Actress Koo Hye-sun broke her silence Thursday following fast-spreading talk of her romantic relationship with legendary musician Seo Tai-ji. 

She declined to confirm the rumor, just saying that she wishes Seo and his former wife, actress E Ji-ah, would smoothly settle their legal dispute that followed their divorce in 2009.

“I have been just watching quietly and praying as it seemed to be a story happening in a faraway world,” she said on Twitter.

She expressed misgivings about their private life being disclosed in the wake of the scandalous quarrel, which sent shock waves through the nation last week.

“It is their life and we should recognize it,” she said.

She asked the public to refrain from prying into their personal life and help them conclude the matter well.

Her remark came one day after a rumor began to circulate that Seo, 39, is currently dating Koo, 27, and that they plan to marry soon. Originating from newsletters among stock brokers, the tittle-tattle has it that the alleged love affair prompted his former wife to file a suit seeking compensation.

Koo avoided mentioning her relationship with Seo. But her agency YG Entertainment flatly denied the rumour as “totally groundless” Wednesday.

It was alleged that Seo and Koo met through Yang Hyun-seok, former member of Seo Taiji & Boys and now head of YG Entertainment.

Yang said the two have never met.

“It is a groundless rumor and makes no sense at all,” he was quoted as saying by a local entertainment media outlet.

Reports of Seo and Lee’s secretive marriage and legal battle became known to the public last week.



By Cho Chung-un

(christory@heraldcorp.com)