“The only difference is that I receive that kind of comfort while having a conversation [with IU]. But above all, we’ve been friends for quite some time, and I find her to be the funniest friend in the whole world. As I mentioned before, when entering my 30s, I was comforted a lot by that person who was my friend,” he said. “We’ve been friends since I was in my mid-20s, so we met when we were quite young.
The “W” star also can’t help but gush about his relationship with IU, saying that he wants to “become a much better human being” because of her. “So, when that friend tells me, ‘I’ve become a lot more mature now,’ I feel like I want to become more of an adult. And I think I want to become a much better human being than I am now,” he said.
Jong-suk and IU’s respective agencies confirmed in December last year that they’ve been in a relationship “for months,” after they were spotted by Korean media outlet