Son Ye Jin reveals why she covers Hyun Bin's face in photos

Actress Son Ye Jin has revealed the reason she covers her husband Hyun Bin's face in photos they take together. She explained that it was not an intention to hide him from fans, but rather a response to a request from Hyun Bin himself. While the top star couple continues their public activities, the explanation revealed a subtle difference in how they approach their private lives.

In a video released through the Netflix Korea channel on the 17th, leading actors Son Ye Jin, Ji Chang Wook, and Nana of the Netflix series "Snow White's Revenge" appeared to share stories about the project and their daily lives.

During the session, entertainer Jonathan Yiombi noted how Son Ye Jin uses stickers to cover her husband's face when posting photos of them on social media. "She posts photos covered with stickers. Everyone is curious about her husband," he said.

Yoo Byung Jae also expressed curiosity, asking, "Was that your own will, or was it consideration?" questioning whether covering his face was her own intention or an act of consideration for Hyun Bin.

Son Ye Jin's answer was unexpectedly simple. "I thought, 'Can't I just post it?' but (he) said, 'Ah, cover me.' So I always cover him," she revealed.

Ultimately, the stickers in the photos were not so much Son Ye Jin's choice as they were a result of respecting Hyun Bin's request. While Son Ye Jin felt she could simply post the photos, she chose to honor Hyun Bin's wishes rather than attach special meaning to the act of covering his face.

This anecdote shows that even for a top star couple, individual standards exist regarding how they disclose their private lives to the public. Son Ye Jin tends to share stories about her daily life and family relatively naturally. On the other hand, even after marriage and childbirth, Hyun Bin has continued to communicate with the public primarily through his acting work rather than actively exposing the specific daily lives of his family.

As the two have received long-standing public attention through films and dramas, their private lives have also frequently become a topic of conversation. The couple, who became a real-life pair after working together in the 2019 tvN drama "Crash Landing on You," married in 2022 and expanded their lives from actors to parents by welcoming a son that same year.

Since then, whenever family photos or glimpses of their daily lives are released, fan interest has been considerable. However, they have maintained a cautious attitude toward disclosing specific personal information about their family, including their son's face. Given the high recognition of the star couple, deciding the extent of family privacy is an important matter of self-determination rather than mere preference.

Son Ye Jin's remarks show how such private agreements between a couple function naturally. Even if she wants to post a photo as is, she covers his face if her spouse requests it. Behind an action that appears to be a simple sticker to the public, there is a foundation of consideration and agreement between the couple.

What is even more interesting is that rather than rejecting public attention itself, Hyun Bin maintains a specific standard regarding how his face is consumed in his wife's personal posts. This highlights that the boundary between disclosing and concealing privacy for celebrities is not always a simple dichotomy of whether they are active in the public eye or not.

Son Ye Jin continues to communicate with fans by intermittently sharing stories about her family alongside her acting work. In recently released content, she has shown herself balancing her roles as an actress and a mother, even joking that parenting is harder than acting while discussing raising her son.

Currently, Son Ye Jin is continuing her acting career through the Netflix series "Snow White's Revenge." In the work, which deals with dangerous love and desire set in the Joseon Dynasty, she presents a character different from her existing image. Hyun Bin also maintains his professional presence while keeping a certain distance from the couple's private life.

In the end, the secret behind the "face covering" was not a grand story. It was nothing more than a short conversation between a wife saying, "I just want to post it," and a husband saying, "Cover me." However, for a top star couple under constant public scrutiny, even such a seemingly trivial choice reflects how they respect each other's privacy.