A YouTube content creator who spent 14 years following a strict vegan diet went viral after sharing an emotional video of herself eating steak for the first time since adopting veganism, with viewers praising not just her reaction but the unwavering support shown by her husband throughout the experience.
Love Soo, who posts about food and Korean cuisine to her 577,000 YouTube subscribers, recently announced that she was ending her vegan lifestyle. Since making that announcement, she has shared multiple videos documenting her reactions to trying various non-vegan foods, including eggs and spiced fried fish at a restaurant, where she remarked that she now understood why people become pescatarian. But the pivotal moment came when she tackled one of the most symbolic foods opposite to veganism: a steak.
In the viral video, Love Soo can be seen preparing to eat the meat alongside her husband, who cooked the piece of steak for her. As she held the steak on a fork, visibly nervous and shaking, she expressed her anxiety about taking that first bite. “Guys, I’m really nervous,” she said. Holding a piece on her fork, she added: “People said bad things to me because I was vegan, it doesn’t make sense.”
Her husband responded to her nervousness with playful support, even joking about how nervous he was in comparison to her. Once the steak was cooked to a medium-rare consistency, he let it rest, garnished it with garlic, and served it to her on a wooden platter. Throughout the process, he remained by her side, offering encouragement.
When Love Soo finally took her first bite, she began crying almost immediately. “It tastes so good,” she said through tears, surprised by the tenderness and flavor. She had expected the meat to taste bad and gamey but was proven wrong. After taking a second bite with the garlic, she broke down in tears of joy once more, continuing to emotionally praise the flavor and texture of the steak.
The video gained significant traction online, accumulating 20 million views. However, while viewers were moved by Love Soo’s emotional response to the steak, much of the internet’s attention focused on her husband’s behavior throughout the video. Social media users praised him for his supportive demeanor, with some commenting that his kindness exemplified an ideal relationship. “May this kind of love find me; I love how supportive he is,” one viewer wrote on social media. Others commented on the discipline required to maintain a vegan diet for so long, with one noting: “I always respect vegans when I meet them; it takes a lot of discipline, honestly.”
In subsequent videos, Love Soo explained her decision to end her vegan lifestyle in greater detail. She revealed that she had craved meat throughout her 14 years of veganism but felt she had to say goodbye to certain foods despite those cravings. “If you guys do follow me for my vegan content you’re going to be very disappointed, and I’m sorry,” she told her followers.
Health considerations played a significant role in her dietary shift. Love Soo explained that her vegan diet had lacked sufficient protein and that she had not liked many of the popular vegan protein sources. “There are many many reasons why I decided to eat meat,” she said. “One of them was I just recently started working out because I was dealing with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. I’ve been trying to fight this, I’ve learned along the way that the best way to fight this is for you to start building muscle.”
For 14 years prior, her diet had been very high in carbohydrates and, toward the end, high in both fat and carbohydrates with virtually no protein. She noted that because she disliked beans, tofu had been her only protein option for years. Reintroducing meat offered her the nutritional support she felt she needed as she worked through her mental health challenges and her fitness goals.
The decision to end her veganism has generated mixed reactions from her audience. Some followers expressed disappointment, with comments indicating they were unfollowing her account in response to her eating meat again. Others, however, praised her right to make her own choices. “Her life, her choice and we must respect her decision,” one supporter wrote. The reactions reflect broader conversations about dietary choices, personal autonomy, and how people support or judge those whose lifestyles differ from their own.
Her transition back to eating meat marks a significant chapter in her content creation journey, one that has clearly resonated with millions of viewers worldwide, not necessarily for the steak itself, but for the glimpse it provided into the deep support between a husband and wife navigating a major life change together.