Ella Chen (陳嘉樺) of pop
group S.H.E is licking her wounds after her boyfriend allegedly strayed.
According to Next Magazine, the singer and Tommy Chao (趙士懿), grandson of Chao Hsiao-feng (趙孝風), former president of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation, were dating quietly for a year.
Unfortunately, Tommy Chao was not so diligent about keeping his side projects under wraps. Chao supposedly indulged his bull market by escorting a “hot chick” (辣妹) in a Porsche to a fancy hotel.
Ella took to her blog to respond to fans — though she didn’t actually address the Next Magazine article. “I’m doing really well. I’m living a dream. I have no regrets. I’m a lucky person,” Ella wrote in response to comments.
Another one of Ella’s rumored ex-boyfriends, Wu Chun (吳尊),
a member of boy band Fahrenheit (飛輪海), spoke up for his
former flame.
“She’s a morally upstanding person, so if this news is true, it means this man is no good,” Wu gallantly told reporters. “She just has to be a little more careful.”
S.H.E bandmate Selina Jen (任家萱) was asked how Ella is holding up while hosting her first episode of variety show Guess Guess Guess (我猜我猜我猜猜猜).
“I didn’t get a chance to talk to her until two or three days afterwards,” Selina said. “But when I saw her, I asked her how she was and she said she was okay.”
Questions about Ella’s relationship woes ate up a chunk of Selina’s Guess Guess Guess premiere. Selina and co-host Harlem Yu (庾澄慶) took over helming the CTV show last week after former host Jacky Wu (吳宗憲) quit.
Apple Daily noted that the two have taken on a heavy responsibility. Guess Guess Guess has been on air since 1996, but the show’s popularity started to sag last year. The popular Wu announced he was leaving two months ago, partly in response to the viewership decline.
But Selina seemed confident. “We can only go up,” she said. “There’s plenty of room to make improvements.”
“Because we’ve gone as low as we can,” Yu piped up, in reference to the show’s ratings.
If everything else fails, the two can flame audience interest by talking about Selina’s upcoming wedding to fiance Richard Chang (張承中). The lawyer famously proposed to the singer during a S.H.E concert in May as thousands of screaming fans waved neon green glow sticks.
Selina admitted that she’s argued with Chang over where the two should spend their honeymoon. Chang wants to take in the scenery of Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan, China, but Selina put her foot down.
“I said ‘No!’ We can always go there later, but it’s not a honeymoon spot.” Selina prefers a romantic island getaway to the Maldives or a jaunt in Europe.
Selina still has some time to prepare herself for pregnancy speculation, but Hong Kong supermodel Gaile Lok (樂基兒), born Gia Lai (黎嘉儀), is finding out just how desperate the media can be for a baby bump spotting.
Lok, whose secret 2008 marriage to actor and singer Leon Lai (黎明) caused a tabloid frenzy, was spotted by the Oriental Sunday in Hong Kong wearing an “uncharacteristically simple” dress and flats. As she carefully navigated a set of stairs, the wind blew her clothing against her body, exposing a small but “definite bump” in her tummy.
Reports speculated that Lok secretly went off her contraception to get pregnant. According to the Oriental Sunday, Lok has longed to give her husband a son, but Lai, whose parents divorced when he was young, was less enthusiastic about having children. During a press conference earlier this year, Lai, who was dubbed one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” of Canto-pop in the 1990s, laughed off baby rumors, telling reporters “don’t believe everything you hear!”
When paparazzi spotted Lok last week, she was braving a heat wave to go shopping with friends. After catching sight of the photographers trailing her, Lok held up her jacket to hide her belly before heading into an eveningwear boutique. Newspapers claimed she paid particular attention to styles with empire waists and loose, flowing skirts.
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