minyoung and kim jaewook and understand there's many people who cant related to this drama, thats why the rating not that good.
The timing is wrong for this drama. Touch your heart was already a over-saturation of fluff now this. The saccharine content has gone beyond acceptable levels with these two dramas. They should have put something else after touch your heart before they bought on her private life.
It’s a fluffy no brainer easy watch drama and I’m liking the storyline and cast 4 episodes in. I think the ratings are indicative of Korean audiences not over WWWSK/PMY and PSJ dating scandal last year and are miffed it wasn’t true so they’re taking their backlash out on this drama. Mid 2% is I guess bearable nothing to write home about but I do hope it does hit 3,4,5% etc as the weeks go on. Even Touch my heart was averaging 3to 4% but unfortunately I didn’t really stick around to see it end.
Most Drama watchers dont really care abt that,its already old news,comments in naver dont even mention abt the dating just its same with wwsk but only in 1st epi, commenters in 2nd to 4th epi are the people who really watch it, not much since the rating is low,
Obviously, the entire dating scandal was a marketing strategy where PMY was a clear beneficiary as she rekindled media and corporate interest in her. Suddenly, she is deemed as “woman in love”, evidently from the endorsements which portrayed her as highly desirable.
Agree that the whole dating delusion benefited PMY. Her endorsements were mostly about her being loved. On the other hand, PSJ’s image took a beating.
PSJ will return. Not sure about PMY though. She cannot headline any drama. This drama may be the last draw in her rom-com category ?
I recently found a post on Reddit linking to an article about TV ratings and according to that, Her Private Life is doing very poorly in viewership as the average rating of cable dramas last year is equal to more or less 5.0%. This low rating is confusing to me. PMY is a popular actress and this show has no rival over on Wednesdays & Thursdays, so it's weird seeing the drama suffering from those disappointing numbers. The post: https://www.kdramapal.com/top-kdramas-in-2018-in-terms-of-tv-ratings-terrestrial-versus-cable
Don't have star power
I’m loving this drama, the pair are adorable and the plot is gold. It does have the “it” factor that’s missing from Touch Your Heart (a drama I dropped after episode 6) and WWWSK which the public adored but was bland to me. PMY and KJW are playing their parts to perfection, but I guess the public isn’t ready for two PMY back to back rom-coms. Which is a shame as she really shines in these roles. The plastic surgery on her face is a tad distracting, I admit. But as she can still emote, it’s all good.
The low ratings are unsurprising. As highlighted by others, PMY doesn’t possess the star power to pull in ratings. She had been riding on the popularity of more popular previous costars such as LMH, JCW & PSJ. Very painful to watch her acting childish and cutesy at her age, with her artificially enhanced face. KJW, being the saving grace, is more suited for serious and mature genres. He is on the rise since The Guest and hope this won’t affect him.
Wow, they look really good together. Park Min Young is so pretty! She looks really good with Kim Jae Wook.
Wow, what is with the comments section of this blog....what is wrong with Plastic surgery? Honestly, in South Korea it is accepted practice. It is not different than enhancing your looks with Makeup. No one has very red lips, nor does one have very dark liners on their eyes.
Anyways, sounds like jealous shallow people commenting.....
I have to disagree with you on your “jealous shallow people” comment. What is to be jealous about? PMY PS? Everyone knows her whole face got worked on. I have watched many of her dramas and I agree with @Adal that she looks a bit overdone in this one. Her acting is pretentious and cringy. Rating shows. Not everyone likes Barbie, not everyone likes cotton candy, and they are not all shallow people. I used to support PMY before but not with her performance in this. Different tastes, no need to get personal.
Everyone is free to express his/her opinions so please respect one another.