On May 22, Hankyung reported that Kim Sae Ron's family responded to the dating rumors of their daughter with an older male idol around 2018.
The actor's family affirmed that this was " distorted" news and emphasized that "exposing private life haphazardly is no different from killing, and has disappeared once again".
Kim Sae Ron's family member shared over the phone with Hankyung: "Kim Sae Ron is absolutely not a frugal person. Every time she meets someone, she is very sincere, and she is originally a sociable person, so many of her friends are men.
I understand that when she dated Kim Soo Hyun, she had very deep feelings. To the point that she has absolutely no time or mind to meet others".
This person added: "Currently, the family is extremely tired of false news and the haphazard spread of information by YouTubers.
Regardless of whether those contents are true or not, the condolence is suffering a lot of damage because their private lives are being too deeply buried".
Previously, at the first press conference on March 27, the lawyer representing Kim Sae Ron's family said that from the beginning, they determined that the nature of this problem was not Kim Soo Hyun, but the handling of YouTubers posting insulting videos, damaging the honor of the deceased.
Meanwhile, Kim Sae Ron's family still determined to declare through YouTube channel Garosero that their daughter dated Kim Soo Hyun for 6 years, from 2015-2021, when Kim Sae Ron was a teenager.
Kim Soo Hyun denied this. He said that the two only dated for about a year, from the summer of 2019 to the fall of 2020, when Kim Sae Ron was an adult.
While the controversy over the time of arresting the related unit has not been clarified, many other rumors have continuously appeared.
On May 21, Money Today reported that Kim Sae Ron dated an older famous idol when he was in 12th grade, around 2018.
Kim Sae Ron is said to have broken up with this person in early 2019, then they reunited around early to mid-2022. Right when Kim Sae Ron was having financial difficulties due to a drunk driving accident, this person lent Kim Sae Ron a large sum of money.
Notably, the time when Kim Sae Ron was said to be dating an older male idol coincided with the period when Kim Sae Ron's family confirmed that she was in a relationship with Kim Soo Hyun.
Currently, Kim Sae Ron's family's excuse is receiving many negative reactions from the Korean public under Hankyung's article.
They were the ones who started everything first, now they are complaining.
"Is that an excuse? Listening to both sides, Kim Soo Hyun is more reasonable and convincing. The most controversial thing is that the two have been dating since Kim Sae Ron was a minor, but there is no clear evidence. If they date when they are grown up, what's wrong with that?".
"In the end, who is the one who defamed Kim Sae Ron's honor? Those who were manipulated by them to criticize Kim Soo Hyun should honestly apologize to him.
How does the family explain the use of AI voice, the newspaper attack on the FBI... The private lives of Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron are being trashed. In the end, they will receive the deserved results".
"The family please stop. If he really wanted to expose everything, he would have done it while his daughter was still alive. Please, for your deceased child, do not create more controversy for yourself" - some noteworthy comments.
