Kim Sae Ron Posts Close Picture with Kim Soo Hyun on Her Instagram Story and Deletes it After 23 Seconds Leading to Dating Speculation

Well this is awkward haha. I don’t know if there is more to it than meets the eye but it’s definitely going to wake up on Sunday morning to a big news story in South Korea. Disgraced due to a drunk driving incident K-actress Kim Sae Ron posted a picture on her Instagram Story at 1 am this weekend showing her taking a close selfie with Kim Soo Hyun. Their cheek is pressed together and she’s winking and it definitely isn’t a work photo lol. Kim Sae Ron was formerly part of Kim Soo Hyun’s own agency Gold Medalist before being dropped after her drunk driving so that the two know each other and are close enough to take this kind of selfie is not wholly unexpected. But could they be dating/have dated that’s the speculation from netizens. Kim Sae Ron deleted the story 23 seconds after posted because netizens have already screenshotted it so check it out below. A lot of netizens are are saying they are super disappointed in Kim Soo Hyun if he is with someone of bad character as Kim Sae Ron with her irresponsible ways.


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Kim Sae Ron Posts Close Picture with Kim Soo Hyun on Her Instagram Story and Deletes it After 23 Seconds Leading to Dating Speculation — 93 Comments

  1. if they’re really dating , it’s kinda creepy considering they met when she was just a child and he was a grown adult. kim sae ron really is crazy enough to post this for some attention especially when ksh hot topic right now.

    • Real life Hidden Love LOL. I hope all those people who claimed it’s no big deal during the broadcast of that Chinese drama don’t backtrack on their words now.

      • Hidden love was 5year old difference. Many people in real life marry their siblings’ friends.

      • HL is only five years diff. lmao at how ur ass always wanna drag zhao lusi and her drama. this is literally an obsession

  2. Maybe it’s my western viewpoint but that picture doesn’t scream dating to me. They look more like two drunk buddies hanging out. What’s intimate? That they pressed their faces together to take a selfie? I read the hullabaloo about it before seeing the photo, I thought it was a close up of them kissing or something. But didn’t know it was something innocuous as this. Another ‘much ado about nothing’ case. It’s amazing the amount of trivia the media goes crazy over these days.

    • Yea exactly, nothing incriminating in the photo in and of itself. We’ll see if the statements or follow ups explain more.

    • You don’t need to be naked or to be kissing in the photo to know that something is going on. Sometimes, the vibe or the look they are giving is more telling…. If you know, you know kind of thing.

    • Why are they even hanging out with the large age gap.
      Also soohyun saying he wants to marry a 20 yr old when he’s 41 makes this more sus and there’s a pic going around with him and baby saeron. They’ve been rumours of them since seo yeaji scandal came out.
      I’m just sorry for jiwon, so frustrating being her fan cause me just always be disappointing

      • Im curious as to why the fuck this would affect KJW in any way shape or form?! What is there to be sorry towards her for? Because shippers cant now pretend reel = real? It hasn’t affected the drama and is very unlikely to. If (huge IF) it actually impacts QOT, then feeling ‘sorry’ for KJW would make some marginal sense.

        As for why theyre hanging out? Because they were in the same agency together? Or – because they were dating. Who knows. Feel free to think its ‘sus’ but I just find it hilarious that some folks are victimizing KJW like this has anything to do with her 🤪 if anything she was being pitied because KSH is apparently distant with her in interviews. Didn’t feel like it to me, but eh. Maybe he was. Like I said, who knows and who cares as long as the drama does well?

      • He said that? Ew.

        Shame, I always thought he was so talented and handsome. I don’t care much about actors’ private lives but it’s always disappointing if they’re scuzzy.

      • @maya

        He did, people just choose to forget his creepy vibes because he’s talented/handsome
        Same just stan actresses, it’s just soo much easier.

      • @cessy1

        I don’t bloody care about shippers they never matter in the grand scheme of things. Ofcourse it looks sus what other implication is there esp with his past creepy statements, even now lol the agency he co-owns is fact checking…
        I just want my girl to star with a non-problematic lead. If anything I didn’t think he was distant with her,she just seems closer to sunghoon. jiwon seemed unlike her usual self if you compare her offscreen chemistry with ksh and her past male costars where shes more comfortable, it’s night and day.

      • Lol, sooo you feel bad that ‘your girl’ is working with a ‘problematic lead’. Welcome to the industry. If actors and actresses stay home, they won’t need to work with potential problematic people. But that’s not how the world works and KJW gives no fucks as long as she benefits from this drama and she is benefiting. A lot. It’s the biggest drama of her career as a lead in fact.

        As for her chemistry with her costar off screen – she owes nothing to anyone on that regard. And neither does he. They don’t look close at all, unlike he was with GHJ, JJH or IU. And glad to hear you think she’s closer to Sung Hoon. Because SH looks very close with KSH based on their banter. They obviously get along very well. You’ll see that very clearly in their Salon Drip interview as a trio.

        P.s. The ridiculous irony of saying you prefer staning actresses in a post where an actress started this issue after a DUI and was found found pretending to do PT work in a supermarket. You conveniently also skipped the juicy info that just last weekend, 2 actresses had a whole public virtual cat fight over a guy that fuelled tabloids for the whole year. Like this is hilarious. I’ll see myself out, before I further offend ‘your girl’ 🤣

      • @cessy1

        Youre really showing yourself huh, that’s your way of justifying all of this and his creepiness.
        The optics look much worse on him, saeron despite all her controversies couldve been groomed who knows maybe she has a story to tell, she has nothing to lose.

      • I’m fan of KJW since 2017, and reading this news is not frustrating at all.
        What are you disappointing about? What Ksh isn’t saint, what he can drink like any other adult person?
        Or because you believe every rumor you read?
        If you’ll see such photo with Kim Ji Won, will you be disappointed too? They’re both adult person, they can drink and dating whoever they want. It’s only your problems, not Kim Soo Hyun’s or Kim Ji Won’s.

    • @Xoxo, i speculate the same thing, buddies from the same agency .Years ago, a photo of Yoon Eun Hye and Kim Min Hee made a hot fuzz just because Song Seung Hun and Lee Byung Hun were opening a door’s car for them after a party !

      • @HL , right but they still work !!! Back then it was said that YEH was there with other people not because of LBH , but you know…only years later LBH said that he only bumped into her at a Hair salon .

      • @cahill, it did affect her reputation. I remember reading negative comments. Btw, do you follow and watch Yoon’s YT channel when she have new videos? I do watch her video as I find it relaxing to watch her. But there was one comment she made that made me feel odd. It is likely unintentional, and is very normal in SK…but I did not understand the root to the comment.

      • Yes @HL, i watch her channel every week, about the comment, i didn’t get the meaning of it too . She seems relaxed but sometimes i feel sadness from her . I’m sure that she wants to act but she may not get projects as some actors who used to be popular ( Koala wrote a post about it) I’m not the resentful kind of but in YEH’s case i’m still angry about how she was treated and how she was erased from K .industry . Most of her followers are international fans . Couldn’t she be a legend as Phoenix ?

    • What koreans call scandals are pouring recently !!! Is your government trying to hide something or trying to pass an unpopular law ? One may think that’s fishy ! LOL . If it’s true , hope for him that he will not be treated as Lee Seung Gi ! His agency is actually trying to check it. Whose next ?

  3. Kim Sae Ron’s absolutely crazy enough to post something like this on purpose especially with KSH being such a huge topic right now 😂

    But also, I’d wait for his statement. I take drunk photos like that with friends all the time but I also take them with my bf. He’s not shirtless, she’s not in her pjs like IU-Eunhyuk. But I’m assuming KSR was aiming for that especially since she then “deletes it”. This will be huge news tomorrow once everyone’s up, especially after QOT’s episode.

  4. Conspiracy theory: Kim soo hyun was the passenger next to her when she had her DUI. The only thing confirmed about her passenger was that it was a man. He’s no saint like @Peppa above said

    Don’t think the photo is recent as in the from the last year as it doesn’t make sense they would be in any ways together (drinking buddies or coupled up) after she was dropped from his agency + doesn’t seem like she was offered any monetary support from Gold Medalist.

    • Nope, the passenger was confirmed by police report to be a female non celeb. If it was a top actor, it’d be all over the news. Go dig out the news if you’re so inclined.

      • Lol, just like I thought.
        People like yoyoko scare me, they’re not interested in the truth at all, and I don’t understand their intentions.

  5. If they were both shirtless then that would be a more unbelievable scandal lol but they ain’t and this looks like a photo in her phone from a company gathering or something. Can’t consider this bad but her actions may be questionable since he’s really popular right now with the current drama.

  6. He looks drunk and she looks sober with full face of make up and took advantage of the situation to take this selfie.

  7. She’s 23 years old and he’s 36 years old, yeah it’s a big gap but both are adults.

    It was the same for Suzy and Lee Dong-Wook.

    In this case, the issue is more she’s persona non grata in the entertainment industry for now.

  8. This is what I was fearing the most as QoT is gaining traction – a scandal or any negative publicity from anyone involved in the drama. I think KSH is working really hard for the drama to be a success with all the promos he’s been doing so far, so it’s a pity if the ratings go down. Jebal no!

  9. most knetz on instiz thinks its an old photo. Tbh, it looks more like KSH is drunk and high when the photo was taken but nothing about it necessarily says they are dating. If they are tho, my gosh he is crap taste. Shes ready to disrupt her boyfriends comeback for attention in this manner. If she wasnt dumped already, she likely will now. This girls psycho looooll. And no, ‘Psycho but its okay’ is not literal Ksh…

  10. Whatever they have or had, expect a Big Denial from KSH. Trust me. They will deny this to death. He won’t compromise the success of his drama for this but we can’t deny the fact that he has always been shady.

    • LOL, you’re so smart, already ready badmouthing him, and for you doesn’t matter if they’re really dated or not.
      My opinion what Ksh isn’t shady at all, he is normal person. But both of us can’t know for sure, if we’re right or not.
      So just trust me, lol.

  11. Wait wait I’m confused. Is the reason for ya’ll to think this is something /scandalous/ is because Kim Saeron deleted the photo? Like if she just posted it as a regular post, would it actually even be /suspicious/? To me this just look like 2 people drinking together. They both look like they’re in a party. It could’ve been literally anywhere. I’m genuinely confused on the assumptions. Was there a caption saying anything? Not sure what some are seeing that I am not. This is hardly romantic or damning. Looks like just a reg Instagram post of celebs with friends?

  12. They both look drunk hanging out. Have to stick close together to take a selfie. Hope they had a good time. LOL. Do two drunks date? Not usually!! I think people are too naive to speculate anything more than just a one-night drinking event.

  13. Definitely intentional and 20sec of immaturity lol.
    It’s no crime to be a couple but professionally not the best timing. If he gets paid top dollar per episode he should avoid the drama airing period – not for being in love but just avoid anything that will move the topic away from the drama esp if the content is sensitive. I guess it’s not about him being in a relationship which is normal but she has a bad rep so you know it will be scrutinised – that’s what he should have avoided

  14. Hes a bad egg it seems. I have friends in advertising companies that have crossed paths with him and they hear gossip about him all the time. From his weird relationship with his cousin interconnected witg seo yeji. To his liking of very young girls (years ago he made some pervy comment to press that he wants to marry in his 40s to someone in their 20s). And they also said hes not very nice and quite rude to staff during shoots. Bizarrreeee

    • Not sure if my comment will post. The site keeps giving me an error.

      Tbh, the age diff is huge. But also, she’s a grown up woman. If they dated, all that proves is he has godawful taste in women (SYJ too right?) but we need to please stop scandalizing dating. There was an article recently asking why all SNSD girls are still not married. Wtf. What do they expect when the moment someone is reported as dating a guy, the media and fans go beserk 😒🤦‍♀️

      • Oh really did you have to say SYJ knowing full well it was mere rumors about dating and that’s it! But I guess you would believe everything that is being published. You just can’t seem to distinguish between truth and rumor. It was a lie that was started and perpetuated by Youtuber Kim Yong Ho who was notorious for telling blatant lies and was prosecuted for sexual misconduct and had other charges but then he committed suicide last year . what a hypocrite – in one breath you say that KSH has ‘godawful taste’ and in the next breath you harp on to stop scandalizing dating. Make up your mind for crying out loud. Funny GM has just issued a press statement saying the alleged dating news is groundless but looking at some of the posts/comments in the last 24 hours about KSH here is just absolutely disgusting.

      • Scandalizing dating and having godawful taste is now the same thing!? LOL. He can date whoever he wants, including those who have a reputation of being abusive towards their boyfriends. It’s not scandalous to date SYJ – it’s just bad taste in women or… good, I suppose lmbo. Depends on the person.

        But glad he apparently didn’t date her, nor KSR. It’s official according to the reports. As for posts/comments, it’s too bad people didn’t wait for the statement. Now their comments are just plain embarrassing. Jeez. 😂

      • @Tantan -What part didn’t you get? Reading all the groundless articles and missing the point that the majority of them were untrue. With the KJH saga he even went as far as putting out a statement about their relationship but you must be new here so I will repost this again: A THREAD DEBUNKING ALL SEO YEAJI ALLEGATIONS/RUMORS: https://twitter.com/yeajiology/status/1461402323146579971
        BTW what happened to SYJ happened in 2021 it is now 2024 can you seriously just get over it.

      • LOL, look girlie, ain’t no way I’m going to twitter (or all places lmbo) to read some conspiracy debunked theories from SYJ stans.

        But… happy to hear that or sorry it happened (:

      • @Tantan ‘Girlie’ not even conspiracy theories as they are actual articles posted about the allegations.. Then again you reap what you sow so stop telling lies.

    • Womp – not sure why my comment was posted as reply to you. But… my actual reply:

      LOL you just said everything you heard from articles and comments by people here and in the same breath claim you have friends in the advertising industry?!

      I’m no KSH fan but ffs, that’s just plain pathetic. Jeez girl, do better. 😂

  15. Then again his job is to act and hes doing that well. Being an a** in real life is really his business. I will keep watching QoT. Its entertaining.

  16. This girl is a menace. She didn’t post this by accident especially when KSH is currently the hottest name with a top drama trending. Remember when the competition was between the three young actress Kims: Yoo Jung, So Hyun and Sae Ron. Who would have guessed KSR would turn out like this?

    I seriously side-eye Kim Soo Hyun. He only had two women in his agency for years: Seo Yea ji and Kim Sae Ron. He’s now had dating rumours with both and both women turned out to have very questionable characters. I also haven’t forgotten the way he and and his cousin exploited the late Sulli in that piece of crap movie he made years ago.

    • Koala must need to scrutinize all my posts before she releases them on her blog lol. However rumors about KSH dating have been ongoing since 2012 but it took a few articles that were just allegations and the rest is history. Leave SYJ out of this debacle she left GM last year and has no relevance to what KSH does.

  17. I am not the type to speculate based on one photo, so I’ll pass on commenting on this bit of “news”. I just find it interesting a few days ago there were a ton of people swooning over him. But now there seems to be a lot of people that said he’s always been shady/creepy. How fast public sentiment changes.

    • Nah, it’s different people clearly. When news like this pops up, so do fans of other actors, haters or just people who generally like the “fun” of bashing blindlessly lol. It just shows how popular a celebrity is when the moment they look like they’ve faltered, everyone’s there with the knives. And then there’s ppl like me who isn’t a fan I like having a say in these situations 🤷‍♀️

      His agency released an official statement. It’s back to hiding grounds for everyone I guess LOL. He ain’t dating her and literally threw her under the bus by saying they’ve not a clue what her intention was. Ijbol when I read that. Emphatic statement. So, yep, his drama will carry on doing amazing I’m sure. I’m a fan of Kwak Dong Yeon so from a selfish standpoint, thank god this is done with. Now if only Soo Cheol can please get some meatier scenes in the next episodes…

      • You are too gullible to think that just because his agency denied the rumor that there is no truth to it? You really think that they will admit anything at this crucial time? Even without his drama airing, I don’t think he will ever admit to having a relationship with this woman who has this bad track record. His agency will deny this until to the very end.

      • Yea actually, I really do think that for one very simple reason (spoiler: it has nothing to do with being gullible)

        If Kim Saeron has anything to say, she will say it. Why? Because she has no image to protect, no career to save and no future in the entertainment industry. She’s completely done and there’s really no coming back for her. You’re being naive if you think she won’t just slander him with further proofs if she has them. Anyone with common sense would know that this ain’t a mistake post lmbo. If she wanted to, she can easily step it up and KSH + his agency is well aware of that.

        That they without hesitation threw her under the bus is telling. They don’t seem worried on what she may have. Why? Because she likely doesn’t have anything. If she does, they have answers. Knets are also seeing that. The reactions are extremely skewered towards KSH’s favor. Don’t take my word for it, check Pann, Instiz, etc. I’m having a field month with all the dating drama blowing up so I’m happy to further discuss LOL

      • The actress at the centre of this controversy was found to be staging post-DUI pictures of herself as a part timer but somehow she’s assumed to be a fountain of truth for what she’s implying by posting a (fully clothed, likely in public, if drunk) photo of herself with Kim Soo Hyun. I feel bad that she tanked her career at such a young age but she’s lied using pictures before so whether she’s actually a vindictive ex or just wants attention by making it look like she is, it makes no difference.

        Anyway even if they were dating, they were both adults and it’s their personal business. I’m going to watch Queen of Tears anyway, I watch it for KSH and Kim Jiwon’s acting skills, not to fantasise that he’s Baek Hyunwoo in real life or that the drama leads are actually dating lol (despite BinJin now being married)

      • @Tantan, I’m sure it’s different people. It just seemed odd that the initial comments were mostly negative. But then, it could be the same few (or one) lunatic, posting over and over again pretending to be different people and having full on conversations with themselves. It wouldn’t be the first time, i guess.

  18. …And the haters have crawled out of the woodwork…,

    Honestly though, you guys sound like you couldn’t wait to find damning ‘evidence’ against KSH because as usual his drama is trending so high and doing so well. So the smear campaign and rumorville is in full force. I CALL THIS BULLSHIT.

    As many others have said before me, there’s a reason why S. Korean population is in serious decline. It’s mostly because DATING and having romantic entanglements for young single people, which is the most natural thing in the world, is viewed as such a taboo and a deal breaker. As long as two people are consenting adults, who they date or do not date behind the scenes is really NOT our (the consumer’s) business. We should stop vilifying people from having a life outside of their career and save the word ‘scandal’ for truly scandalous acts like sexual harassment, child abuse, fraud and a host of really evil things.

    WE ARE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY. It’s time to leave medieval thinking for the Middle Ages. Smh.

  19. When I see her, I still see the young girl in Listen To My Heart as Bong Woo Ri, one of my favourite old drama. This young girl single handedly literally crush her own career and reputation.

    She has been punished for her deeds. She will not be able to make a comeback. I dont know why she post the image, likely she too had alot to drink thus the drink driving incident before and post the photo.

    Dating or not…both are now adults. Not my place to judge.

    • @agree, it’s seems that’s not tue, but if it was , it’s their private life ! But see how netizens reacted to Lee Seung Gi ‘s marriage !

      • I am glad Lee Seung Gi followed his heart and married his love. He does not owe his fans his own love decision.

    • Perhaps she also posted this when she’s drunk. LOL
      Perhaps her inner resentment of seeing KSH’s great success while she’s in the wreck urged her to do so.

      Just my speculation. Don’t take it seriously. I’m just like many ppl having popcorn now. LOL.

      KSH is a great actor but he’s not my favorite K actors. I’m usually indifferent to celebs’ private lives including my faves, not to mention he’s just someone who can act, but not charismatic to my taste.

      • @Somebody, 👍 Not my taste too. But he can act and I have enjoyed afew fo his early dramas many yonders ago.

      • How funny !I don’t find him attractive too but he knows how to choose projects , his acting is good ,he knows how to captivate the audience .

      • @cahil, KSH did captivate me in The Moon Embracing the Sun. But that’s it. I agree he has eyes for good scripts with good directors along with very solid casts of all sorts of brilliant actors. Visually he’s not my cup of tea at all. His acting isn’t consistently touching my soul either. As a matter of fact, I was more impressed by his leading ladies in dramas other than TMETS.

        I have in my mind my personal favorite actors aged from 20+ to 45+. He’s not among them. I’m honestly indifferent to his dating scandal or whatnot. But I understand many fans idolize and worship him like a perfect God. Incidents like this wouldn’t be an issue in the West, at least here in the US. Nothing would have an impact on actor’s career if no crimes were involved. But Asian fan culture is just different. I’ve got the foul taste from Kpop. Kpop fans are a bunch of crazy beaches. If KSH is as popular as Kpop idols, then it makes sense this “scandal” would cause a lot of trouble for him and his agency if not resolved successfully.

      • @HL. I frankly don’t know any actor 45+. That’s why I said 20+ – 45. LOL.

        I’m watching the Impossible Heir. The plot is interesting but the script isn’t written in the best way. The directing is also just ok. Two leading male actors including Lee Jae Wook are pretty good. Unfortunately the FL is pretty lacking, not on par with their caliber. There are quite a few plot holes. But I’m so impressed by Lee Jae Wook. He’s perhaps the best in his generation that I’ve watched so far. I’m still following this drama for his sake. My favorite K actors used to be all in the same age group as KSH. Now LJW is added to the list. I root for him to become a great actor in next few years to come.

      • @HL I love Ji Jin Hee too , since the drama ” Four sisters” , he is a really good and sexy actor , he made me sway in Misty . Son Suk Goo, Choi Jin Hyuk,Son Ho Joon, Yoo Yun Sook, Nam Goong Min, Ji Sung, Shin Ha Kyung, are my favs too … i liked Lee Dong Gun, Jo Jae Hyun, Chun jung Myung, Kang Ji hwan ,….i Found them all attractive and used to watch all the dramas back then . But some of them were in real life Sh.t . I’m not into Flower boys but i have a soft spot for Ro Woon, Park Hyung Shik, Ahn Bo Hyun, Kim Min Jae,..

      • @Cahill, I have read about some of the real life sh*t…lol. The Flower Boy era list you have are my soft spot too. I am not a Lee Min Ho fan.. Dont know why. He does not appeal to me.

  20. It’s amusing how one drunk photo can turns out someone opinion about actor.
    All of you never get drunk in real life?
    All of you who judjing him for drunk photo are saints or what?

    • Tbh, I think most people commenting against KSH didn’t exactly have a good opinion of him in the first place lol. It’s a lot of just casual people who enjoy /scandals/. I’ve seen some people say they /knew/ something about him was /weird/ but couldn’t pin point previously 🤣 and, then there are other actor fans who wish for his downfall because his drama and he are doing so well (usual stuff).
      But I gotta say this KSH /scandal/ died pretty quickly. His agency went hard. Good on them.

      • Yeah, I think that too. It’s not even a scandal, just a photo of a drunk guy. No hint of an intimate or romantic relationship, and KSR didn’t say anything, but it was enough for people to make terrible assumptions.
        Han So Hee was IT girl just a week ago, and now people starting to call her “a problematic girl” because of couple post on Instagram. The same with KSH, and this will happen with anyone no matter who will be after him, and no matter how small this “scandal” will be.
        It’s so easy for some people to come up with gossip and start insulting and hating someone.

      • Legit naahhh, Olesya. HSH’s situation was way worse and went on for way longer. She’s also way less established an actor and is practically a newbie compared to KSH.

        People cn and will start hate on any celeb for any reason. But let’s be honest, he hasn’t been touched so far and neither his drama. Everyone still gushing about the acting and visuals.

  21. Lol knetz can be very obvious sometimes. If she didn’t have that DUI, they’d be congratulating KSH for bagging a 23 year old the same way they praised the hell out of So Jisub who married a 26 year old when he was 42.

  22. Some commenters regard age gap as an issue in a relationship, and label older ones as perverts. Well, if there isn’t any forced sexual conducts in a relationship of two independent adults, then the accusation is overbearing. Even KSR and KSH are dating or had dated before, KSH isn’t committing a crime. LOL. What’s wrong if he would like to marry a much younger girl?

    I have a friend who is 20 years older than his wife. They are happily married with two cute kids. The whole family showed big smiles all the time when they were in public. It would be so wrong to label him as a pervert.

    Romantic relationship and marriage is about love, not age. LOL

  23. No one is fooled by his baby face. He didn’t kiss her, did he? Or have you never taken a photo close to someone younger than you. Stop being so judgmental.

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