After the controversial YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute posted a video containing an explosive over-the-phone interview with Kim Sae Ron‘s aunt, actor Kim Soo Hyun‘s alleged six-year relationship with the late actress when she was a minor—though denied—has left the internet disgusted.
Kim Sae Ron’s Aunt Alleges Actor Kim Soo Hyun Dated The Late Actress Since She Was 15, Blames Him For Her Death In A Damning Exposé
Amid the scandal, Kim Sae Ron’s 2017 interview (when the two were in a relationship, according to the aunt) has since resurfaced for how she talked about Kim Soo Hyun.
In the interview with THE FACT, titled “[TF Interview] Snowy Road Actress Kim Sae Ron On How The 17-Year-Old Immerses Herself In A Role,” Kim Sae Ron answered that she would like to take on a rom-com with Kim Soo Hyun.
Q. Would you like to try a more ordinary role now?
A. I still want to take on dark or heavy roles, but of course, I’d also like to try more comfortable ones, too. I’d be interested in doing slice-of-life acting, and I’d love to do K-Dramas about friendship or even a romantic comedy. Ever since I was little, I’ve mentioned actor Kim Soo Hyun whenever people asked me which actor I’d like to work with. He’s twelve years older than me. But he looks so young, doesn’t he? (Laughs)
To Ilgan Sports, she said something almost identical:
I haven’t really thought about [working with a specific actor]. (Laughs) I’m not sure about a rom-com, but ever since I was young, I’ve always picked actor Kim Soo Hyun as someone I wanted to work with. I think it would be fun if we got to work on a project together. He is twelve years older than me, but he lives such a ‘young’ life. Haha.
— Kim Sae Ron
According to the bereaved, by 2017, Kim Sae Ron was two years into the alleged romantic relationship with Kim Soo Hyun.
Given this information, despite GOLD MEDALIST issuing a statement claiming otherwise, some fans believe the late actress was “groomed and gaslighted” into staying in the relationship with him.
- “Oh, no…”
- “Was she really groomed and gaslighted by him?”
- “Seeing how a 17-year-old kept repeating the same phrases like ‘looks young’ or ‘young life’ like a parrot… I feel like she might have been groomed and it’s unsettling.”
- “No 17-year-old would say a 12-year gap would be OK because the guy ‘looks young.’ Only ahjussis would say things like that. She was obviously gaslighted into thinking this way, f*ck. To a literal child?”
- “How come no one stepped into stop such a baby from dating an ahjussi, though? Why didn’t anyone intervene?”
- “Ew.”
- “Young, my a*s.”
Meanwhile, Garosero Research Institute, the YouTube channel that gave platform to the late actress’s aunt for the damning exposé, claimed that the actor will be reported for being in a sexual relationship with a minor.
Read more about it here:
YouTube Channel Exposing Actor Kim Soo Hyun Says He Will Be Reported For “Having Sex With A Minor”