Hwasin: Controller of the Heart
Lee Hyun Woo! IU! Hwang Kwang Hee! Park Hyung Sik!
IU! Yes!
I am a huge fan!
I would rather not be here... but since I am here. Go go!
[The love of uncles IU ]
- I sat next to IU... - Oh, really?
Ever since you made it big...
[The real 'it' boy in entertainment Park Hyung Sik]
You want to go into it? You would cut me off and edit it out yourself.
The heck are you to point at me?
[An idol who dominates Gu Ra Hwang Kwang Hee]
Hyun Woo is a pretty boy spy.
[He can't control his comedic instinct?]
- Is he always like that? - I am working hard.
He learned something useful from Bae Yong Jun.
[An eccentric pretty boy Lee Hyun Woo]
- Gu Ra, I love you... - Me too.
Mrs. Kim, I love you.
[2013 Sensational Celebrities Special starts now!]
[Hwasin]
- A two-faced talk show on Tuesday nights. - Hwasin!
A two-faced talk show, Hwasin.
Sensational Celebrities Special today.
Lee Hyun Woo!
IU!
Park Hyung Sik!
And Hwang Kwang Hee.
That's why I like Kwang Hee.
Why not do it well if you're going to do it?
They really are sensational.
I am so looking forward to today because
I Heard It Through the Grapevine is the first segment, right?
IU! Yes!
[It's festive mood already!]
IU!
Please tell us like it is.
We were curious about them, too.
- IU! - IU!
- He is so excited. - I don't know if I should say this.
I am a huge fan!
I have so many questions, too. And
I share strong ties with IU.
Because of IU, my name constant became one of the top search words.
Really? How come?
One of IU's backup dancers looks so much like me.
[Is he Tae Gyu's doppelganger?!]
Yes, he does.
He really does look like him.
And also when IU sang A Good Day or performed on a music show
my name became one of the top search words.
- Does Tae Gyu really look like him? - They look so much alike.
- Does he still work for you? - No, not currently.
[Could... it be because he looks like me?]
I knew a little bit about IU because I used to host another show.
She is very smart and very honest.
So she would rather not do it than withhold anything.
But when she does go on a TV show, she tells the truth and the truth only.
The reason why I made a relatively quick comeback after going
through a difficult time is because I was honest about it.
That's right!
Say what you need to say.
I've been through a lot, as well.
I always tell younger entertainers never to lie and always be honest.
And get on hands and knees if you did something wrong.
- No, no, the public knows about it, all of it. - They do.
The public knows, the public knows everything.
The TV drama which IU is playing the main character
has recorded the highest ratings.
- Yes, yes, that's true. - 30%?
So close to 30%.
- 29.9%. - Wow, 29.9%!
That is very hard to do.
- If you tell the truth today, it might hit 30%. - Oh my...
Let us also get the highest ratings because of you.
Oh, good, good.
Kwang Hee... this is Sensational Celebrities Special. So why are you...
[Because I am glad to see you, Kwang Hee.]
I was sensational last year, in the year 2012.
He was doing so well at MBC. So I wanted to introduce him to SBS.
- That means you are so popular these days. - Oh, thank you...
Last year, they focused on promoting you, Kwang Hee.
In 2013, it's Park Hyung Sik?
Yes, in 2013, it's his turn.
Do they change every year?
When our band debuted, they didn't promote me
they promoted Kim Dong Jun.
They promoted Kim Dong Jun.
He's the most handsome guy in our band, right?
My turn was way, way back there.
'Just give me one chance. I'll show you what I can do,' I told them.
I became successful and made it all the way here.
If I relied solely on my looks, I would still be waiting.
I think I would've waited till 2019, since there are nine of us.
I think I am here today thanks to him.
- Do you think that? - No... no.
What do you mean no?
[Loving touch(?) ZE:A style]
- Did you really need Kwang Hee today? - Not so sure.
You don't need me?
[What comes around, goes around(?)]
Hyung Sik is in a TV drama and a reality show.
Do you know how to gain notoriety? 'Yes, this is how to do it.'
I am in a reality show.
Because I say what I think and how I feel
and it's well-received by the viewers, right?
I started to feel confident because of that.
I think I am becoming more confident.
I think it's very important to share my thoughts and emotions.
I love watching you work so hard.
He needs to remember that it's a TV show but he takes it so seriously.
He finds it hard to get out of the character.
I wouldn't be able do it if I wasn't.
I need to be me.
I found that I couldn't do anything if I try to make something happen.
Lee Hyun Woo. He was so hard to cast for today's show.
He was in 'Secretly Greatly' the movie.
He is a pretty boy spy who stole hearts of Korean women.
- You've been pretty busy, right? - I wasn't too busy.
Times definitely has changed. A pretty boy spy?
They used to arrest you for that.
[To report a spy: Dial 111]
You shouldn't underestimate him because
out of every guest here, he debuted the earliest.
He's been an actor for eight years.
I am working hard.
Only veteran actors do this.
The president of our agency loves that move, as well.
He did that when he went to Japan.
Bae Yong Jun, Bae Yong Jun.
- You belong to his agency? - Yes.
You belong to a good agency.
- Yours is pretty good. - Pardon?
- Star Empire is a good agency. - It's also a good agency.
Don't you... belong to Keyeast like Kim Soo Hyun?
Don't you all belong to the same agency?
The teams are different.
Because we're a big company, there are different teams.
Then, which team does Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Hyun Woo belong?
- Soo Hyun isn't in my team either. - Then who is on your team?
A child actor named Park Ji Bin is on my team.
If you take a rational look at it, my team feels like the best one.
In my team, Joo Ji Hoon, Jung Ryeo Won, Choi Kang Hee and myself
and also So Yi Hyun and Kim Hyun Joong.
- Don't be suspicious. - Strong, weak, middle, strong and weak.
That's so true!
- Not strong, strong, strong -- - We are the aces.
There can't only be scorers on a team, right?
- Hyun Woo, mostly rookies on your team. - Yes, we most play good guys.
Which team does Kim Soo Hyun belong to?
Where Soo Hyun is... That's the real hot spot in the agency.
On that team
Bae Yong Jun, Kim Soo Hyun, Im Soo Jeong.
So refreshing.
It feels so refreshing just to hear their names.
We would've cast Soo Hyun if we had it our way.
But it's just a pipe dream.
Why would he?
There is a one year waiting period.
I don't want to wait one whole year.
Since Lee Hyun Woo is here and he's good friends with Soo Hyun, too.
Could you call him for us?
I think... yes... Should I call him?
- Can you call him? - I can.
We talk on the phone often.
- Did you expect the movie to be this popular? - I didn't expect it at all.
So many people liked the movie.
I am enjoying everyday because so many people like me
and other actors and actresses.
It's... such a standard answer.
He learned something good from Bae Yong Jun.
[You're doing well, Hyun Woo.]
Hyun Woo... You shouldn't do that.
How are you related? Do you know each other?
Three of us co-host Inkigayo.
- You do? - Myself, Kwang Hee and Hyun Woo.
I've met... IU on a plane.
- We have... - On a plane?
I happened to sit beside her.
It was so coincidental.
- Did you two perform on a music show? - No, we were following our own schedule.
I wasn't supposed to get on that flight but we did because we had to.
And I happened to sit beside Hyung Sik.
What's that about?
He sleeps as soon as he gets on an airplane.
- I pass out. - For some reason, he wasn't sleeping.
- I was nervous -- - But IU slept, no problem.
Right, right, IU slept and Hyung Sik was awake.
IU was sleeping with her hat on.
Hyung Sik didn't sleep because he felt nervous but she slept right through.
She was eating candy, the one that has white powder.
- Was it? - Yes, it was.
She had one and gave me one.
It was... the most delicious candy I've ever had.
And you know, he also spat it out and held it in his hand.
That's so funny!
Don't make up things like that.
But you did. Look at him manage his reputation.
When did I do this?
Because it will disappear once he eats it?
He dried his saliva because he didn't want it to melt.
I ate the whole thing.
Look at him manage his reputation, like a star does.
Didn't he tell you to be honest?
You won't last long if you keep that up.
[Welcome Hyung Sik... you've never seen a variety show like this, right?]
Do you consider him a closer friend than other members?
We are good friends with everyone.
- Why, why, why? - I don't know if we are.
I will tell you about it later because there are many funny episodes.
A lot of people ask me about Hyung Sik and I don't know what to tell them.
I was so busy being jealous of Si Wan.
I didn't have any time to pay attention to him.
Hee Sun told me that she likes Hyung Sik so much.
I do. Hyung Sik is the big reason why I watch them.
I felt so jealous when she said she likes Si Wan.
'Why would she like Si Wan?' I thought.
When I think about it, comparing Si Wan Hyung Sik, Si Wan is far more handsome.
- Hyung Sik is handsome. - He is handsome but not enough to envy.
- No! - He is very handsome.
Then how come nobody talked about that before?
- Nobody talked about him! - That's not true.
Think about it!
- Where are you pointing at? - Nobody talked about him until now.
He has Song Seong Heon's eyebrows.
You said that now but
a stylist told him to shave his eyebrows because they are too thick.
You said that now but
'Hyung Sik, let's shave it,' they said.
- But after he became famous. - You know...
Hyung Sik, what do think?
- That he doesn't feel jealous of you. - I appreciate that.
When he gets jealous, he gets obsessive beyond imagination.
- You torment them, right? - I question your every move.
Si Wan got so bad that... he was about to avoid him.
Whenever Si Wan saw him, Si Wan didn't get close to him.
I even memorized Si Wan's every line for his character.
- 'Si Wan, what are your lines?' - Lines for the TV drama he was in.
- He was like that. - I used to be that jealous.
Fortunately, I started to feel a lot less jealous after a while.
There are so many questions that I want to ask them today.
- A flood of rumors. - Yes.
We have picked the top five rumors that we want to know about.
It's called 'Rumors No. 5.'
Won't they feel scared?
But... they need to go through a hardship like this when they are young.
[Spartan early education for variety shows(?)]
Do you... do you, IU, by any chance...
Do you feel a little scared?
Yes... I... am really...
I controlled my emotions before heading here.
In the stand-by room, 'Ah, I am so excited, so excited!'
- She was like, 'I am so excited!' - 'So excited!'
I was so surprised.
She never asked at Inkigayo
but she wanted me to psych her up.
Go, go! So excited!
So surprised by that.
[Let's keep it exciting]
Rumor number five. IU.
This is the one of the hottest rumors on stock market fliers.
It goes like, 'The top, young female singer is secretly'
'planning to get married in October this year.'
A rumor is going around that IU is that female singer.
Okay... let's hear IU's first ever response to that rumor on air.
This is the weakest of them all.
I heard it through the grapevine.
- This is the weakest one? - This is the weakest one?
Oh... I thought this might be the last one.
This is what I know about it.
Someone published a flyer that looks like it's from
a stock market magazine and it became wide spread.
It became wide spread.
I heard that it was a fake flyer.
I think the rumor became wide spread via text messages.
Yes, yes, you get many of them these days.
They send you news articles to your phone.
You get all sorts.
I got that text message as well.
- The news about that rumor? - Yes, yes, from the flyer.
People started to call me right away.
I thought, 'What? I am not doing anything special these days.'
I received so many text messages as well.
'Congrats!' some people wrote.
'What? What's happening?' I wondered.
The people at my agency found out because I told them about it.
I was one of the first ones to know
The people who wrote you 'Congrats!'
Aren't they a little weird?
They should've asked her what's happening instead of saying 'Congrats!'
Since she's 21 and single, to say 'Congrats!'
is because they knew something?
'She was wondering whether she should and she finally decided,' they thought.
Ah, no, no.
Didn't your agency flip out?
I think so. And also that was the day that Hyun Woo's new movie premiered.
- On the day of the premiere? - On the day of the premiere.
I was so eager for that day and the rumor broke out.
The agency told me, 'Let's not go to the premiere
because there will be a lot of reporters.'
'Since it's best not to do anything, so stay home' they told me.
But... I felt so angry about that.
I wanted to go watch the movie.
I told Hyun Woo, 'I'll make sure I'll be there' so many times. Right?
- Yes. - I promised to be there.
When I couldn't go, I thought, 'What is this?'
- It's complete nonsense. - I couldn't even watch a movie.
That's really frustrating.
So... the manager asked me for the first time
'Please, I ask you. Please, please, let's not go there.'
'Please...' he asked me like this.
These days I started to think
'Yeah, maybe I really am useless and undeserving as they say I am.'
The rumor broke out when I began to think that way.
I told them, 'Okay, I won't go but instead...'
'Catch the culprit for me,' I asked.
- The culprit? - Yes, the person who started and spread the rumor.
I usually really don't care about things like that.
I give no attention to hate comments. I am confident.
I'm confident that I'm one of the top five celebrities
that don't care about hate comments.
I am one of them too.
You know me, right? You know me, right?
The three of those five are here.
You shouldn't forget about Dong Yup.
I am that --
It didn't... end there.
- It also said that you are pregnant. - Ah, yes, yes!
The rumor was that IU who's 21, became pregnant.
And some people found supporting evidence because she did look a little fat.
So... there were so many photos that supported that rumor.
- Really? - Yes.
There were people who used those photos as evidence for that rumor.
- Ah... - You didn't know?
That reminds me.
I thought my friends sent the photos to make me laugh.
- But they used them as the evidence -- - The photos as the evidence.
I see. I didn't know about that. But anyway
there were rumors that I was getting married because I was pregnant.
I didn't get to go to the movie premiere.
That's why I asked, for the first time ever, my agency to catch the culprit.
'Catch a few of the haters and let me talk to them in person,' I told them.
I plan to meet the haters very soon.
An Evening with Haters, you know?
This is the one of the most anticipated event of this year.
- You want to meet them -- - Yes, in person.
She should meet them in person.
I want to meet them in person and talk to them.
She wants to know, 'Why did you write things like that?'
But you just know what they are going to say, right?
'I did it because I was bored,' I know they will say this but
I would like to get apologies from them if I can.
'Why did you do that? Will you do that again or no?' You know what I mean.
You are going to lecture them.
Yes, seriously. And if they are okay with it
I would like to take photos with them.
'I'll remember your IP address.'
'If you write hate comments again, I'll publish it,' I would like to say that.
She knows how to enjoy life.
- She has that side to her. - She really is one of the five.
And also, what's that...
If it's my inevitable fate to deal with haters
I thought I should be able to have fun with them.
I thought about it and I realized I can get apologies
and compensations as well.
You know... this... may sound... silly but
I could at least make some spending money.
[She is firm but... cute...]
Seriously... I won't lose anything because of this.
Have you thought about how much money?
I haven't thought about that.
I should begin to look into it.
I am going to get compensations from them.
You won't ask for like $80, right?
I'll get even a dollar from them.
- 'If IU did that for them...' - Just a dollar is --
'Hey, you can even take a photo with her!' they'll say.
'Hey, let's go!'
'You get to meet IU.'
You get to meet IU and take a photo with her --
'You can meet IU for a dollar.'
'You can have a private conversation with her too.'
You were very busy playing a character in a TV drama, right?
In that TV drama... there are many actors and actresses
who are older and more experienced than you, right?
How did they react after the rumor broke out?
As well as how people looked at you since it happened.
Maybe because they know me so well
there were many people who said, 'Congratulations!'
As a joke.
Did anyone around you inquire about it so seriously?
There were so many of them.
'What happened?'
Some reporters asked me, 'Is that true?'
- Did your mom -- - 'You shouldn't make her do that. She's pregnant!'
[A 44 year old mischievous boy]
- Does your parents know about it? - They do.
Your mom must've been upset
because the rumor says her virgin daughter is pregnant.
- It's not even about her dating someone. - That's what I mean.
Mom was having a hard time with it.
- 'Let's just find another career,' did she say? - Because she's her daughter.
She probably regretted saying that immediately afterward.
What do you mean another career?
I know my dad. My dad doesn't care about the rumors at all.
So, he said this to her
when my mom was a little upset
'So, honey, is she getting married? Is she pregnant? She is not,' he told her.
That's when Mom said, 'True.'
I think they relied on each other to get through it.
IU is someone, based on my observation, who is very honest.
- Do you regret it? - About being honest?
At her age, with her popularity, how would you handle it?
I did that.
- I was honest like IU is. - How did it affect you?
- It helped me career. - Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
It's like...
If I were to come out here...
I would rather not be here than come here and say
'No, I don't know. It's not true,' if I did that
I would feel uncomfortable the entire time
as well as when I am waiting for the show to air.
And that's the short cut to being disliked.
Seriously. If you keep lying on the air.
It's better to not be here.
The time has changed.
Since I am here, I want to...
I am fascinated to hear that the president of your agency
bows down to you because he's scared?
He doesn't bow down...
That's because she brings him a lot of this. Of course, he's like that.
No...
First of all, I am pretty stubborn.
They know I won't do something just because they tell me to.
- Because they need to persuade you. - Yes.
'Be straightforward. Let's be straightforward at work,' it's kind of our motto.
I think that's why people say that.
Have you ever had a face-to-face or one-on-one talk
with the president of your agency?
I've never even met him.
You don't even get to meet him?
Doesn't one of your members have direct contact with him? Like Si Wan?
- I think Kwang Hee -- - Without telling them.
I meet him without telling them.
'Buy me something because I've worked hard,' I say.
And I make sure he buys.
Seo In Young used to be be in our agency.
I act just like her. No nonsense.
How about you, Lee Hyun Woo?
He came to the party after the premiere.
That's the first time I've met him.
It was so magical. Even though we're in the same agency.
'I enjoyed the movie. You did well. Let's do even better.'
He inspired fighting spirit in me.
How do you inspire fighting spirit?
He asked me to work even harder.
Is he always like that?
I mean he doesn't speak like a 21 year old.
'He inspired fighting spirit in me.'
- I think he's too nice. - Yeah...
I met him last week myself.
I was wearing shorts.
- And I was -- - By chance?
- Yes, by chance. - I see, by chance.
Of course, by chance.
Bae Yong Jun, loves to talk.
On our first meeting... I had to run away.
We were drinking tea.
We talked for about 12 hours, starting 12 pm.
I talked about that, right?
He liked it a lot, 'You turned me into a chatterbox.'
He is working so hard today because Bae Yong Jun praised him.
I am working hard.
Actually, I was worried, 'What if he didn't like it?'
I had a casual conversation with him while wearing shorts.
He liked it a lot because I turned him into a chatterbox.
Kwang Hee is so passionate and ambitious, right?
This is how ambitious he really is.
He made a deal with a broadcasting company to become a show host.
How so?
'I want to be an Inkigayo host so bad.'
'I will do The Law of Jungle and let me be an Inkigayo host.'
I went and did The Law of Jungle without even thinking about it.
I struggled all the way through.
The assistant director came with us.
- With you guys? - I told him, 'This is so hard.'
'I'll work hard here, so let me be an Inkigayo host.'
- You asked him. - Yes, yes.
Why did you want to be an Inkigayo host so bad?
Out of the top three music shows, Inkigayo is the best.
If you look at the hosts, only top stars got to host the show.
Almost every one of them became successful.
You hosted Inkigayo, right?
No.
Oh...
- I though he did. - Why would he?
Not Tae Gyu, Hee Sun used to host it.
See? Not everyone gets to host Inkigayo.
[Mrs Kim looked very young 15 years ago]
Yes, he has this kind of voice.
Let's watch his performance!
[Not for everyone]
When Lee Jong Suk was here
he said he had many difficulties hosting Inkigayo.
'Working with IU was so stressful.'
A rumor says he and IU never talked in the stand-by room.
IU wanted, 'Let's dress like Peter Pan.'
- She comes up with ideas herself? - She comes up with them herself.
Leon... We did all sorts.
- Matilda? - Yes, Matilda.
- I did feel... a little frustrated. - Of course you would feel frustrated.
You know what was most absurd?
- What? - He even dressed as a snow man.
As a snow man?
- I dressed as a snow man -- - You should've said no.
I didn't know he didn't like doing that because he didn't tell me.
When I watched that episode, 'He must have really hated it.'
I told him I am sorry. 'I am sorry I had no idea.'
I have a question.
Inkigayo is a live broadcast, right?
Did you ever make a mistake while hosting the show?
- I have. - What happened?
I was eating ramen noodles -- You have about five minutes to --
- You ate ramen noodles? - Yeah...
[During a live broadcast?!]
Was it delicious? That's just amazing.
I started to boil the water in the stand-by room.
I was so busy because I was in two TV dramas
one movie and hosting the show.
After introducing the songs, I ran to the room and was eating noodles.
Because we were a live broadcast and running short on time
two songs were completed in three minutes.
- But you were expecting five minutes -- - Five to six minutes.
While eating noodles...
I noticed my co-host was standing there by himself.
And you were supposed to be there too?
- I was eating noodles... - He stood there and you were eating noodles?
I thought, 'Shouldn't I be there with him?'
Like, 'Why did I do this?' right?
So I stopped eating and ran there.
[Hee Sun... Where are you?]
- Hee Sun, please come. - Hi, I am sorry. I was caught up with something.
You were learning how to dance from JYP, right?
Yes, I was learning how to dance.
- I am so sorry. - You know we are also on Power FM, right?
The radio frequency is 107.7.
And also...
For someone who is very well spoken like him
I noticed he spoke less than Old Band did in The Guru Show.
He did speak in the beginning but
- Could I tell you the truth? - Yeah.
When I was there --
When Jeong Woo Sung was the guest, he spoke a lot and you were a hot issue.
But you weren't speaking after that episode.
It's an indoor set, as well, not an outdoor.
Ho Dong asks all the questions, right? He asks the questions
and Sae Yoon also asks the questions that are in the script.
My role was to ask questions as someone in his twenties, right?
I was supposed to ask blunt questions that people in their 20s might ask.
I didn't know a lot of them personally.
Sometimes I felt so sleepy because I wasn't doing anything.
Because I wasn't saying anything.
On a show like this, I can at least applaud and react to what others say.
There, and on some days...
Yeah, that guest we had...
- The famous speaker. - Kim Mi Kyung.
She was someone so well known.
I knew that about her.
I listened to the lessons but didn't have many questions to ask...
I was listening closely and I couldn't applaud her.
There was no chance to react.
Sae Yoon and I were just sitting there.
A huge crowd of people went to listen to her talk.
You should go listen to her yourself, Gu Ra.
On some days, it just drives you crazy.
Not because I don't want to listen to her. Not because of that.
I had to do so many events the day before.
We sit and the two of them talked, right?
We doze off while listening to a school teacher talk. Of course you get sleepy.
- I wanted to talk too but -- - You couldn't say anything.
Why not? You just talk.
If you ask a wrong question, the production staff aren't happy with you.
'Why is he talking again? Why?'
- Really? - He's been hurt quite a few times.
I wanted to say something myself.
- They do this? - They did this.
That makes you feel even smaller.
So, did you quit or...
- I decided to quit. - Ah, really?
They said that I won't be with them because we aren't a good fit.
The comment sections went crazy when that news broke out.
They said it's a good riddance.
It's not like I wasn't working hard.
The hate comments were so complete and thorough.
[You even get angry in an entertaining way]
- And when that happened -- - It was unbelievable.
IU, you were looking at him in a mysterious way.
Ah, no...
No, no, I told this to Kwang Hee a few times already.
I always feel that I would like Kwang Hee to feel a little more self-confident.
Kwang Hee is so talented.
He is the most well-spoken out of us four here.
- Ah, really? He doesn't feel confident? - He doesn't feel confident.
Let me tell you the truth about it.
The reason why I wanted to host Inkigayo is... It's a sad story.
I felt happy for Hyung Sik because
I was happy because
some of us became successful but our band as a whole didn't.
Everyone tells me I am sensational as I do variety shows and TV commercials.
Whenever we release a new album, we are ranked far behind.
If you look at Yonghwa, Taecyeon or Minho
their bands are very popular.
I hated looking at the members of my band struggle.
'If I am an Inkigayo host, my band will feel bold and front.'
I didn't want the members of my band to feel small
since I am the co-host of Inkigayo.
You see Kwang Hee holding his hand.
That's why I didn't want to feel jealous
when Hyung Sik became well-known.
I want every other member of the band to be as successful.
I would like the members not to feel self-conscious.
IU knew exactly what was happening.
We think you are so confident but
- you feel lack of confidence. - Yes... and...
I felt a little upset about it.
- It would be strange if you didn't. - Right, isn't?
And he is so affectionate.
I think his mom made spicy kimchi stew, and he said it was so delicious.
Most people just leave it at that.
He said because it's so delicious he brought it to our band residence.
Because he lives far away from home.
Most of our members don't get to eat home-made
spicy kimchi stew because they live so far away from home.
- I brought the whole pot and ate together. - Good-hearted. Good-hearted.
Shall we move onto Hyung Sik?
They say his father is the CEO of an imported automobile company.
So called 'Tycoon Idol.'
They say his father is not a tycoon
and he is trembling with fear that people might find out.
I heard it through the grapevine.
When it comes to 'Tycoon Idols,' there are those that come to mind
Choi Si Won from Super Junior, Jeong Jin Woon from 2AM
and then Hyung Sik.
He is one of the top three.
He is not the CEO. He's a director.
But Kwang Hee said
'His father is the CEO,' you said.
No I said, 'His father is a senior executive.'
I couldn't say his father is the CEO.
We could think you meant company director.
- But he is a director? - Yes.
How long have you been pretending to be a 'Tycoon Idol?'
Even some people commented that way
'Now you say you aren't a 'Tycoon Idol'
when all along you've been saying that you were?' they wrote.
So, did what Kwang Hee tried to do work?
'Help promote Hyung Sik,' they asked me.
But I didn't have any shared memories with Hyung Sik.
I have no stories that Hyung Sik was in.
He joined the band just a few months before debut, right?
This is how he is. When we eat together, he eats even when he doesn't want to.
He has never got into an argument with a band member.
Because of that, I couldn't start a fight with him either.
Hey look, then you could tell people about that on air.
- I am doing that today. - I mean before today.
- Look, Gu Ra. - What do you mean 'Look?'
Want me to be honest? Who cares if he's good-hearted
or not when nobody knows him?
You would cut me off and edit it out yourself.
[Tail between the legs...]
He knows me well.
I've never seen a celebrity who points his finger at people more than Kim Gu Ra.
You were most famous among us for interrupting people.
Seriously. Now you are treating Hyung Sik differently.
- This is how people are. - Okay, okay.
- You mean it was your last resort, right? - Yeah, so...
I said that in order to promote Hyung Sik.
I asked him, 'Hyung Sik, your dad works for BMW, right?'
Even I asked my dad.
You don't usually ask your dad about his position at work, right?
When I grew up, I just thought my dad works for an automobile company.
'What's your ranking, Dad?' we don't ask about that.
- Not in detail... - Because it made big news
'Dad... you are a director there, right?' I asked him.
Dad gave me his business card for the first time ever.
Didn't your father like that he was being talked about on air?
- He was a little... - Flustered?
For example, this might happen while working
he is just a director but the CEO might say to him
'Oh, Mr. CEO is here. Oh my.'
- 'Oh, I'm sorry.' - 'No, no, sir.'
I mentioned that my sister's husband is a senior executive for a stock firm.
- He liked that so much. - Because you said he is a senior executive.
- Oh, I see. - Not the same case with Hyung Sik.
- Thinking he's the CEO. - Please, please continue.
'I think it might be better that you don't talk about it,' he told me.
If you marry him, you've won the lottery.
I am going to have my sister marry him.
I called it first.
- Hyung Sik, you were in a band club, right? - Yes, I was.
His club won the provincial championship.
- They did? - Yes, yes.
- What instrument? - He sang.
He won the provincial competition.
I heard he was offered to work with SM, YG and other agencies.
They gave me their business cards.
I heard he is a great singer.
Why didn't you choose them?
At that time, I was singing not because I wanted to be a singer
but because I loved music.
I didn't even know what agencies did.
I chose the one that said, 'We need someone just like you'
and I said, 'Okay.' And I went.
I hear you are a big fan of IU?
In Nine, there was a scene where I had to cry.
I was in my car to concentrate on the emotion and I was listening to sad music.
One of IU's song is Only I Didn't Know.
When I heard that song, I cried.
I felt so sad listening to the song.
- Do you feel sad when you see IU? - So, I like her a lot.
It's not that. It was because the song was very good.
If you cry here, our ratings will jump high up.
- 'Why, why did Hyung Sik cry?' - Using that cut for the preview!
'Why is he crying?'
- Can you two sing? - Yes, yes, how should we...
- Which... - You go ahead.
[Park Hyung Sik & IU - Only I Didn't Know]
[Hyung Sik! Cry! Cry!]
[This was a perfect harmony(?)]
I didn't tell this to Hyung Sik but
IU, which one of us did you say you like the most?
- I said I like Hyung Sik the most. - Ah really?
Why didn't you tell him earlier? Seriously.
Because I felt jealous --
But you said you don't feel jealous.
I feel jealous of how he looks.
This rumor could become something dangerous.
The biggest beneficiary in Secretly Greatly is Lee Hyun Woo.
People say they made a deal that Kim Soo Hyun won't be in that movie
unless they also hire Lee Hyun Woo.
I heard it through the grapevine.
Soo Hyun as the main character -- What were you saying?
- Like two for one. - I was hired because of Soo Hyun?
'Unless you also hire Lee Hyun Woo
we won't let Kim Soo Hyun be the main character.'
It creates a very difficult and awkward situation.
I heard about this rumor for the first time from a reporter after the premiere.
When I heard it... I was dumbfounded.
'What?' I replied.
I never even imagined it.
My experience of it is that my agency asked me
whether I know about Secretly Greatly.
I told them I am a big fan of the webtoon.
'They are making a movie based on it. Interested?'
'I'll work hard if you hire me.'
That's how I got to make the movie.
I think the rumor had to be there based on the surrounding circumstances.
Because my agency invested money in it
and they hired a number of actors from our agency.
To tell you the truth, I have benefited a lot from working with Soo Hyun.
I am so thankful for that.
I am also grateful that my agency hired me for the role
but I don't think the rumor is true.
If they did do that, Tae Gyu should be in the movie.
He really does look like a spy. Seriously.
He kind of looks one of the spies like Lee Chul Jin.
What are you talking about?
But because they wanted a pretty boy spy.
I was already working on another movie.
He chose the wrong one, Happiness for Sale.
[Reporter Bong worked with Choi Kang Hee in Happiness for Sale]
- How old are you? - I am a teacher for this school.
- So... - But it's a very good movie.
You should've worked in his movie. Why did you do Happiness for Sale?
Our agency also invested in Happiness for Sale.
Yes, Choi Kang Hee belongs to the same agency.
Didn't you get hired because of her yourself?
What the heck are you talking about?
My God, do you know how long I've been making movies?
- 'Tae Gyu is in the movie thanks to Choi Kang Hee!' - That's right.
- What do you mean that's right? - I had no idea you were in the movie.
Isn't he easy to associate with junk food, as well?
'A ruler, please. A 30-cm one,' you know?
- Did you watch Happiness for Sale? - Yes, I went to the premiere.
- What did you think of the movie? - I thought to myself, 'This is fun.'
It's a very heart-warming movie. A sentimental and sensitive movie.
I felt warm and entertained watching the movie.
He answers questions as if he's been in the business for over 40 years.
He talks like Bae Yong Jun.
[Winter Sonata during summer(?)]
This is the most intense one of them all.
Three in the morning, a photo of IU together with someone
was posted on her SNS account.
- A lot of people are online around that time. - That's true.
So many people copied and pasted the photo.
Because they looked so intimate, the photo spread everywhere.
'She staged the whole incident
because she wanted everyone to know that someone loves her.'
I heard it through the grapevine.
I heard about it too.
If someone in his forties heard about this
In my case... as you know...
I have this. 2G cellphone.
If someone who has this knows about it
then it means almost everyone knows.
I think... just talking about it all... isn't a bad idea.
What should I say first?
Such as how it was uploaded and why was that photo was taken.
You were under a lot of stress, right?
Yes. 'Why did this happen? Why did I do this?' I thought.
Mm... first of all...
It was by accident.
And... I can't blame anyone because I did it.
- By accident, right? - Yes, I have nobody to blame but me.
Rather than saying that I've been stressed out about it, it's...
Why did I...
- You are so sorry for him. - Yes, and
I'm sorry to so many people, right?
Because I am the one who did it.
'Who should be most sorry to,' I wonder.
'Should I be sorry to those who loved me'
'or should I be sorry to those who love the person I took the photo with?'
I was so at loss about it.
'Should tell everyone that I am sorry'
'And clear the misunderstanding or'
'should I just do nothing?' I thought a lot about that.
That's what I mean when I said I wanted to delay doing a variety show.
And also...
I am so sorry about everything.
It's not about me having a difficult time.
- I should be sorry for everything. - Since it all happened because of me.
Yes, yes. That's right, that's right.
- I am so sorry... - I think this is the strangest part.
People are talking about this because you made a mistake, right?
If you look at the question.
Rather than looking at it as a mistake
a lot of people think you staged the entire incident.
- Is there really people who think that way? - Yes, there are.
Someone did ask me, 'Did you upload it deliberately?'
But I've never thought there are a lot people who think that.
I am most curious about this.
After this happened... did you eat?
Ah... on that day...
Yoo In Na came to visit my house.
- Because she was worried? - We are very good friends.
She kept feeding me. She fed me.
She... kept talking about other things.
'In Na, go, go home,' I told her.
She stayed and kept talking about other things and kept feeding me.
She went home after staying with me for a long time.
I ate... because of that.
Yoo In Na is very loving after all.
Wasn't it a big help?
I felt so sorry and so thankful that she was doing that.
On her radio show, 'I want to listen to IU song. I'll play IU's song.'
When she does that
I think 'She is so foolish' but also I was so sorry and so thankful.
'How many people are being affected because I was so dumb and foolish?'
I thought a lot along that line.
- What did he say to you? - He asked me if I was doing okay.
Anyway, I am so sorry to everyone about everything.
It's not about me having a difficult time. It's about me apologizing to everyone.
Because everything is happening because of what you did.
Yes, yes. That's right, that's right.
- You should've went to bed early. - Yes...
I think I should've...
Why were you staying up?
- Should've went to bed early. - Should've been sleeping.
Anyway, if you look back at this in the future
this is just one of the many tiny incidents.
Seriously.
You may not believe it.
There will be a day when you will look at this that way.
Because of that... you shouldn't get too lost in all of this.
Still, the TV drama you are in has the best ratings.
Every one of my friends are fans of IU.
Everyone of them told to say they love you.
I promised them I'll relay that message.
Thank you...
She says she doesn't have the space to receive it right now.
I'll certainly tell them that it's been rejected.
[Power of One-liner]
- They are idols after all. - Good.
- Oh, IU's one liner. - Me?
Please say it.
'It's better not to be in so-so relationships.'
It's better not to be in so-so relationships?
How did you come to think this way?
And it's a pretty extreme perspective.
For someone who's twenty one years old.
It's rare for someone in your age to say this, right?
Gu Ra, what do you think about 'It's better not to have in so-so relationship?'
It's better to have them.
Because they might help you down the line. Yes.
But I think this might happen.
I think being in so-so relationships
makes it easier to become enemies with them.
The ones who know a little about me, right?
The people who don't me have nothing to say about me
because they don't know me.
I noticed people who knows me only a little talked so much about me.
'Yeah, that's how she is,' like that?
- When they know a lot about me -- - They don't talk bad about you.
If they don't know a lot about me
I noticed there are people who exaggerate, the little they know about me.
What do you mean by 'so-so relationship?' How do you define it?
You can put Kwang Hee in that category.
Kwang Hee is one of my very good friends.
Yeah, I am good friends with IU!
What do you mean I'm in that category?
When I make an eye contact with them by accident
the people who smile only with your eyes, you know?
You could just look away or do this but
you can smile only with your eyes.
Those are the so-so relationships.
- You move away if you don't know that. - You move away or --
If you are close friends, you could do this.
Don't know whether to greet them or avoid them --
It sounds a little like you and I, Tae Gyu.
While filming, when our eyes meet
[You mean like that?!]
I did the same thing when I saw her in front of the washroom.
See? That's what I was thinking as well.
Feeling awkward, you know.
People like that don't say, 'I know IU,' when someone ask them.
They say things like, 'Oh, IU drives me crazy.'
They skip 'I know IU' altogether.
A lot of gossips I heard started that way.
Such as?
'She talked about you as if she knows you well,' a friend told me.
'We aren't even close. Why did she say that about me?' I thought.
You heard it from another person?
Yes, I hear a lot of them, a lot of them.
'Is that true?' someone asked me.
'Oh, no, no, I am not even friends with her,' I reply.
In Na told me this.
In Na told me this is what she does.
There are a lot people talk about me because many people know of me.
She said we could be swayed by that in the beginning.
'Do I have that about me that I didn't know?' and be swayed by it.
In the end, she believed only what she knew about me.
'If you really like someone, believe only what you know about them'
when she told me that, I felt very touched by it.
When it comes to the people I love
I would like believe only what I knew about them.
I won't be swayed by what others say about them.
'Really? But the person I know is like this'
if I believe that, we are good friends.
Your one-liner. I can relate to it.
You can believe now but not forever because
you never know how and when those people might help you.
There are times that you may mistakenly think
that someone is only for a so-so relationship.
You may believe that now but
- it's good to make friends with everyone. - Yes.
As an idol, you believe that when it comes to dating.
But when it comes to money, it's those who are not so close that help.
'Why is he helping me? you know? You know what I'm talking about, right?
It's those who are close to you who betray you.
When it comes to money, it's the people close to you.
The people who help you are the ones you wonder why they are helping you.
- The ones you didn't even think of. - Of course.
[Whose one-liner will it be next?]
Who will be the next one?
Oh... it's Park Hyung Sik.
'It's lethal to jump the gun.'
Kind of makes sense.
I think he is a lot more prudent than most guys his age.
Needlessly to say, so he is.
Even more so than I am.
We work in the same agency and I never knew he was like that.
You know, this is his first time on a variety show.
He does not hurry at all.
I went to the washroom during break.
I was taking a pee and Hyun Woo was peeing right beside me.
In a very gentle tone, 'Dong Yup, am I doing alright?'
You usually don't talk to someone beside you when you are peeing.
I've never talked to Dong Yup while peeing.
You talk after you are done.
You recognize them but you don't look at them in the bathroom.
He looked at me like this.
He slowly looked up and down and asked, 'Dong Yup, am I doing alright?'
'He has much inner-strength. He is a quality guy,' I thought to myself.
You're doing well. It's better than trying to force something.
Hyung Sik, how about you? Do you always behave mature?
I don't think of myself as someone mature
but I don't usually feel anxious and pressure
over how things should work out for me.
- So you don't fret and fume? - No.
'I guess this wasn't for me'
or if I feel I fell short, 'I think I am not there yet.'
'I should do more,' I don't --
- And you don't blame others? - No.
You were about to do a very good TV drama, right?
- Nine... - Not that one.
- The Master's Sun. - He was cast in The Master's Sun.
He is on the rise.
When you are on the rise, you feel anxious and excited
as many offers come to you.
I think he was talking to his mom
and she told him that they didn't decide to hire him.
When his mom told him that, Hyung Sik calmly replied
'Mom, there will be other opportunities and I am enjoying'
'what I am doing because it's a very good TV drama I am in.'
If I was him, I would be very upset and worried.
It surprised me quite a bit to hear him say that.
That's when I thought, 'He is not an ordinary guy.'
'Mom, I should've got that one. So annoying!' you could say that.
Kwang Hee would say that.
Who does that? 'Don't worry,' we say.
'Mom, this is so annoying! What did I do wrong?'
'It's lethal to jump the gun,' means you went through it.
- I went through it during elementary school. - Elementary school?
They hand out awards during graduation ceremonies, right?
It was the first time ever where I was to receive an award in front of everyone.
I called my grandma and grandpa and said
'Come to my graduation because I am getting an award.'
Every uncle and every aunt also came to my graduation.
On the day of graduation ceremony
they were introducing the award I was supposed to receive.
'It's my turn to receive one,' so, I stood up.
Someone else's name.
- 'Hwang Kwang Hee,' like that? - Yes.
'What's this,' I thought and I sat down.
My mother bought me new clothes
and did my hair because I was receiving an award.
But he was wearing only a t-shirt and shorts.
He received the award and went back to his seat.
'Did something go wrong?,' I thought.
Someone tapped me.
He came to hand me the award.
When I looked at that, my name was on it.
So, they wrote a different name.
It was an award for me but
his mother was someone who was...
- Parents' committee. - Yes.
- The head of parents' committee. - Yes.
Someone like that.
That's how it happened.
'Let my son receive it.'
[Oh? But I am the recipient??]
[Here. This is your award.]
- What is that? - I was like
I called my relatives, grandma and grandpa
because I wanted to them to see me receiving the cool award.
But when that happened
I started to cry when I looked at my grandma.
- Felt it was unfair. - Felt it was unfair.
But...
I feel so guilty that I invited them.
- That's when -- - You cried a lot?
Even some of the teachers consoled me.
I think I realized it that day.
Why does it sound so cute?
The way he was crying and everything.
It might be okay because your name was on it.
Only because he wasn't up there.
Because I was so embarrassed that I jumped the gun.
With everyone watching you?
If I didn't invite them, it would've been just me going through it.
I felt I made them feel upset.
- What did you realize? - I shouldn't jump the gun.
- Because he jumped the gun. - Shouldn't be impatient?
I realized that I work with whatever the result may be...
On the other hand, are there times that helped you
because you didn't jump the gun?
It's how long I've been waiting.
In that three years, when Kwang Hee
Dong Jun and Si Wan became successful
'I guess it's not my time yet.'
- 'Let's not jump the gun?' - 'I guess it's not my time. I am not ready yet'
- You failed so many auditions, right? - Yes.
For Moon Embracing the Sun, Si Wan and I
auditioned for the role of Huh Young.
And Si Wan got the role.
I could have felt jealous and everything.
I thought, 'I guess Si Wan is better fit for this role.'
'I don't you know but I guess he is better fit for the role?'
- No jealousy -- - You didn't feel angry at all?
I don't feel angry about things like that at all.
You must've cried so hard on the graduation day.
It must've been so traumatic because he was so young.
When you look at idol bands, don't you want to be part of a band?
- Do you feel envious of it? - Sometimes I do.
When three of us get together
he brags so much about the members of his band.
That's when I changed my opinion about Kwang Hee.
But there are many benefits to working alone.
Have you ever felt you wanted to be... a part of a girl group?
Now? After all that? Now?
She is doing really well.
It's like the whole is collapsing when you have to divide all that money.
Hee Sun, would you like to become an actress through MBC?
Hee Sun, we divide it nine to one.
No, when you feel stressed out...
No, I think it's better to be alone.
She said no. She said no.
As elders say, when you are having a hard time, it's better to be alone.
[A precious teaching not everyone can teach(?)]
Hyung Sik.
Don't you need to have expectations for the future to motivate you?
If I force it --
- Doesn't work? - No.
- Since you are on A Real Man -- - When it comes to A Real Man
the production staff were so worried about me.
Because I talked like this, 'Yes, I am like this and that.'
They thought, 'Can he handle this?'
Just as I received positive reviews when I behaved and spoke as I really felt.
If I go, 'When I'm on the show, I'll do this and that'
I don't think it will work.
Let's learn from him. I think we should learn from him.
Hyung Sik and Hyun Woo are very much alike, right?
Hyun Woo's one-liner is similar to Hyung Sik's?
- They overlap? - I think they are similar.
What, what was yours?
'In this area, I am the positivity.'
It sounds cool.
- Actually, it's from -- - From a movie, right?
In a movie, I had a line that said
'In this area, I am the over-watcher.'
I kind of quoted that line.
If I were to talk about its deeper meaning
'Let's always be humble and have reasonable self-confidence
while loving and believing in myself.'
I wanted to say that.
- By the way, look -- - Not an ordinary guy.
He sounds like a famous speaker.
Saying that as a twenty one --
There's one entertainer and three ascetics.
But he isn't relatable.
When you are successful as a young person
I've been through it myself. You can't help but get excited.
But they are fascinating.
They are so much alike.
What are you favorite foods?
- Favorite food. - I love everything.
- I love everything, too. - Wow, they love everything!
[Parallel universe for Lee Hyun Woo and Park Hyung Sik?]
The one that you like especially is?
- I love Korean food. - I love Korean food.
[My god?!]
They know how to react. Yeah.
- They go along with you. - Because they are nice.
According to Park Ki Woong, out of every one he worked
with the last 11 years, Hyun Woo is the most likable.
He did say that you are full of charm.
He often says I love you.
I love you?
I just love to say that.
Ki Woong also says love you so often.
- Between men? - Yes.
I text him, 'Good work today, Ki Woong. I love you.'
He replies, 'Okay, Hyun Woo, good work today. Safe trip home. Love you.'
I do that too.
When you were in Nine, I heard you sent so many texts saying I love you?
I hear he still kisses his mom and dad.
When my father is going to work
now I hold back a little but
I've kissed him since I was young.
'I am going to work and you aren't even going to stand? he asked.
And I say, 'Okay, Dad.'
- Does Dong Hyun kiss you? - He does but he's in the ninth grade now.
Because he's going through puberty nowadays
he just touches my cheek when I ask for a kiss.
He used to actually kiss me before.
In our family, we also say I love you.
I think we grow up in a similar family environment.
- Glad to meet you. - I love you.
- I love you, too. - Just like this.
Gu Ra, love you.
Me too.
This is really good for you.
You just say it.
- Dong Yup, I love you. - Of course, I've always loved you.
- Please express that between you two. - Yes, please do that.
Why not? Since you are co-hosts?
Say I love you.
Mrs. Kim, I love you.
[Hwasin is full of love out of blue]
Today... I don't feel so well to be honest.
She was very sick.
I was so sick.
Maybe because of the energy from young people
I think my sickness is gone now.
- Oh, really? - Now you are?
- Before the filming -- - Should we redo it?
She was lying down because she was sick.
I think it's not just empty words
that you feel energized after talking with young people.
In eight years that I've been doing this
I've never been through an overwhelming difficulty or hardship.
Difficulty or hardship?
Not so overwhelming --
How much difficult and hardship has he been through?
He's exaggerating a bit.
What kinds of difficult and hardship does a child actor go through?
I am sure he's been through some stuff.
Within what we could go through, they weren't so overwhelming.
We didn't go through much difficulty and hardship.
As we were making the movie, I released a song titled 'An Ode To Youth.'
To be honest, I am not confident in singing.
I don't think I am a good singer.
When we were recording, I decided to let the chips fall where they may.
- I am very positive and optimistic. - So optimistic.
I am so much like you.
'Let's do my best whatever I am asked to do.'
- Even if you don't do well? - Yes.
'If the results aren't good, I can work harder and get better.'
You sing worse than Kwang Hee?
You sing like I do, right?
I'm really bad.
[I don't know... could you be that bad?]
Sing a line from 'An Ode To Youth.'
[Secretly Greatly OST Lee Hyun Woo - An Ode To Youth]
[He's good]
I think it's a good song for me to sing.
You sing so much better than him.
I sing well too.
One, two, three, four.
[Oh my]
It's just not my part.
[It's okay, Kwang Hee... because you are a good entertainer]
Is this how you promote your song?
[Promoting his song in a sneaky way like this?!]
You will hand out the CDs after?
I just do it and when it comes to the results
while the popularity of the movie might be helping but
I have more fans than I previously thought.
'While I didn't win it all nor lose it all, I at least broke even.'
I felt that the result was positive because I was thinking positively.
I think...
Hyung Sik, Hyun Woo and Hae Min should do a tour around the country.
Very wise.
IU, what did you think when you were listening to them talk?
I like that he listens to me well.
He listens well to everything I say.
But you would like Kwang Hee to talk a little less, right?
I think that will create a better balance, overall.
[Next week on Hwasin]
Jeong Woong In, SISTAR, Lee Yoo Bi!
'I'll kill you if you speak.'
'I'll kill anyone who heard this.'
Why are you looking at me?
- 'Jong Suk, stop.' - 'Okay.'
[The secret about his tussle with Jong Suk?!]
- Lee Jong Suk is a great actor. - It's too late.
It's totally my first time. I feel so nervous.
[Birth of an entertainer? Who said she is prudish?!]
[The secret behind SISTAR's slim body line, exclusive on Hwasin]
- Your back should be -- - Wait. Why are you talking so much?
What's wrong with you?
- I can join you, right? - Mmm, no.