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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Actor Lee Min Ho recently shared an unforgettable and embarrassing moment from his early career, revealing how he became a “falling star” at his first Baeksang Arts Awards.

On the December 25th episode of You Quiz on the Block (Episode 274), Lee Min Ho made a guest appearance and reflected on his rise to fame.

The actor, known for his iconic role as Goo Jun Pyo in Boys Over Flowers, won the Best New Actor award at the Baeksang Arts Awards, but it wasn’t just his victory that grabbed attention.

Lee Min Ho recalled, "I was attending the Baeksang for the first time, and I was so excited. Since I wasn’t going as Goo Jun Pyo, but as Lee Min Ho, I styled my hair in a perm and was ready to go." However, things took an unexpected turn when he tripped and fell on the red carpet.

He sighed, recalling, "That day, I fell. I fell and created so many memes. Even now, I look back and think, 'How did I walk that quickly on the red carpet?'"

Laughing at his own clumsiness, he admitted, "I was moving at the speed of light, no composure, no focus. Honestly, more than the joy of winning the award, that day was chaotic and so embarrassing for me."

Though his win was a highlight, Lee Min Ho humorously shared that the incident of tripping overshadowed the excitement of his achievement.

It’s safe to say that while the fall became a funny meme, it also became a lesson in humility for the actor, and a moment that fans still remember to this day.

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