The K-Pop Idol Who Revealed His Relationship With Actress During His Group’s Concert 

Usually, when relationships between stars become common knowledge, it is through other means than the stars announcing it themselves. Media outlet Dispatch is known for its many dating reveals, especially at the beginning of each year with the New Year’s couple.

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However, some stars have taken it into their own hands, announcing their relationships themselves, though few have done so in the way one male idol did.

In 1999, the boy group Click-B debuted as a seven-member boy group under DSP Media.

By 2003, the group was down to just four members during their solo concert in July of that year, where member Oh Jonghyuk made a surprising statement.

When he shared with the crowd that his girlfriend was present, some believed it was a joke or fan service. However, he actually was referring to Lee Da Hee, who was his girlfriend at the time, who actually had a spotlight shined on her.

Afterwards, Lee Da Hee shared a letter on her fan cafe, where she asked for fans to show love to Jonghyuk as “a person, as someone’s boyfriend.”

“Hello.

It’s been a while since I came here, so it feels strange…

Since it’s vacation season these days, I feel like my heart has become a bit lighter~

Um… and…

To the Click-B fans…

First of all, I want to say I’m sorry…

Honestly, when it came to the concert…
I thought about whether I should go or not for a long time…

When I heard there would be talk if I went to the concert, and that I might get hurt because of it, I thought there could be unpleasant things…

But in the end, I decided I would regret it if I didn’t go, so I went…

And at the concert, I was neither Jonghyuk oppa’s girlfriend nor just a Click-B fan…
I was there as a fan, cheering.

To be honest, I was worried that people’s stares would follow me and that unpleasant things might happen, but I was very grateful that the fans around me took good care of me and treated me well.

So now, I have absolutely no regrets about going to the concert…

After the broadcast, there were also many people who criticized me…

At first, I thought, ‘Why are these people like this?’
But now I think I understand them to some extent, so I just want to show oppa’s good side and help you think about it positively.

Because I love oppa, that’s why…

However…

Everyone, before you love Jonghyuk as a singer, please love Jonghyuk as a person, as someone’s boyfriend.
It hasn’t been that long since oppa and I started dating, but as time passes, the more time goes by, the more I like him, and the more I get to know him, the more I come to love him…

Even though I’ve known oppa for a shorter time than the fans, my feelings of love are never any less.

I truly love oppa sincerely…

Just as the fans who support him say, I truly cherish him from the bottom of my heart.

And about us dating—please don’t think of it in a bad way…

To those who criticize me…

Honestly, I don’t know whether I should accept the criticism or not right now.
But when I, too, was disappointed by oppa and by the fans, and when I wanted to see only the bad sides…

At that time, I believed there must be a reason, so I tried not to say anything.

Now, I hope you’ll think about this in a positive way…

Thank you for reading until the end.”

— Da Hee’s letter

Ultimately, Click B’s activities would come to an effective end in 2003, though some continued until 2006. The group later reunited on separate occasions in 2011 and 2015.

As for the relationship between the two stars, it came to an end sometime before Jonghyuk’s 2010 relationship with ex-T-ARA’s Soyeon. He later married a non-celebrity girlfriend in 2021, with whom he has one child.

Lee Da Hee on the other hand has not had any other public relationships, but is still active as an actress and host, recently appearing in The Divorce Insurance, S-Line and Single’s Inferno.