By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-02 06:01:22 | Updated at 2025-01-04 18:45:39
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The recent announcement that famous Chinese actress Vicki Zhao Wei had divorced her husband Huang Youlong years ago has sparked a heated discussion on why she revealed the news at the time she did.
The 48-year-old star who was a household name in China and was dubbed a “national Goddess”, due to the popularity of TV drama series My Fair Princess in which she starred.
Zhao was effectively blacklisted for “having misdeeds” by the Chinese authorities in 2021, with all the TV series and films she took part in being removed from the internet.
On December 28, Zhao shared a post about her divorce from the China-born Singaporean businessman Huang on a social media platform where she has 84 million followers.
“I officially divorced Mr Huang many years ago. Our marriage ended legally a long time ago. Any issues, speculation and news reports related to him have nothing to do with me,” said Zhao.
She continued by saying: “I urge the concerned parties to recognise this reality and to avoid dragging me into unfounded allegations or reports.”
