HONG KONG: Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse vowed to end the confusion over the state of his marriage to actress wife Cecilia Cheung, and deal with his family matters quickly, in a statement to the media on Friday.
"Recent months have seen various reports in the media and speculation regarding my family affairs and marriage situation.
"With protecting my family members as my goal, I kept silent, in hopes of reducing the impact on my family and my two sons," said Tse in a statement released to the media via his manager Mani Fok.
"After much consideration, today, I finally made a painful decision. From today onwards, I will start dealing with my family affairs.
"Hopefully, this will quickly put an end to all external speculation and let my family live a quiet life, as well as allow my two sons to grow up happy and healthy."
Tse thanked the media for their concern but explained that he would not be responding to queries about his marriage and family matters "for the time being".
"Allow me to properly, quickly deal with [my] family affairs and concentrate on my work," said the 31-year-old actor before concluding his letter.
"Finally, I'd like to deeply thank Cecilia [Cheung] for her contributions these [past] five years and sincerely wish her well."
This is the second time Tse had addressed the ceaseless rumours about his marriage to Cheung.
Rumours have been rife after the latter's controversial encounter with her old flame Edison Chen at an airport, and veteran Hong Kong deejay Eileen Cha claimed that all is not well in the Tse household, because Cheung had designs on Tse's wealth.
Cecilia Cheung has her say?
The timing of Tse's statement is intriguing.
It comes just a day after a Hong Kong tabloid published an article, accompanied by what it claimed to be a transcript of a damning phone interview with Cheung, who is in Germany for work.
According to the transcript, Cheung spoke out against Tse, alleging that Tse, and not his mother Deborah Li whom the media had previously suspected, had fed lies to Cha in a bid to discredit her.
Cheung said there were things in Cha's report that Li "could not have known" such as the private conversations she had with her husband.
"Because he (Tse) didn't want to split his fortune with me, he did things so I was made out to be a gold-digger. This is not true.
"I don't need to rely on him! It is not as if I have no money now," said Cheung.
She also alleged that Tse is a bad father.
"At home, he treats them as though they are transparent, and never bothered about them.
"He only wanted me to have sons to tie me down, he doesn't like children at all!" said Cheung.
Cheung further claimed that she had maintained her silence so far for the sake of their family, but could bear it no longer.
"I bore it all silently for the sake of this family. I really don't want my two sons to grow up in a broken home, a single-parent household," Cheung said.
"But he didn't appreciate it. Until last night, when I got onto the plane, he is still leaking information [to the press]."
"I really cannot take it anymore! [I] felt that I had to step out and clear the air!"
When asked if she would split from Tse, Cheung reportedly said that this is a decision she would only think about after the whole thing blows over.
"At this moment, I just want to reveal Nicholas Tse's true colours," Cheung said.
The plot thickens
Did Cheung's outburst hit the nail on the head and prompt Tse to speak up?
Perhaps Cheung was simply misquoted in the article, but Tse found it too offensive to ignore?
One of Cheung's close friends, Taiwan television host Blackie Chen, had expressed support for her on his micro blog on Friday. Does he know something about the matter that the public doesn't?
Although there are more questions than answers at this point, netizens have already become polarised, with some supporting Cheung's claim that she had been wronged, while others believe it was Cheung who set Tse up.
-CNA/ha
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