Super Junior nearly broke up

Hallyu stars Super Junior revealed that they nearly split up over a few misunderstandings. On an episode of Strong Heart, members opened up saying, “We were on the verge of breaking up because of an argument we had right before a live performance.”

Eunhyuk explained, “Leeteuk once got really mad right before an Inkigayo shoot. The members continually joked around with him to the point where he inevitably grew angry. It wasn’t me that was causing mischief, but Leeteuk misunderstood and thought it was me and got angry. Kyuhyun was the one causing most of the trouble, and Leeteuk made up with him but left me alone so it made me upset.”

Leeteuk, who was listening to Eunhyuk, explained, “I was trying not to grow angry at their fun and games, but it didn’t stop so I eventually exploded. I got mad at Kyuhyun and my emotions got the best of me so I stepped outside. When I saw Kyuhyun a little later, he was already crying so I comforted him.”

He continued, “At that moment, I realized that these continuous misunderstandings and agitated emotions are what could cause our group to break up. It was only 10 minutes before the live performance, and I felt bad that I could not make it up to Eunhyuk but there was just not enough time.” In order to make Eunhyuk feel better, Leeteuk decided that he would ask Eunhyuk to say the speech after they earned the #1 K-Chart win. When Leeteuk asked him, Eunhyuk looked unenthused, and his thank-you speech was given with an expressionless face that was rather dry and formal. This only caused the atmosphere within the group to become more tensed.

Fellow member Shindong then remarked, “At that time, the person who cried a lot was me. Before going on stage, I told the members to show the audience a professional image.” 

When they won first place, he told the members, “Let’s smile,” continuing with his attempt to loosen up the tense atmosphere. However, the anger appeared to remain amongst the members, and as a result, Shindong became frustrated too. He expressed that he felt as if his efforts were being wasted. “I wondered what I had been doing until now, and then I got mad. Although we had finished our performance and returned to the waiting room. Seeing the members’ faces as we went back in made me feel as if I was going to explode. I scolded them in a really loud voice and then kicked a box in front of me. ” After kicking the box, however, it opened and both styrofoam and soda cans spilled out. Member Yesung, who hadn’t done anything wrong, was then sprayed with the shaken soda.

Shindong expressed his immediate regret as he said, “I took my anger out on Yesung who wasn’t doing anything, and because I knew that he hadn’t done anything wrong, I started crying.”

Then he concluded, “These little misunderstandings caused such big fights that it was really upsetting. After that happened, we were able to bond our friendship more tightly on other variety programs.”

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