Fans have flooded social networks with memes in support of the new couple – Heechul from Super Junior and Momo from Twice, whose relationship was confirmed earlier in the day. The revelation about a romantic relationship between the two celebrities is making headlines in the K-pop world on 2 January leaving behind South Korean media source Dispatch, which has a tradition of announcing stars’ relationships at the beginning of the year, but this time the media outlet was silent.
The "love affair" between Heechul and Momo was reported by Media Market and later confirmed by the two celebrities agencies.
Both fandoms, ONCEs and ELFs, reacted to the news of their favourite idols dating with warmth and even made jokes about it.
In August of last year, Kim Heechul and Momo were rumoured to be dating, but at the time, they denied it. However, as the speculations about the love affair re-emerged, both companies acknowledged the relationship.
Kim Heechul debuted with Super Junior in 2005, and is active and well-known on entertainment programmes such as JTBC's "Knowing Brother" and MBC's “Weekly Idol”.
Momo is a Japanese singer, who debuted in 2015 with JYP’s group TWICE and is one of the most popular foreign idols among K-pop stars.