Singer IU has broken up with actor Lee Jong-suk after four years of dating, and past remarks she made are being Exhuma-ted. Comments she made about love while publicly dating Lee Jong-suk drew attention, and they are being spotlighted again after she acknowledged the breakup.
Lee Jong-suk's agency Ace Factory earlier told OSEN on the 10th, "It is true that Lee Jong-suk and IU have broken up. They decided to remain good colleagues." There had been several breakup rumors before, but this is the first official acknowledgment.
With this, IU and Lee Jong-suk have split about four years after acknowledging their relationship in 2022. When they confirmed they were dating, they drew great interest for becoming a couple after being friends for 10 years, and the breakup acknowledgment has kept them in the spotlight for days.
In particular, attention turned to IU's past remarks. IU had drawn interest by sharing her candid views on love in various content. In April, on her YouTube channel, while talking with the cast of the drama Perfect Crown, she shared her thoughts on love.
When Byeon Woo-seok and Yu Su-bin mentioned several times during filming that they "came to love more," IU said, "If you really love someone, you don't keep feeling the need to talk about love like that. It's just there at the base of your heart." Because IU and Lee Jong-suk were publicly dating at the time, the remark drew even more attention.
Around the same time, appearing with Byeon Woo-seok on the YouTube content "Yoo In-radio" hosted by actor Yoo In-na, she also talked about her dating style. Yoo In-na asked a balance game question between a partner who listlessly just follows along, a "no-thought-no-emotion bot," and a partner who plans things down to the minute, a "human alarm partner," and IU chose the "human alarm partner."
IU added, "If it's like No. 1, I think I'd be too drained. I'm good at adjusting to match. 'We need to move now, we need to take a picture at that spot'—that would still be kind of cute," sharing her thoughts.
Then Yoo In-na, a close friend of IU, drew attention by saying directly, "Don't be ridiculous. If someone says, 'Let's do it this way,' IU follows everything. To the point it's risky. If she's drained, she needs to send a drained signal, but she does everything. Then she collapses sick and goes to the hospital. How frustrating is that." She was explaining that while IU adjusts well to partners or acquaintances, she pushes herself so much she doesn't consider how hard it is for her.
On top of that, remarks IU made across several pieces of content before acknowledging the breakup with Lee Jong-suk are drawing renewed attention, keeping interest going.
[Photo] OSEN DB, YouTube video capture.
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