Ex-EXO Member Surprises Fans With Unexpected Cameo

Tao shocks fans with Korean fluency and new sanitary pad business in surprise YouTube interview!
Former EXO member Tao made a major surprise by appearing on comedian Hong Jin Kyung’s YouTube channel. Hong Jin Kyung was visiting China meeting top influencers and business owners, and the episode ended with an unexpected interview with Tao.
Tao revealed major life updates. He said he got married and is now a businessman, focusing mainly on sanitary pads. His goal? To provide safe pads for women to use without worry.
Fans were stunned seeing Tao speak fluent Korean again after years in China. Netizens flooded social media with reactions like:
“Where did this come from?”
“He didn’t forget his Korean! Wow…”
“Oh Tao?!”
“He’s still good at Korean!”
Tao’s career switch from singer in Korea to entrepreneur in China caught everyone off guard.
Here’s the full conversation excerpt from the interview:
Hong Jin Kyung: How have you been?
Tao: I’ve been living well and I got married.
Hong Jin Kyung: You were a singer in Korea, and in China, you became a businessman, and it seems like you are expanding.
Tao: No, I haven’t expanded that much.
Hong Jin Kyung: I’m curious what kind of business you do?
Tao: My main product is sanitary pads. I started this business so that women could use safe pads without worrying.
Fans are amazed at life’s unpredictability especially seeing how EXO members’ lives have changed:
“Just by looking at EXO members’ lives, it really proves that you don’t know what can happen in life.”
Check out fan reactions below:
아니실환가한국말도하고생리대사업도소개하고 pic.twitter.com/jI18XxLmi3
— (@coowaz) February 5, 2026
hearing him speak korean was not in my 2026 bingo card https://t.co/UmzyAkaO3c
— ao ruipeng’s (@yedaminoona) February 5, 2026
엑소 멤버들 보면 인생은 진짜 어찌될지 알수없는게 맞는것같다 https://t.co/HfWrCJOPtC
— 핀도리 (@dolgolaezzang) February 5, 2026
Watch the full episode with Tao below: