Han Seo-hee, '31-year-old liar' scandal.. Full story of fake romance, $2 million boyfriend stand-in? [Star Issue]

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Influencer Han Seo-hee (31), formerly an idol trainee, has become the center of controversy over a staged "dating rumor."

Recently, Han Seo-hee posted a selfie with a foreign man on social media, sparking a self-created dating rumor. She later publicly stated, "Thank you for your interest in my boyfriend, but please stop spreading strange rumors. He is a normal person. Please view him kindly," seemingly admitting to the relationship.

However, Han Seo-hee quickly retracted her statement, claiming she had no boyfriend and that the post was merely content for an advertisement on a fortune-telling website. It turned out she had acted as if she were in a romantic relationship. Despite causing widespread outrage online with the fake dating rumor, she calmly continued promoting the site by saying, "If you're curious about your future, use this site."

Netizens responded with criticism, with one commenting, "If they hadn't been caught renting a boyfriend, they would have kept pretending to be in a relationship. Cheers."

In response, Han Seo-hee offered an explanation: "You're saying I wasn't paid? I was so grateful that he readily agreed that I treated him to a meal. Please stop this."

However, even this explanation has been met with suspicion of lying. The identity of the foreign man was revealed to be model Arthur Moreno, and his fee for collaborating on advertising content was also exposed. Moreno's profile is listed on an overseas platform connecting brands with influencers, making it possible to verify this information.

Moreno, who has 300,000 Instagram followers, is charged $335 per photo feed post, $450 for three stories, and $675 for a reel.

Given that Moreno is a professional model with confirmed rates, netizens speculated that Han Seo-hee may have also hired him through the same platform.

Netizens expressed disbelief, commenting phrases such as "How far will you go?", "Truly impressive," "I can't imagine how embarrassed she must feel to show her face in public—she's amazing," "What is this?", and "She lies about everything."

Meanwhile, Han Seo-hee first gained recognition by appearing on MBC's 2012 audition program "The Great Birth 3." However, in 2016, she was sentenced to three years in prison with a four-year probation period for smoking marijuana alongside T.O.P from the group BIGBANG. During her probation period in 2021, she was caught using methamphetamine and received a one-year-and-six-month prison sentence. In 2022, she was additionally sentenced to six months in prison for a third drug-related offense, served her time, and was released in November 2023.

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