HOSEOK WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER. SINCE HE WAS UNPLANNED AND OUT OF WEDLOCK, HIS FATHER NEVER REALLY STUCK AROUND. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT HE DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT A JOB TO HELP HIS MOTHER PAY THE BILLS. NOT THAT HE EVER REALLY PLANNED TO GO TO COLLEGE ANYWAY. NOT ONLY WAS IT EXPENSIVE WHEN HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WANTED TO DO, BUT HE COULDNT LEAVE HIS MOM ON HER OWN.

HIS GOOD GENETICS THAT RESULTED IN HIS HANDSOME FEATURES IS THE ONLY THING HE HAS TO THANK HIS FATHER FOR. WHILE WORKING AS A WAITER IN SOME SKIMPY GAY CLUB AT THE AGE OF TWENTY, HE WAS SCOUTED TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS FIRST . IT WAS LOW BUDGET, FILMED ON A MATTRESS ON THE FLOOR IN THE BACK ROOM OF SOME DUDE'S APARTMENT, BUT IT WAS A START. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, WONHO ACTUALLY COULD AFFORD SOMETHING OTHER THAN RAMYUN FOR DINNER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WAS HOOKED.

NEVER IN HIS LIFE DID WONHO EXPECT TO END UP WHERE HE IS, BUT HE DOESN'T FEEL ANY SHAME IN IT. A JOB IS A JOB AND HE FIGURES HE COULD BE FAR MORE MISERABLE WORKING AT A DESK THAN LITERALLY GETTING PAID TO HAVE S. AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE'd MADE QUITE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE INDUSTRY. EVEN had AN AGENT. BECAUSE OF HIS BIGGER SIZE, HE was OFTEN TYPECASTED IN DOMINANT ROLES OR ROUGHER SCENES, WHICH IS A FAR CRY FROM THE SOFT SPOKEN AND SWEET GUY HE IS BEHIND THE SCENES. HE was A GOOD PARTNER TO BE PAIRED WITH FOR AMATEURS BECAUSE He'S PATIENT AND DOESN'T MIND WALKING THEM THROUGH THINGS.

OF COURSE THE BUSINESS DOES HAVE ITS UPS AND DOWNS. BECAUSE OF A RABID FAN LEAKING HIS INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET WHEN HE WAS STILL AN AMATEUR, HE HAD TO CHANGE HIS LAST NAME ONCE. HE'S GONE BY WONHO EVER SINCE AND HAS MADE A POINT OF KEEPING HIS INTERACTIONS ON SET STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL. ALSO, BECAUSE OF HIS TYPECASTING AND THE FACT THAT HE'S LABELED A 'HUNK' IN MOST OF HIS FILMS, PEOPLE TEND TO EXPECT HIM TO BE A CERTAIN WAY. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT HE decided to do CAMBOY SHOWS ON THE SIDE WHICH SHOWCASE A MORE ACCURATE DEPICTION OF HIS PERSONALITY AND DESIRES. HE TENDS TO PLAY OFF A ROMANTIC FANTASY FOR HIS VIEWERS, CALLING THEM PET NAMES AND MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SPECIAL TO HIM LIKE HE'S SOME FAR OFF LOVER WHO'S AWAY FOR SOME REASON. HOWEVER, HE WILL DO KINKIER, PRIVATE SHOWS FOR GENEROUS DONORS.

IN TERMS OF ROMANCE, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WONHO HAS HAD A BOYFRIEND. IN FACT, HE DOESNT EVEN SLEEP AROUND. HE'S HAD TOO MANY ROUGH RELATIONSHIPS. WHETHER HE DATED IN THE INDUSTRY OR NOT, SOMEHOW PEOPLE ALWAYS WANTED BUT NOTHING BEYOND THAT. THAT, OR THEY COULDN'T DEAL WITH SHARING HIM WITH HIS JOB OR ASSUMED THAT HIS FEELINGS WEREN'T GENUINE BECAUSE HE SO EASILY TELLS HIS VIEWERS THAT HE LOVES THEM. HOSEOK JUST WANTS SOMEONE WHO WANTS HIM FOR WHO HE IS, NOT HOW HE LOOKS. FLIRTING WITH HIM WITH AN OBVIOUS INTENT TO GET IN HIS PANTS IS A BIG TURN OFF.

OVER THE COURSE OF THINGS, HOSEOK HAS DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN ON HIS CAREER IN THE PROFESSIONAL ADULT FILM INDUSTRY. HE'S GOTTEN A JOB AS A PERSONAL TRAINER AT THE LOCAL GYM AND FOCUSES MORE ON HIS STREAMS, WHICH HE FEELS MORE AT HOME DOING.

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart." - Marcus Aurelius