Earlier this week, Super Junior member Shindong made headlines for confessing that his dating news went unnoticed "due to the dating news of another top celebrity couple."
At the same time, the 2nd generation idol talked about the common misconception that many people actually believe Shindong is married, after going public with his first relationship in 2010 on the popular variety program 'Strong Heart'. Shindong admitted, "Even my [current] girlfriend's parents thought I was married."
Not only among the Super Junior members, but among all K-Pop idols in general, Shindong represents a rare case of an idol who has had 3 public relationships during the length of his career. How many more K-Pop idols can you name who've had 3 or more public relationships?
And how about the other members of Super Junior? As one of the longest promoting K-Pop idol groups in the industry at 19-years, how well have the members of Super Junior kept up with their "idol image"?
Leeteuk = None
Heechul = 1 Time (with TWICE's Momo from 2020~2021)
Yesung = None
Shindong = 3 Times (with a non-celebrity from 2010~2014, with model Kang Si Nae from 2014~2015, with a non-celebrity from 2023~present)
Eunhyuk = None
Donghae = None
Siwon = None
Ryeowook = 1 Time (with former TAHITI member Ari from 2020~present)
Kyuhyun = None
Netizens reacted with comments like,
"Okay, it's about time that you start!"
"Oh Shindong isn't already married???"
"I had no idea Ryeowook was dating."
"I didn't know about any of these except for Heechul and Momo."
"It's time for Super Junior to get married and have kids!"
"They really didn't have any in 19-years..."
"I think it's time for these guys to get married. I'm sure it'll make fans happy to see them starting happy families."
'I think they should start' really? The key word here is PUBLIC, are these commentors really believing that because there is no public information that these men haven't been dating