Fact Check: Is Actress Kim Tae Ri Dating A Male Non-Celebrity?

Since the beginning of 2024, there have been many surprising celebrity couple reveals, like aespa‘s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook and the recent, yet dramatic revelation that actors Han So Hee and Ryu Jun Yeol are dating.

With so many new couples springing up, fans are more hopeful than ever that their favorite idol will find someone special.

According to a now-viral Tweet on X, actress Kim Tae Ri initially seemed to be the next star to be announced in a relationship, but is this the truth?

Kim Tae Ri made her feature film debut in The Handmaiden and has since appeared in numerous works, including the K-Drama series Twenty-Five Twenty-One and Revenant.

The actress has had no public relationships but was rumored to date Space Sweepers co-star Song Joong-Ki in 2022 and Twenty-Five Twenty-One co-star Nam Joo Hyuk in 2023. Even when recollecting about her first love, the actress expressed some less-than-positive feelings about the experience.

So, when a Tweet on X proclaimed that news outlet Dispatch had revealed that Kim Tae Ri was in a relationship, many were shocked and in disbelief. The tweet included two photos of a man and a woman meeting up, giving some credibility to the statement.

How does dispatch always manage to catch these idols/actors even though they be dressing like ninjas? Tf https://t.co/WtXOrJNkt0

— moonchi (@moonchi8) March 16, 2024

last year was for the divorces, break ups and cheats, now this is the year of kpop idols to get married, have babies and being on relationships. 😳
This year is gonna be long as fuck with all this people crying cause their bias is a normal person and them likes other people… https://t.co/s7SMGcRyxK

— ⭐️ (@cacaitoxw) March 16, 2024

Korean celebrities aren’t single anymore!😭

Congratulations 🤍 https://t.co/Gw81OKjmSB

— A.🧃 (@aalisha_raba) March 16, 2024

While Kim Tae Ri’s being in a relationship would not be bad, there are several indications that this tweet is untrue.

First, the two images are from Dispatch‘s dating reveals of EXO’s Kai and f(x)‘s Krystal and actors Lee Joon and Jung So Min.

(right to left) EXO’s Kai and f(x)’s Krystal

Secondly, a search of Dongttaro reveals that it is not a musician like many people reading the tweet believed, but a breed of chicken, which only added to the confusion. Dongttaro is the username of the tweet’s OP, who posted the tweet as a joke, despite the existence of a news story seemingly confirming the relationship and search results being affected by the funny fib.