Daily Lessons from Life 24 June 2011 - Cecilia Cheung responds to divorce rumours

"Cecilia Cheung responds to divorce rumours - AsiaOne Fri, Jun 24, 2011

After almost a month of silence, Hong Kong celebrity Cecilia Cheung finally speaks up and reveals details of her marriage with husband Nicholas Tse.

In an exclusive phone interview with Oriental Daily, Cheung bursts out at Tse, telling him to "stop pretending to be a good man" and accused him of feeding the public with false information and spreading negative rumours about her.

In a radio show on May 30, Cha had said that the two were facing a relationship crisis and are close to splitting up. Cha also revealed details such as the rent Cheung is currently paying - personal information which Cheung said only Tse knew.

When asked why she thought that Tse was the person behind the rumours, Cheung replied calmly: "I've been married to him for five years and have known him since I was 18 years old - of course I know what type of person he is.

Cheung said that the reason why she kept silent all this while was because of her children.

"I didn't want my two sons to grow up in a broken, single parent family – but he (Tse) did not appreciate it!

"Even up until yesterday, right before I got on the plane, he was still secretly 'releasing' information to the public. I truly couldn't stand it anymore and felt that I needed to come out and say something."

She revealed that Tse never cared much about their children and whenever he is at home, they were invisible to him."

"I told him to stop pretending to be a good man, good husband, good father!" exclaimed Cheung.

She said she could hear Tse yelling expletives next to his assistant, telling Cheung to go ahead and talk about him.

He was also heard saying: "I worked so hard to make the public have a bad image of you, let's see who the people are going to believe.""

This is a private matter really. So I am not sure why am I commenting on it except to draw the lessons that:

1. private matters are best kept private. But when you are celebrities, it comes with the territories that there will be unwanted intrusion into what is private matters!;

2. in a spat, the most painful thing to read or see if how the involved parties teared into each other. It is best left unsaid as it is private matters. There is no need to seek justice through the press as all they care is making news! If there is a need to really reveal anything, it could be done at the divorce hearing1;

3. marriage is no longer secrad. It is no big deal, especially for folks in the entertainment circle to get up and break up. And maybe reunited later. Who knows. In this day and age, we should really let such matters be a private matter. Regardless of if they are celebrities or not. Honestly, they are just humans!

May they have peace and harmony even if they do eventually divorce each other!!