Thoughts on Jack Neo

Well since the man in the spotlight is none other than our favorite crowd pleasing comedy man Jack Neo, and his extra-marital affair (and advances), I thought I should chip in with my point of view on the matter too.

First and foremost, let he who has no sin cast the first stone. I mean, he did screw up gloriously, and now is perhaps the worst time of his life, but hey, he’s human after all right? And as humans we all make mistakes, big or small. I for one am not judging him too quickly yet. Anyway his humiliation is already the worst punishment he could receive, imo, so what for rub salt in his wounds?

Next up. He actually told his wife that he was having an affair with a (not very attractive) 22 year old, 2 months ago.  This can be interpreted in 2 ways:

1. He knew that she was going to come clean with the media, so he had to exercise damage limitation. Might as well confess first and show his wife that he repented, so that he would not follow the path of Tiger Woods where his wife refuses to talk to him. At least by confessing he might win her over.

2. He was truly repentant.

I personally think he was truly repentant. Why would Wendy want to betray him out the blue? Unless he screwed her over (you know what I mean), and it was unreported. However, she herself said that she decided to confront Jack when she felt that he wasnt spending enough time with her. So its probably not reason 1. In any case, reason 2 holds logic, because if he was truly repentant, he would spend less time with Wendy (duh), which leads her to feeling neglected, and thus confrontation.

So at least Jack knew that he sinned, and was repentant about it and did what he had to do, instead of letting it [the affair] carry on indefinitely.

Third, Wendy has a serious character flaw. I mean, I’m truly surprised that the media didn’t focus on her, but totally on Jack. Granted, he’s the celebrity, but surely her character should be called into question too, no? Firstly, she went into the relationship knowing full well what she was going into. She spouted some nonsense (I dont remember exactly what) as to why she chose to be with him, but ultimately she knows that she would be playing the role of the 3rd party. Heck, just take the other girls who Jack harassed for example. He sends them 30smses a day, they’re young and new to the industry, but they rejected his advances. My point is, knowing full well that their r’ship is a discreet one, she chooses to go public with it, just because Jack ‘has been ignoring her’. Wow. She could’ve chose to not go on with the illicit relationship, or announce to the world what was going on, thus ruining him, but more importantly, giving herself publicity and public sympathy. Why people sympathise with her, that really escapes me. She’s not a victim, she’s more of cunning and enterprising more than anything else. For me, she has totally lost my respect, and I hope I never see her ever again in any movies/TV series.

Penultimately, the other girls who were harassed by him has every right to go public with his advances on them. Not the most opportune time for him, but he ought to face up to the sins that he has committed. I mean, its true that he harassed them against their will, and in most cases, their detriment, so it is only right that they do so.

Lastly, his wife is amazing. Wow. She is truly a woman who is not only forgiving, but long-suffering. Indeed the only person from this saga who has emerged in a positive light is this lady Irene Kng. She totally has my respect man. I can scarcely imagine what she has been going through!

Bah. We’ll see what happens in the end though! Can’t wait to find out!

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