I was flipping channels the other day and I noticed that Hines Ward was on Dancing with the Stars.  For the gheys out there that don't watch the NFL, he's a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers.  And that got me to thinking about "famous" guys of Korean descent that you're most likely to have heard of. 

TOP 5 GUYS OF KOREAN DESCENT THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH:

5. Ken Jeong - the Asian dude in the Hangover and the TV show Community.  Seriously, why can't an Asian dude on the screen be cool?  This dude's right up there with Andy Rooney (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles) in setting the image of Asian males back a few decades.  Thanks buddy.

4. Steve Perry - Yup.  The lead singer of Journey's mother is Korean - I'm "pretty" sure.  But maybe most of you guys are so young, you probably think the best known lead singer of Journey is some Filipino dude.  Um... No.

3. John Gosselin - Another halfie.  Married himself a crazy bitch and gets berated on national TV every week by his woman.  Then finally gets some spine to get away...  and now there are rumors he's crawling back.  What a "guy"!

2. Hines Ward - I knew something was a little off when my mother-in-law was asking how "Hines" was doing (in the playoffs).  For a while I thought she was asking about ketchup, and that my Korean was too bad to understand what she was saying.  But it's true.  The dude is half Korean.

1.  Kim Jong Il - Don't get me started on this dude...

Notice a common thread?  That's right - they are either ONLY half Korean, or they are complete jokes.  Sucks being a Korean guy sometimes.  FML.

Thank god we have some more respectable (and cute) women you've probably heard of...

 

Fortunately, the "Korean guy a joke / the Korean gal cool" only applies to famous people, and not to Korean couples you may know.  Um...  Doh!