{"id":4130,"date":"2026-01-12T09:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:10:44","slug":"iu-responds-to-lee-jong-suk-couple-outfit-rumors-different-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4130","title":{"rendered":"IU Responds to Lee Jong-suk Couple Outfit Rumors: &#8216;Different Clothes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Actor IU and Lee Jong-suk.\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0112\/1768171576990150.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Singer and actress IU has directly addressed &#8220;couple outfit&#8221; rumors involving actor Lee Jong-suk, whom she is publicly dating.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the alleged matching outfits worn by IU and actor Lee Jong-suk became a hot topic among fans.<\/p>\n<p>Their individual appearances in clothes from luxury brand &#8216;B&#8217; sparked discussion across various online communities. Photos of IU wearing the purported couple outfit circulated on an actor&#8217;s social media, while Lee Jong-suk appeared in the same-style clothing on Ryu Hye-young&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>The similar design and color of the garments led many fans and netizens to comment, &#8220;It&#8217;s definitely a couple outfit,&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;re still going strong,&#8221; and &#8220;They&#8217;re so obviously in love,&#8221; treating the rumors as fact.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans, however, expressed discomfort, arguing that an actor making their public relationship obvious ahead of starring in a drama with a romantic storyline could disrupt viewer immersion.<\/p>\n<p>One fan shared photos of IU and Lee Jong-suk in the &#8220;couple items&#8221; on a fan communication app, expressing disappointment over the perceived matching phone cases and clothes.<\/p>\n<p>In response, IU directly commented, &#8220;It&#8217;s different clothes&#8230;?&#8221; Her direct reply drew attention, as IU has generally avoided mentioning Lee Jong-suk directly in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Netizens reacted with comments such as, &#8220;She must have been frustrated to mention it directly,&#8221; &#8220;It seems like a coincidence,&#8221; &#8220;Did she really address this?&#8221; &#8220;They look happy together,&#8221; and &#8220;It must be tiring dealing with breakup and couple item rumors constantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer and actress IU has directly addressed &#8220;couple outfit&#8221; rumors involving actor Lee Jong-suk, whom she is publicly dating. Recently, the alleged matching outfits worn by IU and actor Lee Jong-suk became a hot topic among fans. Their individual appearances in clothes from luxury brand &#8216;B&#8217; sparked discussion across various online communities. Photos of IU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[623,85,624],"class_list":{"0":"post-4130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue","8":"tag-couple-outfit-rumors","9":"tag-iu","10":"tag-lee-jong-suk"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-68.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4132,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions\/4132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}