Hong Kong actress Angela Yuen Lai-lam has detailed her experiences with sexual harassment over years in the entertainment industry, including an incident where an actor planted an unscripted kiss on her cheek during filming.
The revelations by the film star – a two-time Golden Horse Award nominee, including a nod for next month’s ceremony – sparked heated discussion online and swift fallout.
On Tuesday, culture editor and writer Wong Wing-leung, known by his pen name “Red Eye”, issued an apology after Yuen recounted how he once likened interviewing her to “sitting in a nightclub”.
In a 3,000-word social media essay in Chinese titled “Those Apologies That Would Never Come”, the 33-year-old actress recounted being repeatedly demeaned, sexualised and subjected to verbal harassment by industry figures since entering show business.