Kim Soo Hyun held a press conference, cried for more than 30 minutes, admitted to being a coward

As scheduled, on the afternoon of March 31, actor Kim Soo Hyun, his representative company and lawyer officially attended an urgent press conference to clarify issues related to the scandal with the late actress Kim Sae Ron.

Before the press conference, public opinion was divided into two sides, one side condemned the actor and the other side defended him. Even the night before the press conference, many fan pages and media predicted the "script" Kim Soo Hyun and his crew would bring to this appearance.

At the press conference, Kim Soo Hyun burst into tears and sobbed, clarifying three main points. First, he loved Kim Sae Ron for a year before breaking up, and the time he started loving her was when she was an adult, not a minor. Second, he affirmed that many Kakaotalk messages released by the Garosero Research Institute YouTube channel were edited and timed incorrectly, causing the public to misunderstand him. Third, he said that after the breakup, Kim Sae Ron fell in love with someone new, so it was unnecessary for him to contact her after they broke up.

At the end of the press conference, Kim Soo Hyun said, "What I did, I accepted. I can be condemned for everything. However, what I didn't do, I still didn't do. I want to make this clear to everyone who still believes in me. I won't ask you to believe me. I will definitely prove it. Thank you."

However, after witnessing the tearful apology of the actor Kim, the public, especially the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese netizens, had extremely surprising reactions. Most Vietnamese and Chinese netizens were surprised by Kim Soo Hyun's neat appearance. In the close-up images, it can be seen that he had flawless makeup, eyeliner and contouring... as if he were filming a movie. Meanwhile, Chinese netizens thought that Kim's tears were too fake, no different from his performance in Queen of Tears: "King of Tears side story", "Absolute cinema"... Besides the mixed opinions, there were still many fans defending and sympathizing with Kim Soo Hyun. In particular, the Korean newspaper ET News also joined the public opinion when posting a picture of his radiant appearance with the caption: "Kim Soo Hyun's haggard appearance".

The current situation of this scandal is still complicated, because Kim Soo Hyun has announced to file a civil and criminal lawsuit against Kim Sae Ron's family and Garo Sero Institute for defamatio.n. The compensation he proposed is 12 billion won (209 billion VND). Kim Soo Hyun affirmed that he cannot admit to things he has never done. The actor also accused Kim Sae Ron's family of turning him into a bad person who harmed her and caused him to suffer heavy losses just because he was the ex-boyfriend of the late actress.

Before the scandal, actor Kim Soo Hyun was the highest paid star in Korea. He topped the list of highest paid male actors in Korean dramas for many years, with an average of $165,000 per episode. Currently, the actor has a net worth of about $117 million, including many real estates, luxury cars, and company shares. Because of the scandal, many brands have canceled advertising contracts with him.

Kim Sae Ron entered the entertainment industry as a chil.d model for Enfant magazine in 2001, and began her acting career in the 2009 film The Traveler. The film, a co-production between Korea and France and directed by Lee Chang Dong, was invited to the Cannes International Film Festival. At that time, Kim Sae Ron was recognized as the youngest Korean actress to walk the Cannes red carpet.

Kim Sae Ron took a break from acting in May 2022 after a drunk driving incident. She dropped out of her drama Trolley. Her screen time was also cut from Netflix's Hounds of Dogs, which she had nearly finished filming.

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