In January this year, Song Joong-ki married his British-Colombian girlfriend Katy Louise Saunders and the couple turned parents to a baby boy in June. According to Korean media outlets, a journalist asked the actor at the airport, “Did you decide on your son’s name?” Song Joong Ki quipped, “Why would I tell you that?” While the journalist seemed to be humouored by Song Joong-Ki’s guarded response, netizens had mixed reactions to the same.
Users penned responses like, “I weirdly can’t warm up to him…he just doesn’t match well with me”, “He used to be an actor I really liked, but lately he’s a bit…TTT” and “It seems more like he thoughtlessly blurted it out, but rushedly tried to package it nicely as a joke. Lolll.” While those defending the actor shared, “I don’t see the problem…”, “If you saw ‘Running Man’, you’ll know that this is just his personality”, “I think he was just joking”.
Previously, the actor had opened up about being the joy of a father and admitted one specific challenge they have faced as new parents. According to Koreaboo, Song had stated, “I cannot believe that I have become a father… I talk to him in Korean, you know, my English isn’t that good. My wife and I have talked about it, too. We’ll figure out how the three of us will communicate.”
