A Korean netizen took to a popular online community forum to share his thoughts on Kim Soo Hyun’s recent press conference, highlighting a detail that many found unsettling—he never once mentioned Kim Sae Ron’s name. The netizen pointed out that even people who barely knew someone would still refer to them by name, questioning how someone who was once close to her could reduce her to just “the deceased.”
“I was watching a YouTube video yesterday, and during an interview, Kim Soohyun was criticized for repeatedly referring to Kim Saeron as “the deceased.” At first, I just thought, “That doesn’t seem right,” but now, as I’m reading Reddit (the American community), I see that foreigners also view his choice of words very negatively. Even people who knew someone for just a day still call them by name, so many are outraged, questioning how someone who once loved her could refer to her so impersonally. It feels as if he’s treating Kim Saeron like a complete stranger rather than someone he was once close to.”
Knetizens’ Comments:
1. So after the press conference, public opinion got worse….
2. I’d love to hear what psychologists think. How can he avoid saying her name even once?
3. It really felt like he was drawing a firm line, treating her worse than a total stranger—no connection, no guilt, not even a shred of remorse. I honestly want to ask if he ever truly cared about her when they were together, but I feel like I already know the answer
4. He doesn’t seem to feel even 1% guilty—if anything, he acts like he’s the one who was wronged
5. He didn’t even attend the funeral, so what right does he have to call her “the deceased”?
6. He’s not apologizing or mentioning her name because it would put him at a legal disadvantage, lol. He’s only doing this because the victim’s family might sue
7. I only saw clips, so I didn’t realize—he never said her name even once? That’s seriously weird. He completely treated her like she was just “someone who passed away.” They knew each other for so long, and he couldn’t say her name even once? That’s shocking
8. I also felt weird hearing it, and I guess I wasn’t the only one
9. Could it be because of guilt? Not saying that KSH is kind or anything, but when someone is lying, they struggle to properly say the name of the person who knows the truth. Instead, they distance themselves by using vague titles… I’ve seen this in analyses of criminals’ speech patterns
10. I also thought it was weird… plus, flipping through his script while crying, and all that…
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