Jackie Chan’s worst offence, commentator Vivienne Chow writes, is his failure to acknowledge or support Etta Ng (left), the illegitimate daughter he fathered with actress Elaine Ng (right). He does not name either of them in his memoir Never Grow Up. Photo: courtesy of Weibo
Jackie Chan’s worst offence, commentator Vivienne Chow writes, is his failure to acknowledge or support Etta Ng (left), the illegitimate daughter he fathered with actress Elaine Ng (right). He does not name either of them in his memoir Never Grow Up. Photo: courtesy of Weibo
Vivienne Chow
Opinion

Opinion

Vivienne Chow

Why hypocritical Jackie Chan’s empty confessions deserve no sympathy

  • Yes, the actor had a painful childhood, but why has he visited on his own daughter the abandonment and trauma he experienced then?
  • Worst of all in Hongkongers’ eyes is his rejection of the city’s core values as he bends over backwards to embrace Beijing’s ‘patriotic’ agenda

Vivienne Chow
Vivienne Chow

Updated: 12:53pm, 8 Dec, 2018

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Jackie Chan’s worst offence, commentator Vivienne Chow writes, is his failure to acknowledge or support Etta Ng (left), the illegitimate daughter he fathered with actress Elaine Ng (right). He does not name either of them in his memoir Never Grow Up. Photo: courtesy of Weibo
Jackie Chan’s worst offence, commentator Vivienne Chow writes, is his failure to acknowledge or support Etta Ng (left), the illegitimate daughter he fathered with actress Elaine Ng (right). He does not name either of them in his memoir Never Grow Up. Photo: courtesy of Weibo
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