Chinese comedian apologises for joke that female students spend all their time making videos of them wearing silk stockings
- Yang Le apologises for insulting students at Xian International Studies University by saying they neglected their studies in favour of chasing internet fame
- Yang told the crowd ‘online celebrities face criticism every day’ – and then faced a wave of protests on social media
A Chinese stand-up comedian has apologised for insulting female students during a show at a university in the country’s northwest.
Video footage showing the performer Yang Le interacting on stage with a student from Xian International Studies University went viral across social media, China Youth Daily reported on Saturday.
“I’ve seen videos of some female students from your school on Douyin [the Chinese version of TikTok],” he told the student who was among the audience watching Yang’s performance.
“None of them focuses on their studies. The female students of your school all have made costume change videos in which they wear black silk stockings.”
Yang also wiggled his buttocks to imitate the female students, triggering some laughs from the spectators.
“Those female students are all mad. They are madly dreaming to become an online celebrity,” he continued. “Is it so easy to be an online celebrity? I tell you here that online celebrities receive criticism every day.”