Bad-boy singer-actor Steven Cheung thanks new bride and mother of his baby

Hong Kong celebrity Steven Cheung Chi-hang has married Au Man-man, the mother of his three-month-old son. The former member of pop duo Boyz announced the news on Instagram, adding another chapter to a year in which the singer has faced intense scrutiny over his personal life.

Cheung, 34, shared an image of himself and Au kissing with his 86,000 followers after registering their union on Sunday, and wrote of his nervousness about his special day and thanked his new wife for her “generosity” and for having “tolerated me all the time”.

The post on Tuesday marked Cheung’s return to social media after a month’s absence. It has been a rocky year for the singer-turned-actor, who last month was embroiled in a cheating scandal involving four women – Hong Kong actress April Leung Ho-yan and three women who gave a joint interview to local news outlet HK01 saying Cheung had been sleeping with them.

At the end of July, Cheung revealed he was getting married to Au, 28, and that the pair were celebrating 100 days since the birth of their son. The news came as a shock to his girlfriend Leung, whom he has dated since 2016 and who wrote: “What about me? Don’t you think you have something to say to me?” on his Instagram post.

Leung is a model and actress who starred in the Cantonese-language 2016 indie romantic comedy Love Stalk.

Lambasted by several Chinese-language Hong Kong media publications, which used a phrase that loosely translates as “the worst man of the century’’, Cheung has spent the summer swearing he will make amends and devote himself to his new wife. He admitted he had been struggling with sex addiction and made a public apology for his “evil behaviour”, Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily reported. In making his apology, Cheung acknowledged he “will not be forgiven”.