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'Best boy' Junho: Journalist finds NOTHING scandal-worthy on 2PM star's crystal-clear past

After gaining immense popularity for his last K-drama appearance in JTBC’s ‘The Red Sleeve’, Junho appears on the news for his reputation

A YouTube video that was posted online by former reporter Lee Jin Ho talks about the history of 2 PM’s Junho who has also made a name for himself as idol actor — Lee Jun-ho (Lee Jun Ho). In the video released on January 26, which is now going viral on the internet, the former reporter is seen performing an in-depth investigation on 2PM’s Junho only to reveal that there is not a single piece of dirt on the idol-actor in his career of 14 years.

Junho made his debut in the JYP Entertainment boy group 2PM (a part of the main group One Day) in 2008 and has since been active in the K-pop industry. He made his acting debut in 2013 with the action thriller ‘Cold Eyes’ that broke Korean box office records at the time.

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2PM’s Junho’s crystal clear record

Junho is currently experiencing an extreme boost in his popularity ever since the release of his K-drama ‘The Red Sleeve’ that recorded the highest of 17.8% nationwide viewers watching the drama on live television. Since his rising fame, Lee Jin Ho decided to conduct a personal investigation as he asked his reporter colleagues about their take on Lee Jun-ho’s public personality.

As reported in the video, it appears that since the rise of Covid-19 cases, press interviews for ‘The Red Sleeve’ were conducted online on January 3 and 4. Due to this, many reporters who wanted to personally meet Lee Junho were not able to do so but reporters revealed that Lee Junho expressed his gratitude for them by sending autographed posters to about 80 journalists. It is reported that Junho went so far as to send personal messages to each of the journalists via his autographed poster.

In the same video, Lee Jin Ho also praised the clear record of Lee Junho when it comes to minor or major scandals over his long career while also stating his relationship with fellow actor Song Joong-ki, stating that Lee Junho has been friends with the actor for almost 13 years.

‘Junho best boy’

Fans of the 2PM singer and actor are not really surprised by this revelation. One fan said, “Well well well my best boy.” Another fan said, “Junho only becomes the "evil brat" when he's with 2pm but with other people he becomes the sweetest human being ever. so proud of uri junho best boy.”

One protective fan stated, “We need to be careful... it means reporters really want to ruin junho career.” Another fan said, “I cannot with reporters singing praises for Lee Junho.” One more fan pointed, “The reporters also talk about Junho donated car in 2019.” Another fan said, “One of Junho's handwritten thank you letter for the reporters. He's so grateful and sincere. I love him!!”