{"id":167677,"date":"2025-12-04T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167677\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:17:09","slug":"bts-member-jung-kooks-unexpected-im-living-with-a-friend-confession-sparks-global-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167677\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS member Jung Kook&#8217;s unexpected \u2018I&#8217;m living with a friend&#8217; confession sparks global buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ec510282-6876-4679-b3c6-8c82bf7fe0b0.jpg\" style=\"display:block;width:740px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:740 \/ 592\" alt=\"BTS member Jung Kook \/ Xportsnews, captured from Jung Kook's livestream\"   decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"740\" height=\"592\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS member Jung Kook \/ Xportsnews, captured from Jung Kook&#8217;s livestream<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BTS member Jung Kook is going viral once again after casually revealing during a livestream that he has been living with a childhood friend \u2014 a moment fans say perfectly captures his unfiltered, everyday charm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Jung Kook went live on Weverse on Dec. 3, continuing his recent streak of cooking and late-night chats with fans. Ahead of the broadcast, he had teased plans to make curry doenjang (fermented bean paste) pasta from his home kitchen. But it was an unexpected voice off-camera that instantly set social media alight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">While cooking, Jung Kook turned to someone in the room and asked, \u201cWhat time did you sleep yesterday?\u201d A man replied, \u201cOne? Two? Today\u2019s my day off.\u201d When fans began flooding the chat with questions, Jung Kook laughed and said, \u201cThe friend I live with is a friend from Busan. I\u2019ve known him since kindergarten. We\u2019re close enough to tell each other to shut up every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The friend, caught off guard, said, \u201cWhen did I ever say that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">That reaction became an instant meme among fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">After finishing the dish, Jung Kook joked that he regretted using pasta noodles instead of udon but added, \u201cIt tastes good. I thought curry and doenjang would go well together.\u201d He then asked his housekeeper, \u201cAuntie, you don\u2019t have rice, right? Just half of half a bowl,\u201d before mixing the remaining sauce with rice and launching into a full mukbang.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/19f3fa39-c6d2-492c-9aec-85a6c13a459b.jpg\" style=\"display:block;width:740px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:740 \/ 1036\" alt=\"BTS' Jung Kook \/ Captured from Jung Kook's livestream\"   decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"740\" height=\"1036\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS&#8217; Jung Kook \/ Captured from Jung Kook&#8217;s livestream<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Fans around the world expressed surprise that one of the most globally influential K-pop idols is living with a childhood friend he has known since kindergarten. Korean users in particular highlighted the irony \u2014 that despite BTS\u2019 fame and wealth, Jung Kook maintains a lifestyle rooted in old friendships and ordinary routines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Jung Kook has long been known for his home cooking content, where he regularly shares self-crafted recipes. His recent livestreams have continued to showcase his \u201ccooking master\u201d persona, paired with relaxed conversations that fans say feel unusually intimate for a superstar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">As the globally beloved idol continues to reveal these down-to-earth moments, fans say they are \u201cfalling for him all over again,\u201d turning Jung Kook\u2019s everyday life into yet another trending topic across social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS member Jung Kook \/ Xportsnews, captured from Jung Kook&#8217;s livestream BTS member Jung Kook is going viral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-167677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}