Was Song Joongki Really Offended? One Brief Frown Over Song Hyekyo Goes Viral

Song Joongki's face tightened for a split second when a bystander described him as "the man who was married to Song Hyekyo," and a clip of that moment is now circulating widely on social media. Within moments, the actor smoothed his expression into a bright smile and went back to greeting the fans around him.

The footage appears to show Song Joongki on a street abroad, dressed casually in a baseball cap, a sweatshirt and jeans, hands in his pockets, waiting with staff nearby. When local fans recognized him, he greeted them warmly. Then one Chinese-speaking fan asked who he was, and someone nearby answered that he was the person who had been married to Song Hyekyo. The frown came right after.

There's a caveat worth keeping in mind. It hasn't been confirmed that Song Joongki understood the remark or that the frown was a reaction to it, and a brief change of expression is thin evidence for reading someone's feelings. A post on X sharing the clip pushed the same interpretation, saying some fans believed it began when he was called an ex-husband rather than by name.

Korean and international netizens largely sided with the actor, calling the remark rude and saying it must have been hard to hold his composure. Others pointed out that the comment wasn't factually wrong, which may be why he couldn't object, but said it would still have felt unpleasant.

Background on the couple

Song Joongki and Song Hyekyo began dating after starring together in the 2016 KBS2 drama Descendants of the Sun. They married in October 2017 and divorced by mutual agreement in 2019, about one year and nine months later. In 2023, Song Joongki married Katy Louise Saunders, a British former actress. They have a son, born in 2023, and a daughter, born in 2024.

What Nate Pann users said

1. 1

   I'm really curious what led to a divorce only two years into the marriage.

   566 upvotes, 74 downvotes▲566▼74
2. 2

   Somebody needs to take away that backwards-cap look of his.

   443 upvotes, 36 downvotes▲443▼36
3. 3

   He has remarried and is living happily, so asking about his ex-wife is just rude.

   285 upvotes, 7 downvotes▲285▼7
4. 4

   A Chinese person being a Chinese person...

   53 upvotes, 4 downvotes▲53▼4
5. 5

   He had his brief moment of brilliance, but now everything he stars in flops and there's no demand for him anymore.

   47 upvotes, 18 downvotes▲47▼18