On November 21, Tao the former member of EXO has made a public love confession through his Weibo video livestream.
During the livestream, Tao referred to his “love” for a certain Korean artist, whom netizens believe to be IU. He said, “I have a girl that I really like. I’ve sent her a DM, but there’s no answer.”
“If this becomes a hot topic tomorrow, then I hope that that person will also find out that I love you a lot. If that person likes me back, I can reveal everything in a heartbeat,” he continued.
Tao has not revealed the name of the Korean singer he has crush on, netizens are claiming that the Korean singer is IU, based on a photo that he uploaded. He posted a photo of IU on his Weibo. Also IU is one of the three accounts that Tao follows on Instagram.
After his livestream ended, Tao stated that his love is “not a fan’s love but real love,”. This attract a lot of attention from netizens and they react differently.
This are the reaction of some netizens:
“this is kinda embarrassing”
“weird and creepy…that will just make the other person uncomfortable”
“Yeah I thought it was creepy too! Like just imagine if he wasn’t famous, people would call him a creep. But since hes a celebrity a lot of people are like aww hes so cute! -YIKES.”
“I actually found this very funny… Sound delusional, but i think he was drunk when he makes this statement…”
“iu has many celebrity fan boys, get in line”
“Am I the only one who find this creepy? This is weird! It’s like an obsession. I bet if he isn’t a celebrity you’ll be criticizing him and will ask IU’s agency to protect her. Duh. Wake up people”