tvN Gains Attention For The “Poor Timing” Of A “Reply 1988” Caption About Ryu Jun Yeol And Hyeri Amidst The Dating News

tvN has gained attention for its seemingly “exploitative” actions when it comes to the issues surrounding actor Ryu Jun Yeol‘s relationship with Han So Hee and his break up with former girlfriend Hyeri.

Many fans have followed Hyeri and Ryu Jun Yeol’s relationship since their days on the hit show Reply 1988.

Hyeri and Ryu Jun Yeol in “Reply 1988” | tvN

After their long romance, netizens were surprised when their breakup was announced in 2023. Recently, everything started to heat up again when rumors were spread that Ryu Jun Yeol was dating actress Han So Hee.

While the news was quickly confirmed, and Dispatch has since shared photos of the two together…

Amidst the initial news on March 16, a tweet from a Korean fan went viral as they were watching an episode of Reply 1988 on tvN, which is the show starring both Ryu Jun Yeol and Hyeri. In the caption, the fan wrote, “tvN channel update, isn’t it crazy?”

tvN 채널 근황… 미친거 아님?! pic.twitter.com/4MhOe3JZPa

— 연예이슈 아카이빙 (@enter_issue) March 16, 2024

In the photo, it showed a rerun of episode five of the show Reply 1988 and in the corner, tvN had added a caption but used the stars’ real names rather than those of the characters.

Reply 1988 episode 5 ‘Ryu Jun Yeol Can’t Sleep Out Of Worry For Hyeri’

— tvN’s caption

While it is common for tvN to do things like this with the captions, many found it absolutely hilarious that the broadcasting station chose to do it amidst the huge news that was happening at the time. It was for this reason that the tweet quickly went viral, and even international netizens couldn’t hide their surprise.

No one. Absolutely no one:

TVN, Re-Run reply 1988 Episode 5

Captionnya: Ryu Junyeol ga bisa tidur mikirin Hyeri (Pake nama asli) https://t.co/1VhEn3CrD2

— Bintang (@tang__kira) March 17, 2024

not tvn involving themselves directly onto this mess SHZSHZHSH https://t.co/2Qi73zO0p7

— rad (@rraadduuaa) March 17, 2024

tvN like remind junyeol that he’s at his lowest life rn because they just cooked him https://t.co/A5ymeNrj35

— ving (@ikjunnie) March 17, 2024

they had the chance to do the funniest thing and they took it https://t.co/CXTeryQ7TK

— ann ????˖ ࣪⊹ will-line (@fuyunohanangis) March 17, 2024

While it could just be a matter of timing, it was surprising that tvN didn’t take the news and sentiment surrounding the two stars into consideration when airing the show.