BTS star Jungkook dating tattooist?
BTS member Jungkook. Korea Times file
By Dong Sun-hwa
By Dong Sun-hwa
Jungkook, the youngest member of K-pop titan BTS, is embroiled in rumors that he is dating a woman who netizens claim is a tattooist.
It all started late Monday when a netizen posted CCTV footage of a man hugging a woman from behind, claiming that the man was Jungkook or affectionately called JK on Geoje Island in South Gyeongsang Province. It was later confirmed to be JK.
“My friend says Jungkook visited the shop on Geoje two days ago, but turned Jungkook away because he couldn't produce any identification,” the netizen wrote.
Big Hit Entertainment, BTS' agency, denied Jungkook was in any romantic relationship, saying it would take legal action against rumormongers.
The agency admitted that the singer travelled around Geoje on an extended break.
Online users assumed the woman who was with JK was a tattooist, after checking her Instagram account where she introduced herself as such.
The netizens first believed that the man in the footage was Korean rapper Hash Swan, but the rapper denied this.