On Tuesday, October 7, Park Seo-joon arrived as a guest for singer Sung Si-kyung's YouTube talk show. During his thirty-five-minute interaction, Park Seo-joon mentioned his friend BTS' Taehyung's singer life. According to X user @naver_taehyung's translation, Seo-joon said the following during the show:
"What I'm most envious about singers is that, especially~ since I'm close with BTS Taehyung, I've been to Taehyungie's concerts a few times. Woah! The tens of thousands of people there~ how great the catharsis will be?! It's something I can never experience in my life."
BTS' Taehyung's fans reacted to Park Seo-joon's statement. They expressed their love for Wooga Squad and V. Therefore, fans flooded the internet with their reactions to Seo-joon's comment. One of them stated:
"I love how the Wooga Squad never misses an opportunity to talk about Taehyung!!"
Many other mixed responses from K-pop fans were recorded online. While one referred to the squad as 'Taehyung's support system,' another called Seo-joon the BTS member's 'True Soulmate.'
"I miss tae so much," expressed an admirer.
"My loves and Taehyung's support system. Love them a lot," commented a fan.
"True Soulmate," wrote another user on X.
For the uninitiated, the Wooga Squad is a group of five Korean entertainment industry friends—three actors and two musicians. The members of this squad are Park Seo-joon, Choi Woo-shik, Park Hyung-sik, Peakboy, and Kim Taehyung.
"I will always be grateful to Wooga for loving Tae in such a pure and honest way," expressed a fan.
"I don't know how much stressed and defeated I will feel if Wooga will not be there. Because of them, feels like Tae is loved purely by successful people from K ent industry. He has strong connection no matter what. No jealousy no agenda. Only love and support he gets from Wooga." Commented an admirer.
"We all miss him," wrote another fan.
Park Seo-joon reveals his introverted nature before he started an acting career
The Hwarang star disclosed that he was a quiet and introverted boy, frequently experiencing a sense of alienation. He additionally revealed that he experienced some bullying in elementary school. Park Seo-joon diminished his self-esteem as a result of such occurrences at school.
His introverted nature persisted until middle school, where he felt unnoticed and incapable of advocating for himself. He was frustrated since he could not stand up for himself at the time.
Sung Si Kyung, the host of the talk show, expressed profound empathy for the actor's experience, disclosing that he had also encountered bullying during his formative school years.
Subsequently, in the dialogue, Park Seo-joon remarked that acting provided him an escape from his aloofness. He pursued acting during his freshman year of high school amid considerable resistance from his parents, particularly his father. He asserted that the experience of acting raised his self-esteem.
He discovered a genuine aspiration for the first time, which instilled in him the bravery to articulate his thoughts.
In other news, the second part of Park Seo-joon's Gyeongseong Creature was recently released on Netflix. There are ten episodes in the new season, with a runtime of over sixty minutes for each episode. Han So-hee, Claudia Kim, Lee Mu-saeng, Wi Ha-jun, and other stars are featured in the show alongside Seo-joon.
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