Actress Kim Min Ju shared her deep love for her project group IZ*ONE in a recent interview.

On November 1, she sat down with Star News at a café in Seoul, just days before her film Hear Me: Our Summer is set to release on November 6.

During the chat, Kim Min Ju highlighted her strong connection with her IZ*ONE members. She said, “IZONE is like family to me. The time I spent with them is very precious and has given me a lot of strength. They were my first friends in the real world, and we shared several years of our lives together, so they are truly important to me.”

Kim Min Ju revealed that she loves to spend her free time with her former group members. “Whenever I have a day off, I usually hang out with them,” she explained.

“We have a group chat where our leader, Kwon Eunbi, often asks, ‘What time is it for beef today?’ We meet up whenever we can, and it feels like a casual get-together with friends.”

She added, “We talk about what we are all working on and feel closer than anyone else. When we meet, we catch up and heal through our conversations. I also watch movies with members who are trying acting, just like me, and we share our thoughts about them.”

Kim Min Ju is excited about her film Hear Me: Our Summer, which tells the story of Yong-Joon (played by Hong Kyung) who is searching for love, and Yeo-Reum (played by Roh Yoon Seo), who learns about her true feelings, with her younger sibling Ga-Eul (played by Kim Min Ju) supporting them.

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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo shared a surprising story from her trainee days!

On January 29, the latest episode of Dex’s Fridge Interview was released on YouTube. During the chat, Dex asked Jisoo if she ever rebelled or broke the rules as a trainee. She confidently replied, “Not at all. The only rebellion I had as a trainee was eating.”

Dex then jokingly imitated her younger self, saying, “I’m perfect, so why are they telling me not to eat? I’m going to eat tteokbokki!”

Jisoo laughed and admitted, “Actually, I was really chubby back then. They kept telling me to lose weight, but I always said, ‘No, I need to eat. I like myself chubby.’”

She even recalled a moment with YG Entertainment’s founder, Yang Hyun Suk:
“The boss told me to lose weight, and I responded like that. He just walked away, thinking, ‘She’s a weird one.’ I literally said, ‘No! I like myself chubby!’”

Jisoo then revealed that after she debuted, she naturally lost weight. She added, “Later, after I debuted and naturally lost weight, he was like, ‘You didn’t lose weight when I told you to, but now that you debuted, you did.’”

Fans are loving Jisoo’s confidence and honesty! Meanwhile, her full interview on Dex’s Fridge Interview is now available on YouTube.

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