Cha Tae-hyun said, "I felt unfair about the rumors that I entered with a backer"… clarifying his debut rumors as a super talent.
Actor Cha Tae-hyun, known by the nickname "KBS's son," directly addressed the debut rumors surrounding him in the past.
The special feature for the 60th anniversary of KBS CoolFM's "Park Myung-soo's Radio Show" aired on the 27th, with Cha Tae-hyun, who was a representative DJ of KBS, granting the show while sharing his honest stories related to his debut.
On that day, Park Myung-soo introduced him by saying, "Cha Tae-hyun is truly the prince of KBS, a member of the aristocracy." Cha Tae-hyun's father, Cha Jae-wan, worked in the KBS sound effects team, and his mother, Choi Soo-min, is also a veteran voice actor at KBS. In response, Cha Tae-hyun shyly laughed and acknowledged, "I don't know about being a prince, but being a member of the aristocracy is true."
Therefore, Cha Tae-hyun, who had suffered from debut rumors, recalled, "In 1995, at the age of 20, I received a silver medal at the 'KBS Super Talent Selection Contest' and debuted," adding, "To be honest, I didn't even know what that was when I applied. As soon as I entered university, my brother, who was in the army, wrote in a letter, 'Try this just for the experience,' so I casually participated and ended up winning by chance."
He particularly mentioned, "I had failed to get into a four-year university and enrolled at Seoul Arts University. It was a time when I was really going through countless auditions," adding, "I think I was lucky back then. Thankfully, my life as an actor started when I won an award at the Super Talent contest."
However, as his recognition gradually increased, unfair rumors followed. Cha Tae-hyun stated, "At first, I didn't get much attention, but as I started doing well little by little, there were rumors like 'Did he enter with a backer?' and 'His father must have helped him.'" He even laughed, saying, "There was even a rumor that I was the son of Cha In-tae, which I could understand being confusing if I heard it too." He added, "Hearing those rumors, I didn't really have anything to say. I just laughed it off," but he jokingly remarked, "Although my father probably didn't help, well… a child leans towards his parents, right?"
Continuing to mention the Super Talent contest, which was his debut stage, he said, "At that time, both the show program producers and the drama producers were judging together. The show producers selected me, and I could feel them laughing while watching me during the judging. That memory is very vividly engraved in my mind."
Netizens also displayed warm reactions, saying, "Cha Tae-hyun is an actor who has come this far based on his own skills," "Even if the family atmosphere is connected to this broadcast, the lasting presence is because of skills," and "Cha Tae-hyun, who always feels like a warm human being, fighting on!"
Meanwhile, Cha Tae-hyun has been actively engaging in various entertainment and radio activities, continuing to communicate with the public and establishing himself as a beloved representative actor over a long period.
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