Lee Da Hae Reveals What Boyfriend Se7en Means To Her

Actress Lee Da Hae revealed she's better off to be in a romantic relationship with boyfriend Se7en than for both of them to have remained friends.

The 32-year-old "My Girl" star talked about her relationship with the popstar when she appeared as guest for tvN's talk show "Life Bar."

The preview of the upcoming episode that featured Lee Da Hae showed a peek of the actress talking about bits of her love life.

"He's actually a person that I need to be thankful for because I became brighter, and I would've regretted it if I kept meeting him like that (only as a friend)," allkpop quoted Lee Da Hae as saying on the preview of the show that's slated to be aired February 2.

Se7en and Lee Da Hae, both members of the 1984ers' social group, have been long-time friends before they became a couple.

They both admitted their relationship to the public in September last year after Dispatch captured them at a hotel in Thailand. The couple also reportedly went on a trip together in Macao in April last year.

"It is true that Lee Da Hae and Se7en have been dating for the past 7 months. They developed into a couple from a friendship," stated the couple's labels.

Se7en revealed during his guest appearance in SBS Radio LoveFM's "Two Man Show" last year that he and Lee Da Hae don't usually go on secret dates together. He also joked that the media took longer than he thought for their relationship to get caught.

"As much as possible we carefully go to places without a lot of people, but we don't cover up and put on masks," said Se7en.

The singer also described during an interview with Yonhap news what Lee Da Hae means to him now.

"(To me, Lee Da Hae is a) thankful person who saw me with no prejudice," he said.

Se7en dated actress Park Han Byul for 12 years from 2002 to 2014