Song Hye Kyo has been rumored to be dating many co-stars throughout her career.
One of the most controversial rumors is from the time the actress first entered the profession. At the age of 17, she was rumored to be dating co-star Lee Chang Hoon, who is 15 years her senior, when the two collaborated on the sitcom Soonpoong Clinic ( Soonpoong Maternity Hospital) that aired from 1998 to 2000.
In the latest episode of Shin Dong Yups Coffee Order on tvN Story on October 9, the cast of the movie Soonpoong Clinic including Park Young Gyu, Lee Tae Ran, Lee Chang Hoon, Kim Sung Eun and Kim Sung Min appeared together. They share about their current lives and behind-the-scenes stories of this legendary film.
MC Shin Dong Yup frankly asked Lee Chang Hoon: "Chang Hoon was a very famous man in the past, but was still rumored to be dating Song Hye Kyo?"
The 59-year-old actor smiled and replied: "I was in trouble because of that rumor, even arguing with reporters. At that time, I felt very uncomfortable, but now it is different. Now if anyone asks me if I have dated Song Hye Kyo, I just say Just think as much as possible.
The actor added: "After getting married, my wife invited friends to the house to visit. She also pulled me out and asked me, Have you really dated Song Hye Kyo?, then said that her friend was betting on that. I have to swore by all means that I have nothing. I explained to my wife that at that time the film was so floating that people misunderstood and embroidered it like that.
When asked if he took a photo with Song Hye Kyo, Lee Chang Hoon said that during more than a year of filming, he only took one photo with her.
In the photo, the actor intimately puts on Song Hye Kyo's role. Looking at the photo, Shin Dong Yup continued to joking: "This is how we used to love each other, then what is left", making the whole studio laugh.
In the movie Soonpoong Clinic, Lee Chang Hoon plays a boyfriend, later becoming the husband of the character played by Song Hye Kyo. Although they are 15 years apart, their on-screen love story makes many people believe that the two actors are "fake love in real love".
Lee Chang Hoon explained this rumor in 2013 on SBS's "Hwashin". He said: "At that time, Song Hye Kyo was only in high school, and I was over 30 years old. My stylist is also Hye Kyo's stylist, so everything was misunderstood about the relationship."
Lee Chang Hoon added that he gave food boxes to his co-stars, but only Song Hye Kyo was mentioned by the media in the rumors. He always considered Hye Kyo a beautiful sister since high school.
"At that time, Song Hye Kyo often shared about her mother's illness and other troubles in life. Once, she cried because she broke up with her boyfriend, I just comforted her, but people thought I was the one who made her cry. When she cried in the car, they thought I broke up with her," the actor recalled.
In real life, Lee Chang Hoon married in 2008 to his wife 16 years younger than him, and they now have a daughter.
Song Hye Kyo married Song Joong Ki in 2017, after getting married in the movie The Sun's fate. But the couple divorced after only 2 years of living together. Currently, Song Hye Kyo is still single, while Song Joong Ki has remarried and has 2 children.
