These days, Korean celebrities tend to avoid addressing romance rumors with the excuse of “private life issue”.
MAMAMOO Hwasa & businessman 12 years older
On June 30th, Sports Seoul reported that Hwasa has been dating a 12-year-older businessman for five years. Citing the words of an official, they said, “Hwasa actively approached A when he was still working in the music industry five years ago then developed into lovers”.
The day the dating rumor broke out, Hwasa made a surprise appearance at Psy’s ‘2023 Summer Swag Concert’ as a guest performer. At the concert, she signed an exclusive contract with Psy’s agency P Nation and did not mention her romance.
On July 2nd, Hwasa’s new agency P Nation released a statement, saying “It’s difficult to confirm things related to the artist’s private life”.
Actor Park Seo Joon & singer-Youtuber xooos
Before Hwasa’s dating news, rumors of a romantic relationship between actor Park Seo Joon and xooos (real name Kim Soo Yeon), a singer-Youtuber with 1.54 million subscribers, surfaced on June 20th.
In this regard, Park Seo Joon’s agency Awesome Entertainment and xooos’s agency WAVY gave similar answers to Wikitree, saying “It’s difficult to confirm dating rumors because it’s the artists’ private life issue. We’re very sorry.”
Coincidentally, Park Seo Joon appeared in front of reporters a day later as he attended the press conference for the new movie “Concrete Utopia” on June 21st. At the event, he avoided questions about his romance rumors, saying “I feel very pressured when it comes to opening up about my private life. I can’t give any specific comment since it’s my personal matter”.
When Park Seo Joon was embroiled in dating rumors with Baek Jin Hee and Park Min Young, his co-stars in previous works, he immediately refuted them, saying “dating rumors are not true”. However, the actor neither admitted nor denied the romantic relationship with xooos, raising the public’s curiosity.
Code Kunst & fashion editor
Singer-producer Code Kunst (real name Jo Sung Woo), who is appearing in “I Live Alone” as a cast, also refused to respond to dating rumors.
On May 4th, News1 reported that Code Kunst has been dating a beautiful non-celebrity woman B for five years.
After then, evidence of Lovestagram was pointed out by Code Kunst’s longtime fans on various online communities and SNS sites. In addition, information about B and her photos were also leaked online.
Despite the situation, Code Kunst’s agency AOMG stated, “It’s difficult to check the private life issue of the artist”.
In addition, various idols, such as Big Bang member G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Yong) & Japanese model Kiko Mizuhara, AKMU Lee Chan Hyuk & fromis_9 Lee Sae Rom, BTS V (Kim Tae Hyung) & BLACKPINK Jennie, etc., also avoided answering dating rumors by saying “It’s difficult to confirm”.
In the case of BLACKPINK Rosé and actor Kang Dong Won’s dating rumor, YG Entertainment released the same “difficult to confirm” statement but later changed their position, saying “The dating rumor about Rosé is not true”.
Source: Wikitree
