Tony An revealed to be dating Girl's Day's Hyeri
After leaving fans wildly guessing with the announcement of their exclusive story, ’Sports Seoul‘ is finally following up with the scoop on the love life of an idol couple. The couple in question has turned out to be Tony An (34) from 90s idol group H.O.T and Girl’s Day‘s Hyeri (18), who are bridging the generation gap between first and second generation idols.
After two months of observing the two and gathering information, Sports Seoul has released pictures of Tony and Hyeri, who are supposedly enjoying a date, according to the media outlet.
The two usually went on their dates by using their personal cars and met late at nights, when they’d catch the least amount of eyes, to go on drives.
They were even spotted together on the 14th when Tony waited for Hyeri near the girls’ agency. After returning from her schedule, Hyeri apparently looked around cautiously before getting into Tony’s car, which then took off to Olympic Road.
After enjoying a long drive, the two stopped by a cafe with a great view of the Han River as they spent time having tea and talking. According to the media outlet, Tony An would smile happily as he looked fondly at Hyeri, who would show off aegyo to her older boyfriend.
After the cafe, the two headed back to Hyeri’s agency where Tony stayed put until he was able to witness Hyeri going back into the building.
The couple, with an age gap of 16 years, supposedly started dating back in March. Tony approached Hyeri first after seeing her bright and energetic personality on music programs, and through their dates, Hyeri became attracted to Tony’s gentle manners.
The agencies of both are aware of the two’s meetings, according to Sports Seoul, who says that the agencies have said, “It’s true that they’re meeting with fond feelings… They’re still at a stage where they’re getting to know each other. Please look over them fondly.”
Agencies of Tony An and Hyeri both confirm dating report + official statement from Dream Tea
With the release of ‘Sports Seoul‘s report, agencies of both Tony An and Girl’s Day‘s Hyeri have confirmed the dating report to various media outlets over the phone, as well as releasing an official statement through Twitter in Dream Tea Entertainment‘s case. They both commented that although it is true that they’ve gone on dates, both agencies stress that the two stars are still getting to know each other and have only been seeing each other since March.
Tony’s agency, TN Entertainment, confirmed over the phone, “Tony and Hyeri started to meet in March… They’re currently getting to know one another,” and “It’s true that they’re seeing each other. It’s been about 2 months now, so it’s hard to call it a ‘relationship’ at the moment. They are getting to know each other with fond feelings.”
In addition to their confirmation over the phone, Dream Tea has also revealed their official statement through Girl’s Day’s Twitter. The statement read,
“We bow our heads and send our apologetic hearts for all the fans, whom we’ve caused concern, due to the issue regarding Hyeri. First of all, we are sorry to the fans that we, the agency, weren’t already aware of the two meeting one another.
After confirming with Hyeri, we have learned that the two previously were of sunbae-hoobae relationship, but in March, during the early stage of Girl’s Day’s full length album comeback, Hyeri was contacted about seeing each other, and attracted to his gentle nature and kind manners, they met a couple of times and talked with one another.
From what we know, they’ve exchanged advices and consolations about their daily lives and the entertainment industry. Hyeri is currently having a hard time due to all the attention upon the two.
We request that assumptions and exaggerated stories do not come about from all of you and the media, and we once again apologize for worrying fans.”
Source: Dailian, Kyungjae, Girl’s Day Twitter
Koreans netizens reaction:
Source: Sports Seoul via Nate [Naver]
1. [+569, -32] Hul, it doesn't really matter if they really like each other.. But 16 year age difference and she's still a minor.. What a thief..
2. [+452, -12] a 78er and a 94er...?
3. [+476, -30] Major shock;;; It's a weird combination that you can't really congratulate ㅋㅋ Tony ajusshi.. and a 94er... how can you even develop feelings towards someone so young??? Towards a kid???
4. [+51, -7] This isn't a dating rumor, this is a sponsor rumor!
5. [+39, -3] Wasn't it Minah that said Hyeri's an adult now so can the CEO please let her date ㅋㅋ Seems like Sports Seoul acted on it..
6. [+38, -6] Verging on criminal...
7. [+33, -4] Daebak, it hasn't even been that long since she turned 20 years old... Tony, this is going too far. I bet Hyeri has less of an age gap with her parents than even Tony.
8. [+32, -4] Too much.. It's almost like she's dating him for the money
9. [+27, -0] Minah's dating Block B's Jaehyo, I guess that will be released soon too
10. [+26, -1] If Tony had gotten married with his first love, he'd have a kid Hyeri's age by now
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1. [+622, -25] Young Wook-ah, you should've gotten consent like Tony did...
2. [+576, -33] What a thief ㅋㅋㅋ Hyeri was an egg when Tony was in junior high
3. [+538, -31] 20 and 36... How can you even see each other as lovers?
4. [+425, -12] I doubt they'll go all the way to marriage
5. [+428, -18] Wow, if Sports Seoul was just a few months faster, Tony would've gotten an electronic anklet slapped on
EDIT:
Article: Tony An + Hyri couple "I miss you" Tweets from three years ago spotted
Source: Sports Chosun via Naver
translation:
Tony: Being pulled by Misook nuna and Soyeon to the dermatologist... I like my skin but I think the two have a different opinion.. I don't know why women do such tiring things.. I'm even too lazy to put on toner and lotion..
Hyeri: But oppa, you already have nice skin ㅠㅠ
Tony: Thank you, but it feels a bit weird hearing this from Hyeri-yang..
Hyeri: Oppa, you admit it yourself too, right?!? hehe ayy~ you're not guaranteed good skin just because you're young, you knowㅠㅠ
Hyeri: You're making fun of me, right.. ㅠㅠ I had a recording with Heejun oppa today. When will I get to see you, oppa? ㅜㅜ I miss you
Tony: I hope that Girl's Day makes a shining shining comeback as well~ Hyeri-yang, have a fun broadcast with Heejun~
1. [+174, -15] You can tell right away that Hyeri was seducing him... It's not only Tony that should be hated for dating a younger girl.. Because think about it, what kind of normal 20 year old girl would think of dating someone so old?? You can't even excuse her for being naive because she obviously knows better..
2. [+145, -12] Such a little girl working so hard to seduce him
3. [+135, -4] Mmm... Seems obvious the girl has been seducing him first.. "oppa oppa" to a senior like him
4. [+127, -7] You can tell Tony is keeping a distance and treating her only as a junior but Hyeri just keeps hitting on him
5. [+88, -7] She's smart for her age... She knows that you need a strong sponsor if you want to last in the industry, and being Tony's girlfriend is a hundred times better than laying around with company CEOs. Who would touch her now? I can already tell what kind of company Girl's Day's company is seeing as how they took a bunch of young girls and made them do that split leg dance.
6. [+89, -10] The girl's been shaking her tail in front of him for a while now. Tony obviously wanted to eat her up right away but waited until she became an adult because of the Go Young Wook scandal.
7. [+67, -6] Wasn't she in junior high three years ago??? And she's calling a major senior in his 30s oppa?? I thought Tony was bad but the girl is just as bad ㅋㅋㅋ
8. [+61, -6] Tony seems to have purposely waited until she graduated ㅋㅋ
edit: I added the twitter post!
source: allkpop, allkpop, netizenbuzz, netizenbuzz