Inside Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon and Blackpink Jennie’s friendship – everything we know about Korea’s hottest new celebrity BFF duo

Oct 17 , 2021

Unlikely BFFs: Blackpink’s Jennie (L) and Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon. Photos: @jennierubyjane/Instagram, @hoooooyeony/InstagramJe

From Jung hanging out backstage at Blackpink concerts to Jennie visiting the Squid Game set, these supportive besties frequently champion each other’s successes

The two stars met at a Chanel fashion runway during Paris Fashion Week then bonded over being close in age and working in Korea’s cutthroat entertainment industry

Thanks to the global success of the hit Korean series Squid Game, Jung Ho-yeon has quickly become the girl to watch. Apart from blowing people away with her incredible acting skills, many were impressed by her stunning features – which should come as no surprise, considering she’s a well-known high-fashion model.

However, another thing that caught people’s attention was her close friendship with fellow star Jennie of Blackpink. The two have openly talked about each other in the past, and their relationship reportedly goes way back to when Ho-yeon was a runway model in Paris.

Ho-yeon and Jennie are great friends … Jennie actually visited us with a coffee truck, and I was like ‘Wow! That’s Jennie from Blackpink!’

Lee Jung-jae

So what do we know about their friendship?

They met at Paris Fashion Week for Chanel

Jennie and Jung met at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: @jennierubyjane/Instagram

Fans of Blackpink know that Jennie is an ardent lover of luxury fashion. As the “human Chanel”, she often flies to Paris Fashion Week to attend Chanel’s fashion shows. It was here where she met Ho-yeon, who was a runway model for the French design house at the time.

The two met when Jung was a runway model for Chanel. Photo: @hoooooyeony/Instagram

The two were introduced by Jennie’s stylist

The two were introduced to each other by a mutual acquaintance. Photo: @jennierubyjane/Instagram

In an interview with Teen Vogue, Ho-yeon said: “Jennie’s stylist knew us both, so we coincidentally came across and were introduced to each other, but I don’t really remember how it was when we first met back then.”

Ho-yeon hung out at a Blackpink concert, where the two got close