Actor Ha Jung Woo repeatedly denied the second wave of rumors concerning his love relationship with actress Gong Hyo Jin.

In an interview with a reporter from News-En in a cafe in Samchung, Jongro County, Seoul on the 6th of August, Ha Jung Woo responded with a smile and a denial to a question about the rumors that say he has started to date fellow actress Gong Hyo Jin, saying, 'It makes no sense, haha. Not with Hyo Jin. We're just fellow actors, and we consider each other family.'

He followed up by saying that casting for movies 'Rollercoaster'(his debut as a director) and 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant' is keeping him so busy that he doesn't even have time to meet a woman.

He also quipped that he should sue anyone who stirs up these rumors without any concrete evidence.

But the rumor is still spreading. A similar rumor spread last year and died down, but the rumor has been rekindled by eyewitnesses who claim to have seen them on a date recently. Addressing the rumor last year which coincided with the opening of the movie 'Love Fiction', a romantic comedy featuring the two actors, both sides claimed at the time that the relationship between the two is more like family, not lovers.

Ha Jung Woo has repeatedly stated that his ideal girl would be Hollywood superstar Kate Hudson, who 'has a healthy and bright smile.' Ha Jung Woo was featured in a radio program stating that he 'looks for a nice smile' when he looks for a girlfriend, saying 'even if the girl is beautiful, if her smile makes her face cringe like she's crying, I am not attracted to her.' He also said concerning marriage, 'I plan to get married between 38 and 42. I'm shooting for 38.'

Ha Jung Woo headlined 'The Terror Live', which opened on July 31st, as the sole protagonist. The movie was an instant hit, surpassing the profit margin of two million tickets in just 6 days, and proved that Ha Jung Woo is the next big movie star in Korea.