'Queen of Tears' mania: Sharon Cuneta, Kiko Pangilinan bond over watching hit K-drama
Everyone is hooked on "Queen of Tears," even Sharon Cuneta and her husband Kiko Pangilinan!
On Instagram, the Megastar shared that she and the former senator have started watching the hit Korean drama as one of their bonding activities.
"My hubby neighbor and I now watch the lovely 'Queen of Tears.' I've told him who starred with whom in other dramas, etc," Sharon wrote in the caption.
"Bonding over K-Dramas is always fun!" she added.
Sharon is not the only Filipino celebrity going crazy over "Queen of Tears." Sponge Cola frontman Yael Yuzon said the band is releasing a song inspired by the series and Winwyn Marquez also shared on Instagram how invested she is on the story.
"Queen of Tears" is the hottest K-drama on Netflix right now. According to the streaming platform, "Queen of Tears" has been in the Philippine Top 10 TV charts for five weeks now. It also placed in the TV charts for 40 other countries.
It also surpassed "Goblin" as the second highest-rated romance drama series on the South Korean TV network, tvN, scoring an average nationwide rating of 20.7%. "Crash Landing on You" remains on top.
"Queen of Tears" stars Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won. It follows the story of Hong Hae In, a third-generation chaebol heiress of Queens Group, and her husband Baek Hyun Woo, a lawyer and the legal director of the company. The couple is on the brink of divorce.
The series is set to air its finale episode on Netflix on April 28.
—Jade Veronique Yap/MGP, GMA Integrated News