{"id":45501,"date":"2026-02-11T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=45501"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:41:09","slug":"singles-inferno-producer-finally-reveals-their-true-thoughts-about-choi-mina-sues-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/11\/singles-inferno-producer-finally-reveals-their-true-thoughts-about-choi-mina-sues-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Single&#8217;s Inferno producer finally reveals their true thoughts about Choi Mina Sue&#8217;s behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"107\">Imagine being filmed 24\/7 on a sun-soaked island while millions of people dissect your every move online.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"229\">That was the reality of Single\u2019s Inferno season five, and no contestant sparked more conversation than <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/02\/oh-no-singles-infernos-ha-jeong-is-impersonating-choi-mina-sue-and-its-so-savage\/\">Choi Mina Sue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"380\">Some praised her for being open about her feelings. Others accused her of playing it up for attention and branded her the season\u2019s villain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"551\">Now, producer Kim Jae-won has shared his honest thoughts about her much-debated indecision on the show, and his take isn\u2019t as black and white as the internet discourse.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"718\">Single\u2019s Inferno producer finally speaks on Choi Mina Sue<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CtwZ_H0Lj4x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CtwZ_H0Lj4x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ucd5c\ubbf8\ub098\uc218 (@minadori222)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"1127\">First, a tiny refresher on why <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/29\/people-accuse-netflix-of-editing-scenes-on-singles-inferno-to-make-choi-mina-sue-look-bad\/\">Mina Sue<\/a> became the lightning rod of season five&#8230;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"1127\">Well, she was basically edited as the ultimate \u201cwhat\u2019s she going to do next?\u201d character, bouncing between connections and keeping everyone guessing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"1127\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7377559\/singles-inferno-season-5-ending-explained\/\">TIME<\/a> even calls her the season\u2019s \u201cbreakout character,\u201d noting she became \u201cmuch-discussed\u201d for her indecision as the season went on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">Enter producer Kim Jae-won, who finally shares his thoughts on all things Mina Sue.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">He actually praised her for being \u201c100% transparent with herself,\u201d and doing that while being filmed is hard.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">He also points out something people gloss over when they\u2019re busy dragging someone on TikTok&#8230; Mina Sue let herself look conflicted on camera, even when she knew she might come off contradictory. Kim frames that as vulnerability, and even calls it \u201ccourageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">&#8220;I think she was being 100% transparent with herself, and that&#8217;s something that&#8217;s really hard to do when you know that there&#8217;s cameras and you&#8217;re on camera,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">\u201cBut she knows how to show her vulnerability. She knows that she sometimes can be, you know, contradicting herself, but she doesn&#8217;t care. She would just let it on the camera. And I think that was very courageous of her to do that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1669\">\u201cIt was really fun for us as well, when we were editing, seeing all those different things that were happening inside her head&#8230; I&#8217;m very thankful that she has been very transparent with herself. I think it&#8217;s always fun to have three-dimensional characters, whether it be movies or series or reality shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1839\">And that tracks with how she was positioned all season&#8230; not as a quiet background couple-builder, but as someone whose internal debate was basically the plot!<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"1878\">Her behaviour has everyone divided<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cu-0yI5phJQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cu-0yI5phJQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ucd5c\ubbf8\ub098\uc218 (@minadori222)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"2536\">If you were online during <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/11\/theyre-all-fame-hungry-so-here-are-all-the-singles-inferno-stars-who-appeared-in-k-dramas\/\">Single&#8217;s Inferno<\/a> season five, you saw the labels flying.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"2536\">TIME notes Mina Sue\u2019s arc sparked \u201cpick me girl\u201d criticism and \u201cviral villain edits\u201d from some people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"2536\">And that\u2019s where things get interesting. Kim says the intensity of her roller-coaster storyline surprised production, partly because they don\u2019t monitor every conversation in real time while filming.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"2536\">Translation: they didn\u2019t set out with a neon sign that said \u201cmake Mina Sue the villain.\u201d A lot of what people watching at home experienced was shaped later, in the edit, once they could see the full web of moments and reactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People literally 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