Actor Lee Jong-suk’s side has expressed his stance on the dating rumors with IU.
An official at Lee Jong-seok’s agency, Hijieum Studio, told News 1 on the 31st, “We are currently investigating (regarding the dating rumor).”
Previously, Lee Jong-suk was awarded for directing the drama ‘Big Mouth’ at the ‘2022 MBC Drama Awards’ held at MBC Media Center in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul from 8:30pm on the 30th, and was named grand prize winner
At that moment, he took the stage and said, “I’m really grateful” and said, “I received the acting award six years ago when I was 20, but I don’t think I know the meaning of this award at that time.” .” He continued, “I’ve hailed you as a comeback after a long time since I was 30, but I feel a different sense of responsibility and weight because I love you so much and he even gave me a big award.”
Furthermore, Lee Jong-suk said, “I had many worries and fears after completing my military service, but there was one person who helped me think positively and had good direction as a human being.” He later confessed: “Thank you for always being so cool, and I want to tell you that I’ve really liked you for a long time and that I respect you so much.” Or he added: “I think I have thought a lot about the past and I will try to become a better person in the future.”
Since then, much attention has been focused on the “he” mentioned by Lee Jong-suk in his acceptance speech. Some netizens speculated that he was referring to his current girlfriend.
Regarding this, Lee Jong-seok’s agency, Hijium Studio, told News 1 on the 31st, the day after the awards ceremony, regarding “he” mentioned in his acceptance speech, “I personally expressed my heart to the person I was grateful for.” Then, he explained, “I had to be thoughtful of him, so I couldn’t give direct information or mentions, but it was said to be a greeting for a person I was grateful for.”
Since then, dating rumors have been raised that Lee Jong-suk and IU enjoyed the Christmas holidays in Japan. Media outlets reporting this reported that they had been dating for 4 months after 10 years of dating.
(Seoul = News 1)
