Heechul: Super Junior member with disability, harassing "Waterbomb goddess"?

Heechul is known as a member of the famous bo.y band Super Junior. After a serious car acciden.t, the male idol was diagnosed with a physical disability and he is not afraid to admit it.

Heechul, full name Kim Hee-chul, was born on July 10, 1983. He is a South Korean singer, actor, model and MC. He is also a member of the South Korean bo.y band Super Junior and its two subgroups Super Junior-T and M&D.

Heechul joined SM Entertainment after being discovered through the "Starlight Casting System" audition in 2002 in Seoul. He was initially placed in a group with Kangin, Jaejoong and Yunho to form a bo.y band called "Four seasons".

However, this plan did not work out because Jaejoong and Yunho debuted with DBSK in late 2003. Afterwards, Heechul and Kangin were also put into another group with 10 trainees from the same company. This project was successful, and the group debuted in 2005 under the name Super Junior 05 - the first generation of Super Junior.

After Super Junior 05 released their second single "Miracle", SM planned to recruit a new generation of the group - Super Junior 06, with Heechul still participating as an undergraduate member. However, plans changed when the company added a 13th member - Kyuhyun. The group dropped the suffix "05" and officially became Super Junior.

In the summer of 2006, the group released their first single "U" and achieved many impressive achievements. By early 2007, Heechul was placed in Super Junior-T - Super Junior's second sub-group, consisting of 6 members singing trot music.

On February 23, 2007, Super Junior-T released their first single "Rokkugo". On February 25, they debuted on the show Popular Songs. In September of the same year, Heechul returned to Super Junior and released their second official album "Don't Don".

In March 2009, Super Junior released the single "Sorry, Sorry". On May 14, 2010, the group released their fourth album "Bonamana" but with only 10 members. On June 23, 2011, a project group formed by Heechul and Jungmo (TRAX) named M&D released a single titled "Close ur mouth".

Although, the birth of M&D was Heechul's dream, he wanted to do it well, and the group also brought a new breeze to Kpop. But in the end, on July 25 of the same year, the male idol officially announced that M&D had disbanded because each member was busy with their own group and their songs did not rank very high.

Besides singing, Heechul also developed himself in the film industry. Few people know that he first appeared on television as an actor, not as a singer or a member of Super Junior, participating in the teen drama "Sharp 2" in 2005.

Heechul has furthered his acting career after debuting as the lead in MBC's sitcom "Rainbow Romance" alongside Kim Kibum. And he also starred in SBS's primetime drama "Bad Family". He is also known as a regular on variety shows such as Heroine 6, Vitamin, Sponge, X-man, Love Letter, Happy Share Company and YSMM...

Regarding his personal life, on January 1, 2020, Label SJ and JYP Entertainment confirmed that Heechul was dating Hirai Momo, a member of the gir.l group Twice. By October 30 of the same year, the couple topped a survey by Joy News 24 as one of the biggest issues in the entertainment industry. However, on July 8, 2021, the two "went their separate ways".

In early 2025, Heechul touched the audience when sharing about his health condition on the show "My Little Old Bo.y". The male idol said that he was diagnosed with a level 4 physical disability after a serious car acciden.t.

The incident happened when Heechul returned to Seoul from Donghae's father's funeral in Mokpo, on August 10, 2006. At that time, the male idol was taken to the hospital with his left leg broken in 5 places at the thigh, knee and ankle. To save his leg, he had to undergo a 6-hour surgery.

On September 13, 2006, Heechul was discharged from the hospital and returned to the hospital a month later to have the metal rods removed from his leg. At the end of October, the male idol returned to work to finish the sitcom "Rainbow Romance" while still in a wheelchair. It was not until the end of December that he officially returned to personal activities such as participating in TV shows and hosting programs.

In February 2007, Heechul began performing on stage with Super Junior-T with five metal rods still in his leg. In late April and early May, he returned to the larger group Super Junior and continued performing as usual. In 2008, the remaining five metal rods were removed.

"I could have gotten a disability certificate to get support, but I chose not to use it. I wanted to be more active and not let my disability hold me back," Heechul confided on the show "My Little Old Bo.y". The male idol's mother also shed tears when recalling her son's difficult times. She shared her heartache when witnessing him facing physical and mental injuries.

On April 15, Heechul suddenly became the center of attention on social media when he acted inappropriately towards "Waterbomb goddess" Kwon Eunbi. Accordingly, in the latest episode of Knowing Bros, he asked his junior: "What is Eunbi most confident about?".

Although the female idol insisted that it was her face, Heechul kept asking her this question three times, causing her to snap: "I told you it was my face." The clip recording the Super Junior member's awkward moment attracted 50,000 views and countless mixed comments.

Kwon Eunbi rose to fame with her ho.t performance in "Waterbomb", and since then she has become a new generation se.x symbol. And Heechul is said to have expected the answer "body" instead of "face" so he kept repeating the question, making Eunbi uncomfortable. Many people think this is harassment. However, there are also opinions expressing that the Super Junior member's actions are not serious, and that it may just be part of the show's script.

"Wow, he said that? He was criticized last time on Threads... now he says it directly"; "I'm so annoyed. I love Eunbi, I don't understand why she has to go through this"; "If she said it was her face, they should have stopped there"; "But does anyone know why this is considered harassment?", "The format of the show is really bad"; "Heechul acted stupidly but it's not harassment"... are comments from netizens.

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