I was completely deceived. IU has to deal with misunderstandings and rumors, but..I'm so surprised to be with Byun Wooseok

By Jiyoun, Moon

Apr 02, 2025

I was completely deceived. IU has to deal with misunderstandings and rumors, but..I'm so surprised to be with Byun Wooseok
photo courtesy of Netflix



Singer and actress IU (32) spoke quickly about rumors and misunderstandings surrounding her.

IU met with Sports Chosun at a hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 2nd and interviewed Netflix's original series 'I was completely fooled' (played by Lim Sang-chun, directed by Kim Won-seok). IU is also famous for taking good care of her surroundings. They consistently create heartwarming stories by giving sincere gifts to seniors and juniors and colleagues around them. When asked if there is a standard for giving gifts, IU mentioned it on "'Salon Drip', and she studied and recorded those who enjoy meat, non-meat, drinkers, or health supplements. The number of people who send it every year while updating continues to increase. I didn't count how many minutes. It is being updated because the amount of work we work on every year increases, and as a result, there are many grateful relationships."

Ing IU organizes everything herself. It's not as difficult as I thought. Once I've organized it, I keep adding from there. There is a table that keeps organizing without suddenly flying the notepad. 'I sent this to him last year's Lunar New Year, so next time, something else.' If I send it in various ways, it will make the recipients happy. I talk to my mom a lot, but if anyone misses it, they say 'he, you said thank you, it's not updated' and then they add 'Oucha'. Mom has the same vote", he explained.




IU is also a model with the heart she gives to those around her, but she is not free from rumors and misunderstandings. IU would be lying if she had never been in her life, but on the contrary, I didn't expect to be loved for so long while doing this because I think the sincerity I have and the way I look at it better than I do in real life are too big. Sometimes it's a real misunderstanding, but I think there are more people who think better of me and see me as a lovely person than I really am. He said, "I think the hearts of those who see and love the opposition better and love it are much bigger than 'Teacher' because they send me so much love with feedback when we continue to meet and perform or work."

I was completely deceived. IU has to deal with misunderstandings and rumors, but..I'm so surprised to be with Byun Wooseok
photo courtesy of Netflix
I think IU also has to deal with " (Rumor, too). I tend to think about it in that way because I've become a person who receives a lot (reaction) on the good side and the bad side, and then I think that sanctions are always necessary if there are expressions that cross the line or if there is a movement to create a big misunderstanding that should not be overlooked from the company's point of view, but I don't think there's a thought like, "Why are you doing this to me so much?"

As part of this, there was also a misinformation that IU would drop out of '21st Century Grand Prince Lady' (Gaje), which recently announced her appearance with Byun Woo-seok. In response, IU joked, "'Is the reporter who wrote the article here by any chance?' and "I was also very surprised about the rumors." Yesterday, I was meeting and discussing with the director, but there was a rumor that I would get off. There is a lot of smoke even in the chimneys that have been removed while living in the entertainment industry, and the article's writing was so confident that I wondered 'Am I dropped out?'Can this happen?' But I think it was a misunderstanding, and Woo Seok doesn't get off either. We also said let's do it well together. So yesterday, I met the director and discussed with him, and I heard that Wooseok was doing that as well.




Then "In many ways, if there is no excitement or burden at all, I don't think so." There is some pressure, and I'm excited because I'm a completely different character from Ae-soon and Geum-myeong, but I'm still 70-80% Ae-soon because it's the last promotional schedule of 'Fall' until today. So I'm going to get out, and after today, I'm going to be Sung Hee-joo (the name of the character in '21st century Grand Prince Lady). Let's protect Ae-soon that has spread all over our body until today. Let's not try to take it out."

'I was completely deceived' is a Netflix series that unravels the adventurous life of the Jeju-born 『Wishful Rebel" Ae-soon and 『The Eight-Bulled Castles" Gwan-sik in all four seasons. Upon the release of Act 1, it ranked first in the category of the 『Today's Korea TOP 10" series, proving the viewers' keen interest by maintaining the No. 1 spot even after Act 4 was released. In the third week of its release, it ranked No. 1 in the Global TOP 10 Series (non-English) category and ranked at the top of the Global TOP 10 Series (non-English) category since the first act's release, and steadily captivated viewers at home and abroad, 'I was tricked" recorded 6,000,000 viewers (the value of viewing time divided by the total running time of the work) after the fourth act was released, ranking third in the Global TOP 10 Series (non-English) category, and ended brilliantly on the Top 10 list in a total of 39 countries, including Bolivia, Chile, Morocco, the Philippines, and Malaysia, as well as South Korea.

IU played Oh Ae-soon and Yang Geum-myung in the play and received favorable reviews for her performance that encompassed both the mother's heart and the daughter's heart.






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