Gillian Chung Teary-Eyed and Worrisome - Leaves Through a Back Exit to Avoid Media

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Source: MingPao

Yesterday night, Gillian Chung ignored the 170 complaints and performed at TVB’s charity event 《雪中送暖》. She performed the song 《相愛6年》 with Twins partner Charlene Choi to help send relief to disaster victims. This is the first public performance since the suspected nude pictures scandal. It is the focus of many people. Gillian put away her happy demeanor ever since her “very naïve” statement. That statement has received criticism because she delivered the statement with a happy smiley attitude. Last night, she had a worrisome look and a serious attitude. She had tears in her eye at the end of the performance.

Last night, the charity event opened with all the participating artistes wearing a T-shirt and singing 《雪中送暖》 together. Alan Tam and Twins stood in the middle spot. Gillian had a serious look the whole time. She looked dull and wooden. She appeared surprised when Alan handed her the mic. She was wearing a red string-like accessory on her right wrist. Twins changed their song at the last minute and sang 《相愛6年》 instead. When they sang, more than twenty of their fans immediately cheered and sang along. But Gillian did not have any response. Besides slightly looking at the camera at the start of the event, Gillian avoided looking at the audience for the entire duration of the performance. After the performance, the two immediately left by exiting a back door. There were a lot of security personnel present to block the reporters’ advances.

At the same time, netizens continued to attack her and stated: “Shameless [Gillian]. Standing at the centre – thick-skinned.” Some netizens called phoned in their donations and used sarcastic names to mock her. Some examples are: “Little children’s idol”, “Very silly, very naive”, “Edison Yam (Phonetically sounds like Perverted Edison)” and others. But the names on the donation ticker only showed names like “Twins fans”.

Producer 衛世輝 explained it was normal to have fans attending charity events. Also TVB collaborated with Twins when they changed their song at the last minute from 《連帶關係》 to 《相愛6年》. Alan said: “Artistes help each other out. I believe Gillian is stronger.”

At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, TVB held a worship ceremony at stage one. Twins did not attend it. After the ceremony ended, the press was not allowed in. Twins arrived around 3:45 pm by a secret route to avoid the media. They rehearsed 《相愛6年》 which could be heard softly outside the door. Ten minutes after the rehearsal, Twins exited through a back door. During that time, TVB’s security was apparently tighter. They kept the reporters in their own area to assist Twins in avoiding interviews.

TVB’s assistant director of production 何麗全 responded to the complaints about Gillian performing at the event. He expressed that they invited Twins to perform in advance. It is a separate issue from the nude picture scandal. He said: “Twins wanted to be a part of the charity event. They hope to encourage more donations.” He isn’t worried about the ratings being affected. The most important is the total amount of donation. He believes that audience would be clear about the separate issue. Also Gillian made a statement earlier and TVB wanted to show their support. In the future, they will invite Twins to collaborate with them if there are suitable events.