Actor Kim Soo-hyun said he did not date the late Kim Sae-ron as a minor. Kim Soo-hyun held a press conference at a hotel in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 31st and did not date Kim Sae-ron as a minor" he said.

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun found himself in murkier waters after the suicide of his ex-girlfriend Kim Sae-ron. She decided to take her life on his birthday, after facing immense backlash from a section of the internet for posting photos with him.