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Saturday, April 12, 2014
Kim Hyun Joong Talks Dating, Marriage And Jin Se Yeon
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Kim Hyun Joong once said that he did not want to get married before he was 35. As he approaches his 28th birthday, he has put some more thought into the kind of girl he wants to marry.
To date his longest relationship lasted three years and it was with a non-celebrity. Their breakup had something to do with his busy schedule. It's not as if idols can't date, he said. It's just that the competition is so fierce, being a performer has to be your priority.
"Ever since I started as an idol, there was no time to rest and I could not date properly," he said in an interview with Sports Seoul.
Idols also don't have a lot of privacy. Everything they do is examined and discussed, sometimes criticized.
"Idols can date but you become conditioned to thinking you can't," he said. "When idols even act, they face a disadvantage because of their idol background. If they buy a car, people make sarcastic remarks. I think people expect a lot of idols. But they are young and they are also human like everyone else, so it's unfortunate."
He does not regret the sacrifice he made, both in time and privacy. He is grateful to have had the chance.
"Although it felt like an invasion of privacy at times, it was also a privilege. I was the one selected out of a million people who auditioned and I made my debut," he said. "I endured it and think I should be happy for this very reason."
He does think that things are changing. More stars are being open about dating.
"I think social conditions have changed a lot," he said. "The atmosphere feels different."
Little is known about the women he has dated over the years. He denies the ongoing rumors that he dated singer and actress Uee. And he has confessed to being dumped more than once by a girl. One time he said he was even dumped via text.
But his recent appearance in "Inspiring Generation" and his onscreen relationship with Jin Se Yeon has changed his ideas about the kind of girl he might date or even marry. In the past when he dated his focus was on winning a girl's heart, then taking care of her and doing what he could to make her comfortable. But he came to like the way Jin Se Yeon's character nurtured his.
"I used to have to like girls before they liked me, but when I did 'Inspiring Generation,' I thought for the first time that I could be swayed by a girl who treats me well. It was nice to have a pretty girl who cared for me and treated me nicely. Although I do have to like the girl, when I watched Ok Ryeon, I began to think that I should marry this kind of girl."
Was he swayed by the character or the actress? Only time will tell.
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