After the breakout of the sex pictures scandal, Cecilia Cheung has never made a public appearance.
SingDao Daily News - After the breakout of the sex pictures scandal, Cecilia has avoided seeing anybody. Even after Nicholas Tse stepped out to address the media that he and his wife were on good terms and after Edison Chen made his apology speech to the Hong Kong media and populace, she chose not to make a public appearance but to keep low. It is believed that this is due to Cecilia biding her time for the furore over the event to die down. However, as Cecilia still had work commitments to fulfill during this time period, she had earlier went to mainland China to film a feminine products TV commercial at a time when the furore over the sex pictures scandal was near its peak. Recently, her advertising agents in China decided to make use of the favorable situation of the sex scandal pictures presented to them to broadcast the TV commercial which led to another wave of netizens stepping up to ridicule the actress.
Cecilia's filming of an advertisement for such a sensitive feminine (cleansing) product at such a sensitive time period can't be more unfavorable for her. Even though she is dressed very primly and is all covered up in a serious black outfit in the commercial and has her hair combed and tied back in a most virtuous and proper manner, these factors are not enough to prevent her from being a laughing stock. Cecilia knew full well she would be a laughing stock if she were to film such a commercial during this time period but chose to go ahead with the filming as she had earlier signed a contract with the advertising company and did not want to break the terms of the contract.
Because of the extent of the media and public scrutiny over the sex pictures scandal, Cecilia's advertising agents decided to make use of her infamy during this time period to launch their broadcast of her feminine cleansing product commercial at an earlier time as compared to that which was planned. It is obvious that the advertisers wished to make use of the opportunity presented to them during this sensitive time period to make Cecilia's commercial a hot topic amongst the public. And so far, it has been a most successful plan. The moment Cecilia's commercial was broadcast, net users criticized "Coming up with such a commercial at this time is like adding oil onto fire! However there were also those who said that she was the "perfect choice" for such a product while others added comments that are too explicit to be printed.
Cecilia and Nicholas have been widely speculated to have been facing much problems in their marriage since the breakout of the sex scandal. Nicholas earlier stepped up in his first public appearance to deny that he and Cecilia had actually divorced but did not wish to comment about rumors that he is not happy with Cecilia because of her sexual associations with Edison Chen. He also did not wish to address the concerns about whether his mother, Deborah was unhappy about Cecilia. He chose however to deflect the question of his mother being unhappy by saying that of course his mother was unhappy because Lydia Sum had just passed away. It seems that even if Cecilia had her husband's support, she still needed to gain back her mother-in-law's favor. As to whether the public can accept Cecilia, no one would have the answer for each day that she chooses to step away from the public.
On the other hand, Edison Chen, who happens to be the one person singled out as the scandal-maker in this event has not seemed to have his other career paths daunted whatsoever despite his public declaration that he would be stepping away from the hong kong entertainment industry. Yesterday, there was a report that business at a shoe shop in Shanghai which he had earlier invested in had not been affected and had throngs of young people patronizing his store.
As for Gillian Chung, who is another female victim involved in the scandal, reports revealed that she had left a message for her fans on the internet to express gratitude towards them and to admit that it has not been easy for her during this time period.
Source: SingDao Daily. Translated by Cocolove @ http://asianfanatics.net/
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