Taiwan singer makes ‘offensive’ joke about China’s Henan province ‘scammers’ during concert there, apologises after backlash
- Singer says sorry about comment made in poor taste at China gig
- Not first time she caused offence with outspoken remarks
Popular Taiwanese singer Rainie Yang Cheng-lin stunned her audience at a concert in central China’s Henan province with an “insulting and offensive” comment.
She said inhabitants of the region “love cheating people”, but subsequently apologised for what she later admitted was an “offensive and impolite joke” after it triggered an online backlash.
According to a concertgoer, a kissing couple from the audience were caught on camera and appeared on a big screen at the back of the stage, which got the audience cheering. Yang, who could not see the screen, asked the couple to swing their glow sticks.
Her enthusiastic fans swung their sticks for her and it was then that the singer made the controversial remark that Henan people are “famous for loving and cheating people”.
Yang made the comment during her concert in the province on December 9, apologising for the blooper within 24 hours on her official Weibo account.
A member of the audience told Chinese media outlet Dingduan News that he immediately realised Yang had “said something wrong again”.