BTS Reveals To Ellen DeGeneres That They Learned to Speak English By Watching ‘Friends’

During their
appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Monday, boy-band
sensation, BTS revealed they learned how to speak English by watching
“Friends.”

“You speak English,
right?,” Ellen questioned the K-pop group. “You taught yourself
English?”

“Actually my English teacher was a sitcom… ‘Friends,'” RM, the
group’s leader revealed to Ellen

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“Back in the day when I
was like 15, 14, it was quite like a syndrome for all the Korean parents to
make their kids watch the ‘Friends.’ So yeah, I thought I was kind of like a
victim at the time, but right now I’m the lucky one. So thanks to my mother,
she bought me all of the seasons’ DVDs,” RM said. 

“Firstly, I watched with
the Korean subtitle and then next time I watched with the English subtitle and
then I just removed it,” RM explained to the 59-year-old talk show
host.    

Naturally, after Ellen
learned about their “Friends” connection, she surprised BTS with tons
of souvenirs from the hit show. 

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Maybe BTS’ next songs will be
called “We were on a break!” or “How you doin’?” 

— Kevin Zelman