Faye Wong: No third party in divorce from Li Yapeng

Diva Faye Wong denied yesterday that her divorce from Li Yapeng involved extramarital affairs or money - and said she had no plans to become a nun.

She was responding to a wave of rumours following last week's announcement that they were divorcing after eight years of marriage.

Some media reports claimed that Li was unfaithful. Others said he had been violent towards her, and there were also claims that a monk had told Wong to perform "three kneelings and nine head knockings" 100,000 times to become a nun.

In yesterday's post on her mainland weibo social networking site, Wong wrote: "It was my decision to get a divorce. There's no third-party, no issues with my mother-in-law, and no financial issues. It's not agonising. We separated peacefully.

"We are changing the way we relate with each other. In our children's eyes, we are still one family."

The 44-year-old singer and actress thanked Li for "taking all this with love and rationality" and said the couple's charity, the Smile Angel Foundation, would continue to help children born with cleft palates.