They left on an evening flight back to South Korea the next day. He hadn’t told her anything about the backlash he was facing upon his return. He didn’t want her to know. And so he waited until she had fallen asleep an hour or so into the flight before he opened his laptop and began writing.

To my fans,

I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for all of you. I am so grateful every day that I can work for you, to make you laugh through my variety shows, to make you cry through my songs. You have seen me grow as a man, and I hope that I have become the man you want me to be, a good man.

You know that I am shy around women. And because of that, I have lived a very lonely life. When my back was hurting, I did not have a woman at my side. When my friend Haha got married, I was so sad. And when I found out that he would be a father, I was even sadder. Not because I don’t want him to have happiness, but because I wanted so badly to have that same happiness. And yet I continued each day alone, without that special love.

You all have imagined the right woman for me. And no matter what woman I choose to be with, some of you will be unhappy. But we do not choose who we fall in love with. And we don’t choose when or how quickly we fall in love. I have been waiting all my life to meet my true love, and I am so thankful that I finally found her. I Saramida. And I want to take this time now to tell you her name, because I don’t want you to t