Famous Actor Surpasses Queues at Personal Event, Sparks Widespread Reactions
Lee Jung Jae is the unexpected hit of the season, but not for a role. A viral video of the actor visiting his own birthday cafe event went viral, shocking fans when he showed up early and stayed to hang out.
The clip, with over 41,000 views, shows him casually chatting with fans and sipping coffee at the fan-organized cafe.
Fans cracked up as Lee Jung Jae kept worrying about the cafe’s business and how tough cleaning up would be afterward.
“Is this cafe’s business doing well?”
— Lee Jung Jae
“It must be hard to clean up after the event?”
— Lee Jung Jae
“It’s even more work to clean up after all this…aigoo.”
— Lee Jung Jae
He even revealed he didn’t tell anyone he was coming on purpose, trying not to cause a fan rush.
“I didn’t tell people I was coming here on purpose. I didn’t want fans to come all the way here when they’re all busy.”
— Lee Jung Jae
K-Netizens are loving the awkwardness.
Comments include:
- “Why are all these ahjussis so funny. Do they think we are keeping this birthday cafe open forever?”
- “Open rush LOL.”
- “Of course, there’s going to be no one there if you come to the birthday event as soon as it opens LOL.”
- “It’s so funny how they always worry whether business will do well.”
- “Is it because he thinks they opened the cafe because of him?”
- “So hilarious how they are always worried about business.”
- “They’re always talking about realistic issues LOL.”
Check out some screenshots from the video below:
The full clip that started all this laughter is here via Twitter:
1분 동안의 영상에
1.앉어
2.여기 장사는 되는거야?(누가 본인 생카에 본인이 오픈런을 해요ㅠㅠ)
3.철수하기도 힘들텐데
4.일부러 말 안 했어 바쁜데 다 때려치고 올까봐
이게 다 있음#이정재 pic.twitter.com/QBFvgHhkfs
— (@jaelee_R) December 15, 2025