Lee Hyori On Her Past Rumors With Rain

Lee Hyori finally gives her two cents on the past issue about her and Rain on the latest episode of “Magic Eye”.

Aug 13, 2014 03:59 PM BST

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Lee Hyori finally gives her two cents on the past issue about her and Rain on the latest episode of “Magic Eye”.

Once upon a time in K-pop, the biggest ship ever known to fans was Rain and Lee Hyori. Oftentimes the two K-pop giants were linked together, particularly on time when Rain said on a radio show that he slept with Lee Hyori. The controversy became so widespread and intense even though no proof that such ever existed.

On the August 12 edition of “Magic Eye” Lee Hyori said, "A long time ago, [there was a rumor that] Rain was put on the phone on a radio show and he said that he slept with Lee Hyori the night before."

Hong Jin Kyung further explained the rumors, "A false rumor spread that [Rain] didn't know that it was a live radio broadcast when he picked up a call from a g.o.d member. As soon as he picked up, Rain supposedly said, 'I slept with Hyori yesterday.'"

Hyori added, "If you're a celebrity who's done a phone call on broadcast before, you know that there are no call-ins by surprise. It's all arranged beforehand. And also, I didn't even sleep with him!"

She continued, "When I heard that [rumor]... I mean if I did sleep with him, it would be a different case. But I had never even slept with him... I thought the rumors would just spread a bit and just stop since it was absurd. But it turned into a big thing. Since I wasn't a married woman at that time, I didn't feel the need to step up and explain myself, especially since I didn't view sleeping with someone as some big wrongdoing, it's not as if I killed someone. Also even before that, there would be stories like that floating around so I didn't pay attention to it much because it gets to be a hassle when you worry about every little thing."

"However, one day, I went hiking and I heard a mother and her daughter in front of me talking about it. The daughter said, 'Mom, yesterday I heard that Lee Hyori and Rain slept together.' I was standing really close to them, but I was wearing a hat, mask, and in hiking clothes, so I was unrecognizable. I heard the mother respond, 'Of course, those celebrities, they're all like that. They look like the type to do that.' So when I heard this, without even realizing, I yelled, 'I did not sleep with him!'"

Hyori then explained why she never talked about the issue when it first came. "I didn't explain myself to the public because I didn't realize then how big this would get or how much it would spread." When the other guests and MCs told her, "But when you don't clarify things like this, people just start accepting the rumor as the truth," Lee Hyori added on, "But also, sometimes when you release a statement about this kind of thing, then it could even become a bigger issue. That rumor was only really known and discussed among people interested in celebrities and entertainment field, but if I were to explain myself, then articles would come out and people, who didn't even hear about the rumor or weren't even interested in it, would learn of it."

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