Chaeyeon blew up online after sharing how she met her celebrity crush Kim Jong Kook—before and after her debut.
Back in high school, Chaeyeon appeared on Star Date and met Kim Jong Kook, her favorite singer. Years later, after debuting as a singer, she met him again on the variety show X Man.
She thought he wouldn’t remember her and never had the courage to reveal her identity for two years. Then, during a game, Kim Jong Kook surprised her by saying,
“It’s been a while, Jinsook.”
Jinsook is Chaeyeon’s real name. She had no idea he remembered her.
It turned out Kim Jong Kook knew who she was all along but stayed quiet since she was now a celebrity.
Netizens are losing it over this legendary moment:
“If that was me, I would’ve knelt and proposed to him. Is he crazyyyyy.”
“I remember watching this…can’t believe it was real and not a script. This is a crime!”
“I would have fainted on the spot if my bias had said that to me.”
“I thought it was a script when I first watched this…so Chaeyeon really had no idea.”
“It’s a crime to make my heart flutter like this.”
The clip is still going viral across online communities. Fans can’t get enough of this surprising reunion.
