Park Bom, a member of the K-pop group 2NE1, has once again stirred up controversy with her social media activity involving actor Lee Min Ho.
The singer recently posted photos of herself alongside Lee Min Ho on her new Instagram account, @haroobompark2025. The captions referred to the actor as "My husband" and "My husband again." The post, which has since been deleted, included two photos: one of her and another of the actor.
The post sparked backlash, with some netizens expressing concerns that Park Bom should remain professional and refrain from posting about other celebrities in that manner.
"This isn't the first or second time. This is the number of times now. If you even created a new account to do this, it seems very serious," one comment read.
It's different when a stranger does something like that and when a celebrity does something like that... It's so sad," another netizen read.
In response to the growing controversy, a representative from Park Bom's agency released a statement on Thursday.
"We cannot confirm matters related to the artist's SNS posts, which constitute a part of their private life. However, based on the artist's previous incident, we assume that this recent incident is once again simply an expression of her affection toward Lee Min Ho as a fan," the statement read.
When #2NE1 member Park Bom constantly shared #LeeMinHo as my husband from his original account, his agency seized his account and deleted the posts with Lee Minho. After that, Park Bom went and opened a side account for Lee Minho. pic.twitter.com/Q0M96LZydB
— K-Pop Base (@kpopbaseee) February 13, 2025
Following the controversy, Park Bom deleted the posts referring to Lee Min Ho. She also unfollowed everyone on her second Instagram account except for her main account and her label.
In September last year, the singer made a post with a collage featuring herself and the actor with the caption, "Truly my husband <3." In 2013, she answered "Lee Min-ho" when asked about "a male actor to invite to 2NE1's performance." A year later, she said her ideal type was a tall man like Lee Min-ho or Kim Woo-bin.
2NE1 is currently conducting its 15th-anniversary Asian tour, . An encore performance is scheduled for April 12 to 13, 2025, at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. It remains to be seen whether this incident will impact the group's activities or Park Bom's career.
