Singer and actress IU’s surprising eating habits are currently grabbing everyone’s attention!
A behind-the-scenes clip from SBS Love FM’s ‘Yoo Min-sang’s Hungry Radio’ was recently uploaded to the SBS Radio Era-O YouTube channel.
In the video, Son Jun-ho shared a story from when he and IU were getting their makeup done in the same room for a special appearance in the MBC drama ’21st Century Grand Prince’s Wife’.
He recalled, “IU was sitting next to me getting her makeup done. Since I’m a huge fan, I said, ‘Hello, I’m a fan,’ and she replied, ‘Yes’.” He added with a laugh, “I wondered to myself, ‘Why is she being so shy with me?'”
Then, he mentioned IU’s shocking amount of food intake.
Son Jun-ho said, “It was mealtime, and IU was eating kimbap. She kept chewing for over 30 minutes, so I thought, ‘Wow, she eats more than I expected.'”
But there was a twist!
He revealed, “When she eventually got up to leave, the kimbap was still there. She had been chewing just one single piece of kimbap the entire time,” leaving everyone stunned.
Hearing this, Kim So-hyun was shocked, asking, “She chewed for 30 minutes?” and DJ Yoo Min-sang also found it hard to believe.
IU is well-known in the industry as a representative ‘small eater.’ In a previous piece of content last year, she revealed, “I think I chew about 150 times per bite.”
It seems her unique eating habits are the secret to maintaining her weight of approximately 44kg.
