Lee Seung-gi on dealing with online hate: 'I just accept it and move on'

Singer Lee Seung-gi has opened up about how he deals with malicious online comments.

A video titled "Surprise live performance at a high school classroom (ft. Lee Seung-gi)" was posted Thursday on the ChildFund Korea YouTube channel.

That day, Lee visited Sanggye High School — his alma mater — and spent time talking with current students.

One student asked him how he had coped with the flood of hateful comments that comes with fame.

"It used to hurt, and it still does," Lee said. "When someone says something unkind about you, it naturally weighs on you. That's not something you ever really get used to."

He went on to say, "I just accept it and move on. If I actually did something wrong, I reflect on it. But if I didn't, and someone is saying those things for whatever reason, sometimes you just have to let it go."

Lee added that dwelling on anger ultimately does more harm to oneself. "If I keep thinking about things that make me angry, it ruins my day," he said. "Everyone goes through something like this in life. I just get more of it because I'm more famous. It's not something that only happens to famous people."

He closed with a piece of advice for the students: "I hope you can build up some resilience and face these things with composure."

Meanwhile, Lee married actor Lee Da-in, daughter of actor Gyeon Mi-ri, in 2023. The couple have a son and a daughter.