On the 16th, it has been confirmed that soccer player Heung Min Song (Leverkusen) has broken up with his K-pop star girlfriend, Minha of “Girls’ Day”. Many of their fans have expressed surprise at the news and also how the relationship barely lasted only several months. However, an acquaintance of Son announced that Son and Minha were never officially going out, adding a an air of uncertainty to the scandal.
Minha’s agency, “Dream T Entertainment” however had confirmed that she had been dating Son a few months ago. However, according to South Korea’s “Football List”, the acquaintance that stated that the relationship never took place explained that the company had told the press and “Girls’ Day” fans that the Minha was going out with Korea’s most renowned soccer star without confirming with him.
Meanwhile, Minha herself told the press through her agency that although she and Son had shown interest towards each other, because of the amount of attention they had to endure from their fans and busy schedules they had to stop contacting each other. Rumors of the two going out got even worse after some fans posted snapshots of Son and Minha on what they believed was an official date. It was around this time that “Dream T Entertainment” had officially announced that Minha was dating Son.
South Korea’s Seoul Economic reported that the forward and his family had to endure a great deal of inconvenience from the rumors. It is reported that Son’s father, a member of Korea’s Soccer Academy had to endure phone calls every day asking questions about his son’s supposed relationship with a female K-pop star.
Meanwhile, many of Son and Minha’s fans had expressed confusion as to what was going on between the 2 celebrities. At the same time some expressed some disappointment commenting that they made a rather good couple.