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<\/p>\nHe’s a veteran K-pop idol and his father is a veteran soccer coach.<\/p>\n
In a recent episode of the Korean variety show I Live Alone where celebrities take viewers through their everyday lives, Minho from the K-pop group Shinee spent the day with his father Choi Yun-kyum, a former national football player and now the head coach of Yongin FC in K League Two.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old idol-actor said Choi is the oldest head coach in the South Korean soccer scene with 20 years under his belt and has \u201cgone through all kinds of hardship\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the episode, Minho visited his father while he coached players and even hired a coffee truck with fruit boxes he prepared himself.<\/p>\n
“Visit us with a coffee truck from time to time. Should it be a quarterly thing?” joked Choi and Minho smiled as he replied: “I’ll come whenever you want. I didn’t come because I didn’t want to get in your way.”<\/p>\n
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After some banter and a casual soccer challenge on the field, they visited a cafe before heading to Choi’s apartment provided by his job.<\/p>\n
Upon entering, Minho remarked it was “too empty”. Checking out the place, he appeared shocked to see an empty fridge despite a functioning stove available.<\/p>\n
Even the closet looks bare and Minho asked: “Don’t you need more clothes?”<\/p>\n
Choi said he only needed his workout attire and a suit, and Minho insisted on getting more for him before adding: “Why do you and mum always say no when I want to do something for you guys?”<\/p>\n
His dad then laughed in reply: “We don’t want your help.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a separate interview during the episode, Minho shared his thoughts at the time: “When I visited the apartment, there really was nothing. I felt for him, to be honest. He must be bored and lonely there.”<\/p>\n
Appearing sombre, he added: “When I think about how he spends his time in that empty apartment\u2026 It was one of those moments that made me feel a bit apologetic. ‘Living here alone must feel lonely. I\u2019ll need to call him often.’ I had that thought.”<\/p>\n
He later shared that he felt both happy and sad that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I thought he’d kick the soccer ball with ease, but he wasn\u2019t how he used to be. I realised that many years have passed,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We feel happy when we’re together, I felt bad I hadn\u2019t visited sooner. Whenever people ask me what kind of person I want to be, I always say someone like my dad\u2026 It\u2019s thanks to him that I’ve grown up well.”<\/p>\n
Minho, who has lived apart from his family since high school, debuted with Shinee in 2008.<\/p>\n
He starred in his first drama Pianist in 2011 before landing his breakout role in the 2012 hit series To The Beautiful You.<\/p>\n
He has since acted in dramas such as Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), Somehow 17 (2017), The Fabulous (2022) and Romance in the House (2024).\u00a0<\/p>\n
In his spare time, he’s often seen on runs and participating in fitness competitions such as AIA Hyrox.<\/p>\n