Kim Soo-hyun’s claim that he didn’t date Kim Sae-ron as a minor dismissed by netizens, new evidence shows they were together when she was 15

Sarosero: #KimSooHyun and #KimSaeRon have been dating since 2015: A photo of SaeRon backstage at MC Show! Music Core on December 12, 2015 appeared in the message. pic.twitter.com/x6iZxicR1k

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Fans responded to Garosero’s latest claims and took to social media to criticize Kim Soo-hyun. One person wrote, “I want to see how long he’ll keep denying it, though. Garosero is slowly revealing more and more pictures. LOL.” Another one wrote, “This is so sad! how can his fans still defend him?” Some even asked the actor to quit the entertainment industry altogether.

Sarosero: Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron’s dating photos. pic.twitter.com/Xl7pxUrvEP

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At the press conference, Kim Soo-hyun teared up as he denied dating Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor. He admitted that they dated for a year during the filming of their show Queen of Tears but insisted she was an adult by then. He said, “I couldn’t accept (them) coercing me to take what’s fake as the truth. I never dated [Kim Sae-ron] when she was a minor. Except for the fact that both of us were actors, our relationship was just like that of any other ordinary couple. And it is not true that she had made this tragic choice because of me or my agency pressuring her over a debt.”

He also claimed to not have been in touch with the actor after their break-up. “We dated with good feelings and after some time, we broke up. After that, we weren’t able to contact each other like we used to. Just like any other couple, contacting a lover after breaking up is a very cautious thing,” he said.

Here’s Kim Soo-hyun’s full statement on Sae-ron allegation

Hello, this is Kim Soo Hyun. First, I apologize. It seems that so many people are suffering because of me, and it breaks my heart that the deceased cannot rest in peace.

I consider myself a coward. I always seemed preoccupied with protecting what I had. I couldn’t even trust the kindness shown to me, and I was always afraid of losing something, of being harmed, so I was busy running away and denying things. That’s why it took me so long to stand here. I’ve been thinking, what if I had just told everything from the beginning? If I had, wouldn’t the fans who loved me, the company staff who worked tirelessly to make even this press conference happen, wouldn’t they all have suffered so much less?

Every time my private life with the deceased was exposed, I kept thinking, “Let’s just tell everything tomorrow. Let’s personally speak up and end this hellish situation.” But every time, I hesitated. What impact would my decision have on those around me? What if the decision makes everything go wrong for myself and everyone else? It was the same when the deceased posted a photo of us together during the airing of “Queen of Tears.” Five years ago—and four years before “Queen of Tears” aired—the deceased and I dated for about a year. But at that time, I denied the dating rumors. I think it’s natural to criticize me for that choice. I understand if you can’t believe what I’m saying now about what happened between the deceased and me. But since this is the only chance I have to speak like this here, I would be so grateful if you would just listen to my story.

I became an actor and received an overwhelming amount of love. Originally, I wasn’t someone who had much, but I became someone with so much to protect. Even when “Queen of Tears” was airing, there were so many things I had to protect as the lead actor. At that time, if I admitted to a relationship with someone I dated years ago, what would happen? What would happen to the actors I was working with, all the staff who were up all night on set, the production company that was putting everything on the line for this project, and our company staff?

Whenever the choices of “human Kim Soo Hyun” and “star Kim Soo Hyun” diverged, I think I always made the choice of “star Kim Soo Hyun.” So, I was actually afraid every day. I was afraid of what would happen if everything I chose to protect because I was ”star Kim Soo Hyun” came back to me as poison. I was afraid of everything. But even if I could go back to when “Queen of Tears” was airing, I would make that choice again. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can make that decision as I please just to make myself comfortable. I thought that was the responsibility that someone who chose the life of Kim Soo Hyun has to bear. I will accept any criticism if you call that choice cowardly or selfish. And I apologize to everyone who has cared for me.

Even at this moment, I have a lot of worries. And I am anxious. What kind of consequences will my words have this time? But because I’m that kind of person, I thought I had to speak up in the end. There were also people who gave me this advice: “Let’s resolve this smoothly. To manage the risk, you should at least first show that you’re accepting things to a certain extent. Then you’ll fade from people’s interest, and you can prepare for a comeback later.” If I had listened to those words, maybe my private life with the deceased would not have been exposed to this extent.

I wouldn’t have had to receive threats every day about what photos they would upload tomorrow, what they would expose. And I wouldn’t have been humiliated by having photos of my private life leaked. But I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t accept being threatened and forced to admit that lies were the truth.

I’ll talk about the part you’re most curious about. I did not date the deceased when she was a minor. And it is also not true that the deceased made a tragic choice because of me turning away or because my agency pressured her about her debt. Aside from the fact that we were both actors, we were both just ordinary lovers like everyone else. We met with good feelings for each other, and as time passed, we broke up. After that, we rarely contacted each other. Like most couples, we were cautious to contact each other separately after breaking up. We were both actors who were known to many people, and when she was in the same agency as me, I knew to some extent how she was doing, so it was even more so.