Nam Gyu-ri is taped down

We’ve seen Hollywood stars use breast tape, but feet tape?

This is new.

Seeya’s Nam Gyu-ri tapes her feet into her shoes for safety.   A spokesperson from her management company confirmed that tape was used to prevent accidents from happening. You know, the kind of accident when a shoe comes flying off and hitting someone on the head!

Nam Gyu-ri’s shoe tape was spotted at her performance for the Mnet M-countdown on July 24th 2008 and the next night at the press conference for her new horror flick, “Death Bell(고사).

Death Bell opens nationwide in Korea on August 7th 2008.

77 Responses to “Nam Gyu-ri is taped down”


  1. 1 oluchi August 3, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    btw popseoul, i love the new banner. it’s so ‘in your face.’ love it.

  2. 2 kelly August 3, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    no matter how high the heel is, shoes won’t come off if it fits your foot. maybe her stylist should just get her the right size shoes…

  3. 3 pandoracat August 3, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    HUH?
    strange…
    how would she untape the tape later hen?
    it must hurt her skin very much…
    still..
    s~t~r~a~n~g~e

  4. 4 anna August 3, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    That’s interesting…
    I really like that blue dress.

  5. 5 suyo2 August 3, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    who cares? it’s hard to dance with heels.

  6. 6 teabag August 4, 2008 at 12:31 am

    Forget the tape on her shoes,

    we can already see her panties.

  7. 7 JaeHeeJun August 4, 2008 at 2:13 am

    ^lols…that’s what I was going to say…
    I was like there’s nothing wrong with taping it but when I saw her pantis…I’m just O.o

  8. 8 sara August 4, 2008 at 8:04 am

    thats stupid..its too noticeable

  9. 9 liz August 4, 2008 at 9:07 am

    i know the taping is for safety concerns and blah, blah…

    but what’s the point of wearing fab shoes if you’re gonna yuck it up with tape?

    i would’ve rather let her wear comfortable-FITTING shoes/heels that she could move around easier with.

    i never heard of beyonce or any of those other divas ‘taping’ their feet (at least not tackily like that). so what the heck??

  10. 10 Korean Ajusshi August 5, 2008 at 2:02 am

    Make that “former Seeya”, because I think she quit the group – at least unofficially.

  11. 11 errr August 5, 2008 at 6:45 am

    That’s just stupid. Safty reasons my arse. If you’re so concern with safty, wear shoes with strap. I guess it’s okay to look tacky with taped shoes when you’re a star. Try pulling that in real life. I’m mean it’s not like her dances required her to whip her feet up, like some salsa dancing type.

  12. 12 errr August 5, 2008 at 6:47 am

    and to “Nick” her panties are showing…are you talking about covering her upper body? LOL!

  13. 13 J. LT August 5, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    It’s normal, especially for female dancers to either use tape (cheap method) or clear bands when wearing heels to dance.

  14. 14 lovergirl September 12, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    ya for her own safety..but i think its cute.. at first when i read this article i laugh.. i think its funny but its cute too..

  15. 15 ^_^ July 16, 2009 at 3:12 am

    3rd picture…her arms look so muscular…lol…

  16. 16 anon July 16, 2009 at 9:15 am

    i understand for performances but why for a press conference? she’s just walking around and standing isn’t she? or does she plan on doing some acrobatics to garner interest? was her underwear showing not enough?

  17. 17 rainymondays July 16, 2009 at 9:42 am

    So tacky. Why doesn’t she tape her dress to her thighs while she’s at it?

  18. 19 Akamekraze July 16, 2009 at 11:13 am

    She’s smart like that XD

    If Seohyun of SNSD did that, her shoe probably wouldn’t have fallen off! haha! XD

  19. 20 youbun7 July 16, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    If you have seen the live performance of SNSD several days ago in the “mud festival” you could see both Taeyeon and SeoHyun lose their high heels during the performance of “Tell me your wish”

    So it’s a common thing you know

  20. 21 LALA July 16, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Just wondering, are seo hyun’s shoes louboutins?

  21. 22 ShadowLady86 July 17, 2009 at 1:31 am

    See, they wouldnt have that problem if they would just wear shoes their size and not 2 sizes too big smh. i mean, i love asian girls (lol imma girl) but i notice alot of them like to wear shoes too big for their feet. there is nothing wrong with havin a size 5 or 6 shoe size (even though mine is 8) lol. just wear the right size and you’ll be fine.

  22. 23 ShadowLady86 July 17, 2009 at 1:32 am

    ugh i meant to say mine is a 8

  23. 24 limoncello July 17, 2009 at 7:37 am

    Oh…tape makes sense…Well sometimes even a close to perfect fitting shoe will come loose if you’re doing something a little more active like performing or running to catch a train or something like that. And face it..feet can sweat too and change form throughout the day. I think she can dance with more energy without worrying that her shoe will slip off in weird way and she falls.

  24. 25 Marie October 5, 2009 at 5:33 am

    Simple and effective solution.


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