Heechul gives his take on Taeyeon and Baekhyun's relationship + reveals when he found out
Of course, many people tuned into the June 26 edition ofJTBC's 'Ssul Jeon' to see whatHeechulmight have to say about the relationship betweenSMlabel matesGirls' Generation'sTaeyeonandEXO'sBaekhyun.
He said, "To tell the truth, what fans are most upset about in relation to this dating scandal is that [Taeyeon and Baekhyun] made it so that fans could find out beforehand, using stuff like SNS. Regardless of whether they were codes hinting at their relationship, some things there were true, so fans are not graciously overlooking this dating scandal," hinting at the fans' sense of betrayal.
Heechul continued, "This is what I always say: you can't help but date. How could handsome and pretty people not date?" While he understood this, he said that he always advised people to not leave a trace of their relationship. He revealed that he never had a single picture he took with his past girlfriends.
He said one girlfriend even asked him if he really liked her and wasn't he being a bit too severe, but he replied by saying she would know later on that he was in the right. Heechul continued, saying that it was only important the two liked each other and it was unnecessary to have couple items, etc. (such as the couple bracelets spotted on Taeyeon and Baekhyun).
Park Ji Yoonsmiled at him and said, "You knew, right?" Heechul smiled back and said, "I knew about one month before," explaining he was closest to Taeyeon in Girls' Generation and closest to Baekhyun in EXO.Kim Gu Raput in, "They're at the age to date,"but that he also realizes that fans must have received a lot of shock as it is not often the case when a member of an idol group that's only 2 years into debut, like EXO, is revealed to be dating.
Lastly, Heechul said that Taeyeon and Baekhyun were really in first place when it came to showing love to fans and receiving a lot of love in return. He thinks the amount of the fans' disappointment is equal to their love for these idols.