The news that Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron for 6 years, when she was only 15 years old, shocked fans.

Rumors that Kim Sae Ron once dated Kim Soo Hyun

On March 10, 2025, the Garo Sero Institute YouTube channel posted an article based on the story of a person claiming to be Kim Sae Ron’s aunt. This channel shocked public opinion when it revealed that during her lifetime, Kim Sae Ron dated actor Kim Soo Hyun for 6 years, when she was only 15 years old.

Evidence of this relationship is the selfie with Kim Soo Hyun that the actress posted on Instagram story on March 23, 2024 and then quickly deleted. It is known that the photo was taken in 2016 when the two’s relationship was developing.

According to this channel, just one day later, on March 24, 2024, Kim Sae Ron prepared an article to reveal their love affair. But in the end, this article was not published.

Kim Sae Ron and Kim Soo Huyn became the focus of Korean public opinion.

In Kim Sae Ron’s secret letter, she wrote: “We started on November 19, 2015 and ended on July 7, 2021. At that time, I was 16 years old and the other person was 30 years old. This relationship ended after 6 years.”

Not only that, Kim Sae Ron’s family added that after the breakup, Kim Soo Hyun asked the actress to return the 700 million won (more than 12 billion VND) that he had helped her with before. The heartlessness of her ex-boyfriend caused Kim Sae Ron to collapse. On February 16, the beauty born in 2000 suddenly committed suicide, shaking the Asian entertainment  industry . More notably, the day the actress died was also Kim Soo Hyun’s birthday.

Kim Soo Hyun’s side speaks up

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron used to be in the same entertainment company.

Immediately after the rumors broke out, Kim Soo Hyun’s representative quickly denied them. Gold Medalist Entertainment, which manages Kim Soo Hyun, issued a statement: “The statements that Garo Sero Institute made regarding actor Kim Soo Hyun through a YouTube livestream are false.

Garo Sero Institute has made numerous malicious claims against the company and actor Kim Soo Hyun, including claims that our company and Kim Soo Hyun colluded with YouTuber Lee Jin Ho to harass the late actress Kim Sae Ron, that the late actress Kim Sae Ron dated Kim Soo Hyun since she was 15 years old, that the company unfairly handled the late actress Kim Sae Ron’s drunk driving accident, and that our company’s manager was close to YouTuber Lee Jin Ho.

All of this is false information that we absolutely cannot ignore.”

Kim Sae Ron passed away but the related incident has not yet subsided.

The company also said it would consider taking the strongest possible legal action against the YouTube channel for spreading false information.

“We are deeply saddened by the news of actress Kim Sae Ron’s passing and we mourn her passing,”  Gold Medalist added. The company representative said that Garo Sero Institute’s spreading of false information like the above not only damaged the company’s reputation but also affected the reputation of the deceased. Therefore, the company will take strong measures against this behavior.

Netizens’ reaction to the rumor

The Korean and other Asian online communities were all abuzz with this shocking news. Many people were skeptical about the authenticity of the content posted by the YouTube channel. Others said that the Garo Sero Institute YouTube channel had been involved in many scandals before, and had been sued by celebrities for spreading false information.

Kim Sae Ron was once called an “acting genius” on the Korean screen when she entered the entertainment industry early when she was a child star. She started acting at the age of 9 and became famous after playing the role of Won Bin’s neighbor girl in the movie The Man From Nowhere in 2010. From her child roles, Kim Sae Ron was quickly invited to participate in many “blockbuster” projects of Korean cinema.

Kim Sae Ron, from a child actress to a talented actress, is known as an “acting genius”.

At the time Kim Sae Ron released a selfie with Kim Soo Hyun, the actor’s management company denied the romantic relationship between the two stars and said that the two were just colleagues in the same company.

At that time, Kim Sae Ron received a lot of criticism from Kim Soo Hyun’s fans, who thought she wanted to rely on her senior because Kim Soo Hyun “caused a fever” with the movie Queen of Tears.

Kim Sae Ron and Kim Soo Hyun used to work under the Gold Medalist entertainment company. At the end of 2022, Kim Sae Ron’s contract was terminated after a drunk driving scandal. At that time, she had to temporarily stop working, had many advertising contracts canceled, and had to pay a large amount of compensation. She could not afford to pay, so she had to borrow 700 million won (more than 12 billion VND) from the company to compensate for her contract. At the time of her death, Kim Sae Ron still owed this amount.

Kim Sae Ron was found dead at her home on February 16. She had suffered from depression for a long time. After the drunk driving scandal, Kim Sae Ron almost withdrew from the entertainment industry. From a talented child star, she became the “stepchild” of Korean showbiz. She had to sell some of her assets, making a living by working part-time at a cafe but was still criticized.

Kim Sae Ron passed away on Kim Soo Hyun’s birthday, causing the Korean online community to pay more attention.

Kim Soo Hyun is famous for his role in the movie Queen of Tears.

Kim Soo Hyun was born in 1988, is an A-list actor with a salary that is always at the top of Korean showbiz. He is famous for his “no scandal” career, which is a guarantee of popularity for a series of TV shows and movies such as Moon Embracing the Sun, My Love from the Stars, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Queen of Tears… Kim Soo Hyun has never revealed anything about his love life.