The actor with the legendary one-word-long acceptance speech at a year-end awards ceremony

In the past, So Ji-sub has won at the Drama Awards in 2004 and 2012, where he made a legendary speech by only saying “Thank you” before leaving the stage.  

It’s that time of the year again, the year-end awards season has returned. As a result, actor So Ji-sub‘s past acceptance speech has resurfaced.

In 2004, So Ji-seop won four acting awards for the KBS drama “I’m Sorry, I Love You.” On the podium amid keen interest, he only said a word of “Thank you” before returning to his seat. His speech took less than two seconds.

The situation was then belatedly explained. Just before So Ji-sub received the award, the host sent a sign asking for a short speech because they were running out of time, and So Ji-sub has indeed finished his speech quickly.

Eight years later, So Ji-sub won the “Best Male Actor” for his SBS drama “Ghost”. On the podium, again, he quickly went down to his seat after saying just one word, “Thank you.”

There was a moment of silence at the scene. Fans, who were expecting a long acceptance speech as it was a big award, were puzzled but cheered for his cool side anyways. Actor Song Chang-ui, who was in charge of announcing the winner, could only smile in shock. The host then said, “Don’t be surprised and just announce the actress category,” drawing a big laugh.

These scenes are then called “the coolest acceptance speech ever” and are talked about every year. Netizens say, “He’s really cool no matter what he does,” “Wow, so cool,” “Why is it suddenly appearing in my algorithm?” “The legendary simple award acceptance speech,”…