It’s not uncommon for K-Pop idols to find themselves caught up in dating rumors. These rumors are often based on groundless speculation, and the supposed “evidence” is usually ridiculous.
5. Yoona (Girls’ Generation) and PSY
This ridiculous rumor from 2012 started because of pictures and escalated into a super scandalous fake story.
In the photos, Yoona was spotted with a man who a Chinese media site assumed was PSY. Yoona was wearing a hoodie and the man’s face wasn’t fully visible because he was wearing a cap.
Based on the photos, the media site reported that PSY and Yoona had met at a party 6 months earlier. The site reported that Yoona fell for PSY during the party because of his outgoing personality and started going to more of his parties, which led to the beginning of their secret affair.
This rumor could have been very damaging because PSY was already married with children. Both Yoona and PSY’s agencies said the baseless rumor wasn’t worth responding to, and netizens were outraged when they learned that the entire scandalous story had been created around a few pictures. Some netizens also realized that the photos were taken while filming the variety show Running Man and that the man in the photos was a cameraman.
4. Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) and G-Dragon (BIGBANG)
This 2015 rumor was based on “proof” from the two stars’ social media.
Netizens noticed the two posted similar content on their social media pages and assumed the similarities were because Taeyeon and G-Dragon were in a relationship. One of the examples of “proof” was them posting photos on Instagram using the same filter within a few hours of each other.
Netizens also noticed that Taeyeon had a smiley face on one of her nails in the above photo and assumed it was placed there to match G-Dragon’s smiley face tattoo.
SM Entertainment shut the rumor down immediately by saying, “It is groundless talk. It is like a fiction novel.”
3. Karina (aespa) and Hyunjin (Stray Kids)
This rumor from September 2021 was literally just based on Hyunjin’s phone lockscreen.
A netizen caught a glimpse of Hyunjin’s lockscreen and assumed it was a photo of Karina.
Another netizen superimposed Karina’s selfie over Hyunjin’s lockscreen to supposedly prove that Karina was Hyunjin’s background.
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