Remember in junior high Kpop idols presented polite, caring, loving personalities to gain fandom and sell merchandise? And those teenagers bought all of it. I thought the stupidity stopped at junior high.
But they grow up and idolize politicians who say cool (stupid) things they can quote and pretend both themselves and their idols are courageous, just because they believe they are.
I don't know how he does his current job or the previous one. But my sister in Italy complained the local station kept featuring him and his acting wasn't all that great.