For ARMYs, you are probably very familiar with V's grandmother - a woman who played an important role in his life. Every time she mentions her, V's heart and even each of us rise with an emotional feeling.
In particular, there was a time when V once told a story that happened with his grandmother that perhaps if she knew about it, he would be very proud of him. It's about a wish made by V's grandmother while she was alive regarding a close friend of V's now.
Can you guess who that close friend of V is and what story happened?
V has lived with his grandmother since he was very young until he grew up and started looking for a chance to become a celebrity in Seoul. During this period of V's adolescence, his grandparents took care of him and raised him in the best way.
Even when V decided to become an artist, V's grandmother was the one who supported him in realizing his dream. Not only that, during V's years as a trainee, his grandmother dreamed a lot about his success and hoped that he would become a talented idol with a good personality.
In particular, V's grandmother once dreamed that he would become an idol like Kang Dong Won. That seems to be his grandmother's biggest wish every time she saw the actor appear on a TV series.
Specifically, V said that when he lived with his grandmother, his grandmother always told him,"If you're becoming a celebrity you gotta be like him". It is known that Kang Dong Won is one of the most famous actors from Daegu - V's hometown.
At that time, he seemed to be the ideal model and also the idol his grandmother felt the best. So maybe V's grandma always hopes that someday, V's grandmother can also see V appear on TV as much, become a celebrity and be the pride of Daegu like him.
And now, V has fulfilled her dream, becoming a celebrity whose not only hometown is proud of him but the whole country is proud of him for what he has done for ḳöŕệä. Even, the person V and V's grandmother used to admire on television many years ago, who his grandmother once thought was the ideal model that V could follow, is now V's best friend.
Although very few people know about the close friendship between V and Kang Dong Won and they rarely take pictures together, in fact, the two have maintained a friendship for many years. V also went to the early screening of The Broker - the movie in which Kang Dong Won was the main actor. He invited V to come and take good care of V during that premiere.
V also once expressed his feelings about the drama and his close friend: Oh I saw the movie screening well. Ah I was so thankful and I really liked it how [Kang Dongwon] hyungnim came to my Vegas show and saw it". Then V also talked about the male actor with his great admiration: "He’s my role model. I do have a lot of role models. But he’s from my hometown".
Through what V said, we can tell how much love and respect they have for each other. V also explained why he came to the premiere, "Kang Dongwon hyungnim came to Vegas to see my concert and I was thankful so I went to his. He’s so handsome."
More than the friendship of V and Kang Dong Won that makes us admire, it is also the fact that V's grandmother's wish those years have come true. Although V's grandmother was not able to witness the moment of V and Kang Dong Won's friendship, surely in heaven, his grandmother will be very reαssured and proud of the successes that V has achieved.
