“Robbed By tvN”: K-Drama Fans Slam “Queen Of Tears” For Cutting A Dozen Never-Seen-Before Kiss Scenes

Following the grand finale that rewrote tvN channel’s K-Drama history, the beloved Queen of Tears aired a special episode of the cast behind the scenes.

“Queen of Tears” leads Kim Ji Won (left) and Kim Soo Hyun (right) | tvN

In the two-part special episode, viewers got to see the longer, fuller versions of the passionate kiss scenes that only briefly made into one of the 16 episodes as a “compilation”…

첫방 하자마자 키스신 모음 나오는 드라마 이게 부부야 pic.twitter.com/IV0bVRvTC6

— (@loverflavor) March 9, 2024

A K-Drama that airs a kiss scene compilation in the first episode? That’s married leads for ya.

— @loverflavor/X

…featuring main characters Hong Hae In (actress Kim Ji Won) and Baek Hyun Woo (actor Kim Soo Hyun) on their honeymoon in Germany.

아 미친 눈물의여왕 현우해인 키스신 풀림 pic.twitter.com/OY5SdDNGaS

— 반달 (@0nJWly) May 5, 2024

Oh, WTF. We got full versions of the Hyun Woo x Hae In kiss scenes in “Queen of Tears.”

— @0nJWly/X

Following the full reveal, alongside some additional never-seen-before kiss scenes…

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Our last gift to the viewers who loved and supported Queen of Tears. Here’s a longer version of newlywed Baek x Hong, having the time of their lives in Germany.

— tvN

…K-Drama fans slammed the production team for “gatekeeping” such romantic moments.

Some questioned why the scenes were shot but not used…

| theqoo

• “Wow… F*ck, these are so good…”
• “Yikes. To think that we didn’t get to see these? Even after making them this good?”
• “How beautiful. Their smiles after the kisses make my heart race, too.”
• “WTF… These are so good and so beautiful that they make me even more angry. Why couldn’t these go in the epilogues?”
• “Why gatekeep these… And why are the ‘full versions’ still edited and cut short? WHY???”
• “I can’t believe they didn’t use any of these.”

…while others demanded the fullest, completely uncut scenes—claiming that even the special episode versions were still edited.

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