Popular Male Idol’s Only Reason For Losing Weight Sparks Unexpected Response

Recently, an online community post about Wanna One Kim Jaehwan’s weight loss went viral, garnering almost 70,000 views.

In the video, he revealed the reason for losing weight.

After being discharged from the military, I would look in the mirror and see my chubbiness, but I felt my face looked really happy. But because of that, I would begin to justify everything.

— Kim Jaehwan

But Minhyun hyung looked at me all serious, and said, ‘Hey, Jaehwan, how are you going to go on the broadcast? How are you going to promote with that image?’

— Kim Jaehwan

That’s when I suddenly got the wake-up call that I needed to lose the weight. Not long after I had lost all the weight, I received contact from Minhyun hyung again.

— Kim Jaehwan

The members found Minhyun’s remarks to be funny and felt he was acting like an agency CEO or a personal trainer.

He said, ‘Hey, you look cool. You looked cool for these promotions.’ Hearing that, I was actually really touched.

— Kim Jaehwan

Netizens were pleased to see the great relationship between the members.

• “Hwang Minhyun is really amazing.”
• “But it was a good thing he listened to him. This is the most handsome I’ve seen Jaehwan.”
• “This is the reason why Hwang Minhyun is still handsome to this day.”
• “It’s great to see them giving and utilizing each other’s advice.”
• “That’s Jaehwan? He got really handsome. Hwang Minhyun is a really nice member.”
• “He still has that cute dog image.”
• “He really made the right decision to lose weight.”
• “It’s so funny how he kept up with him and told him he did a great job after losing the weight. It’s so like him…I would’ve been touched, too.”

Meanwhile, check out the full video below.