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Kim Sang-hyuk holds hands at lightning speed with former Miss Korea contestant on second blind date

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Singer Kim Sang-hyuk meets a former Miss Korea contestant during a train-based blind date on Channel A’s “Grooming Class 2.”
  • He says he is pleased to meet “a beautiful person” and holds her hand shortly after they arrive in Yesan.
  • The episode also features Kim asking whether his divorce history is acceptable to his date.

Kim Sang-hyuk’s second blind date quickly turns physical. On Channel A’s “Grooming Class 2,” the Click-B member meets a former Miss Korea contestant during a train date and holds her hand soon after they arrive at their destination in Yesan.

The date follows a disappointing first meeting and uses a format designed by host Song Hae-na around the idea of meeting someone naturally while traveling. Kim boards a Mugunghwa train and waits for his date, while Tak Jae-hoon and Lee Seung-chul joke about whether either person could simply get off at the next station if the match failed.

I was happy that a beautiful person came out.

· Kim Sang-hyukHe described his first impression of the former Miss Korea contestant.

When the woman appears, Kim smiles broadly and says in an interview, “I was happy that a beautiful person came out.” After the pair arrive in Yesan, he unexpectedly takes her hand. Tak and Lee call it the fastest hand-holding in the show’s history, comparing it to scoring a goal three minutes into a soccer match.

Did you know that I am divorced? Are you okay with that?

· Kim Sang-hyukKim asked his date directly about his divorce history.

Kim chooses soy-marinated crab for their first meal, prompting Song to worry that the dish could be messy and leave a fishy smell on his hands. The woman says she has never eaten it before and appears uncomfortable. Kim also directly asks whether she knew he was divorced and whether that part of his past was acceptable to her.

Kim, born in May 1983, debuted with Click-B in 1999. He later married shopping-mall chief executive Song Da-ye, who was six years younger, in 2019. They divorced a year later. The episode airs at 9 p.m. on the fourth.

It was the fastest hand-holding in the history of Grooming Class.

· Lee Seung-chul and Tak Jae-hoonThe hosts reacted to Kim holding his date’s hand soon after meeting her.
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