“Reply 1988” Broadcaster tvN Mocked Ryu Jun-yeol Amid His Dating Scandal
tvN revealed that they’re on Hyeri’s side amid the romance controversy involving Ryu Jun-yeol, Han So-hee and Hyeri
The “transit love” scandal of Ryu Jun-yeol, Han So-hee, and Hyeri is still creating hot topics every day with the majority of netizens supporting Hyeri even though the actress only posted a story with a short caption, saying “That’s interesting”. Recently, tvN, the broadcasting company that aired Hyeri and Ryu Jun-yeol’s drama “Reply 1988”, also took Hyeri’s side.
In particular, tvN suddenly re-broadcast “Reply 1998”. However, they aired only episode 5 and added a short description on the screen, saying “Ryu Jun-yeol cannot sleep because he’s thinking about Hyeri”. It is because the ending of this episode shows Ryu Jun-yeol’s character Jung-hwan staying up until 2 a.m. because he’s worried about Duk-sun (Hyeri), who went to the self-study room and has not come home.
In that scene, Jung-hwan looks very worried because it’s raining heavily. In the end, he decides to go out with an umbrella to wait for Duk-sun. As soon as he goes out, he sees Duk-sun running home without an umbrella. However, instead of going home together, Jung-hwan gives Duk-sun the umbrella and runs home with his bare head. This moment proves that Jung-hwan already has feelings for Duk-sun but he has not realized it.
The fact that tvN aired this episode in the middle of the romance drama drew keen attention from netizens, especially those who support Hyeri. A netizen took a photo of the screen when watching the braodcast and then shared it on X (formerly Twitter). This post has garnered over 2 million views within less than 24 hours and spread all over the place on social media.
In response, other netizens commented, “They’re so mean but I like it”, “What a tease. Everyone is taking Hyeri’s side”, “Please air the last episode. I want to see Duk-sun being happy”, “tvN and director Shin made such a good choice when they make Jung-hwan the second male lead”, “Nice timing”, etc.
“Reply 1988” is the drama that helped Hyeri and Ryu Jun-yeol become a couple. The two used to be a lovely couple supported by the public and colleagues. However, they suddenly broke up after dating for 7 years, making everyone curious about the reason behind that.
