Song Seung-heon picks an awkward “ideal woman”
by javabeans
Asking stars for their ideal boyfriend or girlfriend types is standard practice in the industry — entire variety shows have practically been sustained on the concept — so I don’t take those statements seriously. On the other hand, some answers MAY not be the most advisable, as Song Seung-heon explained on KBS’s July 3rd episode of Entertainment Weekly, after he named Han Ga-in (currently acting in Bad Guy) as his pick.
Reason being: she’s married to Yeon Jung-hoon, the actor who played Song’s beloved younger brother in last year’s East of Eden. Song had made the statement on a KBS variety program, Sweet Night, which aired on the 1st. Apparently, after he’d made the statement, he’d gotten a call from Yeon. Song said, “I thought Yeon Jung-hoon would be happy, but judging from his reaction I’d made a mistake.” (Maybe next time he’ll pick someone more “appropriate” as his supposed ideal — a co-star, perhaps, or an otherwise single lady who could benefit from the namecheck?)
Meanwhile, Song Seung-heon has a busy year: he’s got a noir movie, the remake of A Better Tomorrow (co-starring Kim Kang-woo, Joo Jin-mo, and Jo Han-seon) as well as a rom-com drama My Princess (with Kim Tae-hee).
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1 Nhu
July 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Oh brother (hah, lame reference intended)....
I mean, surely YJH realized these answers mean nothing, considering that he's an actor himself?
Then again, that would mean that SSH would have known the intention behind the question and answered like he was supposed to. xD
Really, these questions are kind of pointless....
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2 chahaya
July 4, 2010 at 9:16 AM
it's not good choice to choose your friend's wife as your ideal type,lol
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3 djeedjes
July 4, 2010 at 9:19 AM
HAHAHAHAHA
thank you Javabeans for a good 5 minutes laugh...it's almost midnight in my time, btw.
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4 CW
July 4, 2010 at 9:25 AM
LMAO, that's funny.
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5 Your Sassy Friend
July 4, 2010 at 9:25 AM
LOL. Aw~that's too bad.
These questions are so lame but at the same time kind of hilarious. I mean, come on, I'm sure he was kidding. . . .right? ;)
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6 Leona
July 4, 2010 at 9:26 AM
errmmm I think he thought to avoid a scandal...and so he was out of the frying pan into the fire
i think Ha Ga In husband should appreciate :P
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7 Carinne
July 4, 2010 at 9:57 AM
SSH just needs to quiet the press w/ a wife and kids. The audience will forget everything else by tomorrow... perhaps. I sure will. ^ , ^
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8 supah
July 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Oh that SSH, such a tease!
Bad timing though, I heard Mr Han Ga-in's already uneasy enough about Kim Nam-gil and Jae-wook without adding a third contender to the list.
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9 samoa
July 4, 2010 at 10:17 AM
cheap publicity heh, just be gentlemen, why don't he just say Lee Yeon Hee-well maybe he is afraid to be labelled the second LBH.
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10 Leonardswench
July 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM
SSH is my favorite real life 'bad boy': if he can mess it up, he's bound to sooner or later. This made me laugh and laugh, and it points to exactly why I love him, flaws and all.
And those questions make me cringe, but I thought that my be my Texan sensibilities ...
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11 makeupmag
July 4, 2010 at 10:40 AM
That was funny...not least because I don't really see her as a perfect woman - she grates on my nerves with her acting! She's a pretty girl but she cannot act. It's a shame being paired with better male counterparts has done very little for her as a thespian. :( I really wanted to like her in Bad Guy but sadly, she annoyed for the most part.
SSH in a remake of ABT? That is cool. He will do well in one of the darker roles. :)
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12 Cam
July 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Oh, my.........Ouch! =)
Lolz, it's just a mistake for Song Seung Heon just pick his ideal woman is Han Ga In --- Too "kinda" shock and uneasy for her husband YJH, oh aigoo.........=)
It's all rightly, Song Seung Heon!!! I hope you will pick any future woman in your future! ^______^
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13 cathy
July 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM
I think this is just a joke , both actors already discussed before the show .
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14 langdon813
July 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Perhaps not the sharpest knife in the drawer...
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15 2uss
July 4, 2010 at 1:20 PM
It was all a joke in good humor. The Entertainment Weekly interview (where this 'news' was revealed), SSH was describing it in a joking matter, meaning that YJH was not that upset. The interviewer was teasing SSH about marriage since JHS and KKW has already tied the knot.
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16 jinjoo
July 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM
i luvd that article, that's cute & funny! is it just me or does anybody notice SSH seems ageless? he's among my K actor favorites like ahn jae wook who also doesn't seem to age & many others! i can't wait to see SSH's new drama! I just luv this guy!
thnx JB for this article!
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17 jen
July 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM
lol i think thats so funny
but i guess her husband was worried because of cheating and all
its still cute xD
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18 aX
July 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM
With Kim Tae Hee?
Why am I not interested. She wasn't substantial enough in IRIS but more so than Lee Dae Hee in CHUNO, that's one thing for sure! But Kim Tae Hee had a dissappointing chemistry in IRIS with Lee Byung Hun and wished that he ended up with Kim So Yeon (Sun Hwa) instead!
Oh well.
Song Seung Hun is hot though!
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19 chill
July 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM
lighten up people!
of course he was joking and they were all just kidding around. Yeon Jung-hoon seems to me like a pretty easy-going guy himself
just like maybe SSH actually prefers guys, and everyone else (but us) know it. :P
everything can be a smokescreen in showbiz. thanks JB, for the laugh.
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20 Artemis
July 4, 2010 at 2:47 PM
He's so hot, but not really all that smart, is he? LOL
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21 okdubu
July 4, 2010 at 3:22 PM
aw well at least they seem close enough that it doesn't get blown out of proportion and become a drama of it's own!
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22 Jing
July 4, 2010 at 3:59 PM
It's weird... That is why it is called " an ideal " , it's sort of a basis.. SSH is not "lusting" after GI.. I don't the hubby shld react badly...
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23 lurker
July 4, 2010 at 4:26 PM
He always named her as an ideal woman, even back in the EOE days.
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24 nabi
July 4, 2010 at 4:39 PM
SSH has been consistently saying HGI is her ideal-type woman.. He was in this show with something called Ideal-type Olympic and he ended up picking HGI as the winner, of course. I remember thinking, wow, he must really like her.. it was kinda cute though. I'm pretty sure they were just joking around..
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25 Midori
July 4, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Someone like her, not her personally what the big deal. I was the last one to get married out of my 5 close friends and I chose my husband base on some characteristics my Friend's husband had.
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26 elle
July 4, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Yeon should accept SSH's choice as a compliment. Hmm there might be some truth behind the joke! Its also safe for SSH to mention a friend's wife than a single woman with expectation...
Kim Tae Hee & SSH...can't wait to see them as a love team!
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27 cont'd
July 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM
just wanted to comment on how great Song Seung-heon still looks, after all these years
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28 Mary
July 4, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Avoiding an answer whom is he dating now instead it is safer to mention someone wife for cover-up, questioner not witty enough to put it in another way, could not probe further, sick of the same old question - ideal type wife !. Why can't they ask staright forward question when are you getting married and who are you dating now?.
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29 mei
July 4, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Obviously SSH was just kidding.
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30 PrincelyLuna
July 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM
eh .. he'll also be in the remake of A Better Tomorrow? i hope he's not one of the lead actors cos in my opinion, he's not a good actor. i love the other three actors though. if SSH's role is not that significant, i might be able to enjoy the movie then.
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31 Dara
July 5, 2010 at 1:09 AM
Bad joke pulls ever.
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32 glencorajane
July 5, 2010 at 7:15 AM
Agree to #6 and #10
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33 ar
July 5, 2010 at 7:40 AM
picking Han Gao In is a safer choice than picking a single lady, even if YJH frowns. =D
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34 Fafa
July 5, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Oh Boy, not a wise pick!
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35 stop those vuvuzelas, please
July 6, 2010 at 4:58 AM
He may have picked a friend's wife because it is more un-probable. If he had named a single woman, the media and netizens will go into overdrive and send people into a frenzy quicker than you can say
" please get that knot in your undies untied "
This man is savvy and knows how to avoid scandals
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36 Leigh
February 18, 2011 at 1:44 PM
SSH is such a tease...definitely the coolest...
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37 LER USA
April 3, 2011 at 7:37 PM
I think SSH meant it as a joke and playiny it safe. The lady should be flattered. Imagine being married and still admired by a handsome actor! I am married and if SSH would think of me as his ideal type, I would jump with joy LOL! We should all laugh about this but on second thought I am not too sure about the korean culture, I think with the way I see it in their tv dramas they are very conservative. Yeon should be flattered and accept it as a compliment.
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38 Alamanof
April 29, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Sweet guy SSH being frank with his thought .... n ideal woman that what he express from his view... by right YHJ should be proud... Luv always SSH.
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39 Nersa
January 12, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Anyang ha se yo,my com from IRAN*mr.song seong hun your actor very good!!!
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40 Joyce Yagoda
February 8, 2015 at 6:56 PM
I thinking that Koreans are expected to marry for whatever reason. I sincerely, hope no one marrys, unless they are in love. A lifetime can seem like a millineum, if the marriage is bad. Happy couples do things together and grow together. Unhappy couples grow further and further apart, to the point, it does not matter, if you are alive or dead. It damages your very being. In this country, USA, we can drift from culture to culture, if no one is available to marry in your own. It makes it easier. People had to e extremely tolerant of each other but it has worked better than being forced to marry your own. I am Jewish and was forced to marry a Jew but my ex and I did not force my daughter because our marriage crumbled. She married a Catholic man. I was also interested in marring a Catholic guy and probably should have. Marriage is serious business. It is frightening to hear someone say, "if I get this, I'll be happy, so hopefully, we will click." I hate to say this but unless you live with someone, you do not know them. If you do not click when your dating, you will definately not later. People are their politest, when they are dating. After marriage the cards are laid on the table and things don't look as pretty, anymore. Bad marriage wears you down, wears the children down and the negativity, is pretty bad. If either party has abilities, which many are not aware of, it can create a poltergeist. Not a good thing. Negativity in an atmosphere is really bad. Do yourself a huge favor and don't do it, unless your in love. Work together as husband and wife in your old age.
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