Actor Lee Seo Jin can't forget his ex-girlfriend Kim Jung Eun, who was rumored to be on the verge of marriage? It's been 17 years since their breakup...

Actor Lee So-jin was startled by a mention of his former lover, actor Kim Jung-eun, whom he broke up with 17 years ago.

Recently aired on SBS's variety programme 'My Manager Is Too Difficult for Me - The Secretaries', Jang Ki-yong and Ahn Eun-jin appeared as guests. Regular cast member Lee So-jin travelled to the filming location on Jeju Island to look after the pair.

　During the same broadcast, Ahn Eun-jin introduced, "I hope there are many people here today that our senior knows. The director who helmed 'Lovers in Paris' is in charge of this project."

Lee So-jin reacted with surprise, asking, "He directed 'Lovers in Paris'?" Regular cast member Kim Kwang-kyu, noticing Lee So-jin's startled reaction, changed the subject: "I was in it too, but apparently the director didn't remember me."

Lee So-jin's surprise at the mention of 'Lovers in Paris' became a talking point among netizens. They speculated he might have been startled because Kim Jong-eun, famously his former girlfriend, appeared in 'Lovers in Paris'.

　Indeed, Lee So-jin had a public relationship with Kim Jung-eun, whom he met through the drama 'Lovers', for about two years from 2007 to 2008. After their breakup, Lee So-jin stayed in Hong Kong, avoiding the public eye.

　Lee So-jin's disappearance to Hong Kong became a topic of discussion. Later, Lee So-jin explained, "I've moved on completely. I felt relieved."

Meanwhile, Lee So-jin remains single to this day, while Kim Jung-eun married a Korean-American man in 2016 and continues her married life, travelling back and forth between Hong Kong.