After the huge commotion caused by her ex boyfriend’s revelations yesterday, the Zhang Heng – Zheng Shuang issue continues to gather momentum as the actress finally responds to the many questions raised by Zhang Heng’s post. In her statement shared this afternoon, Zheng Shuang emphasised no laws in either China or the US were broken and that she was being extorted for money in exchange for keeping her privacy.
“This is a deeply painful and personal matter for me. I didn’t want this matter to be bandied about in the public eye, but it has been exposed bit by bit with ulterior motives. After reflecting on this for a while, I have no choice but to respond to the issue despite my hesitation about taking up public resources.
Our legal teams in China and the US have never given up fighting for the legal rights and interests of myself and my family, nor have they given up on mediating this case with the other party. We have repeatedly refused to give in to efforts to blackmail us for our privacy. I have also taken the lead to protect our rights as the case progresses under the US legal system.
As an artist, I am well aware of the prevention measures to control the epidemic in our country. I have not violated these measures whilst on Chinese soil and I have respected the laws and regulations when I am abroad…”
Frankly speaking, Zheng Shuang’s statement feels like she just skirted around the issue and didn’t directly address any of the concerns about the two children and surrogacy which is still considered illegal in China. However, it’s also very possible that she can’t really disclose any details since the case is still pending.
Fallout
The backlash from yesterday’s huge revelations however has already begun so it’s likely that Zheng Shuang’s projects like Jade Lover 翡翠恋人, Secret Keepers 绝密者, A Chinese Ghost Story只问今生恋沧溟 will be put on the back burner facing delays and even her return to the variety show Shine! Super Brothers will be affected. As to how this controversy could impact her endorsements still remains to be seen, but seeing how Italian luxury brand Prada just cut ties with the actress a few moments ago, it’s just a matter of time really before we see the effects.
Aside from having to untangle herself from the huge PR nightmare, it also appears Zheng Shuang now has the State to worry about as State TV network CCTV News just shared a blind item calling out the move.
“There was a case previously of a surrogate mother wanting to return the “merchandise”, then a certain celebrity who is suspected of having children via surrogacy wanted to abandon the responsibility of raising them. Even more outrageous is hearing said celebrity say ‘I can’t even get rid of it, I’m so annoyed to death!’ on a leaked recording.
Surrogacy is expressly prohibited in our country, and its disregard for life is heinous: in the preference of having boys, surrogates carrying girls are in danger of being forced to abort the fetus; if the fetus is defective there’s also the possibility of it being aborted. Bottom line, the law cannot tolerate such things and morals cannot tolerate it either!”
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rabbit
Her comments about the children are so upsetting!!! I feel sorry for the poor, innocent kids. At least the dad is taking care of them. While she doesn’t give a fugg!!! Her parents are stupid too, no wonder she has this unruly attitude about her.
Notamhsed
She’s done for
Trinity
Her response was a complete non-answer.
The thing with surrogacy, unlike some pregnancies, this was a choice that was made. You don’t just accidentally get a surrogate mother. It’s an expensive and long legal process. So this was a decision her and ZH both agreed on that she decided she had 2nd thoughts on too late into the game.
HL
She can now retire…
HL
These sums her up: Dumb, immature, spoilt Princess, self centered, heartless, irresponsible, mental issues…
neen
Her career is over.
Sally
I hope she never works again. To say such things about your own children is disgusting.
Laila
The fact that ZS has been problematic for so many years yet people just kept forgiving her and letting it slide. Her parents definitely contribute to her terrible and spoiled attitude. She needs to go get some help also bc she’s definitely not mentally stable. Also, shame on her for wanting to rid of two children she agreed to having. Why did they even agree to doing this in the first place beats me. I can’t believe I used to like this girl when she first debuted. She was so young and innocent then. What a pity. Her career is definitely up in the air, potentially over now.
Hades
She is not bright at all. All her choices up to this point are shit. Her career is over. Bye-bye now.
YMI
I don’t know her, I’ve never watched any of her stuff but she deserves all the backlash and more for being a despicable human being. If she doesn’t want the kids then give up her parental rights. Let the children come home and be raised by their father. That audio recording… obviously she was raised by callous parents so no wonder she is the way she is. And allegations of cheating by your partner does not mean you can just dump the kids from that relationship! One can be a shit husband but a good father. Those 2 things are not mutually exclusive.
faith
Zhang Heng cheating and scamming her money is one thing. She abandoning her kids on US itself is another thing. Zhang Heng and us just want her to sign those papers and let her children properly taken care in their own land. Not end up in bloody US foster home. She think her children will end up in tender loving care family adoptive 100% is it? what a moron. sign those papers and put restraining order on your ex-husband so he cant come and demand anything related to you anymore.
She and her father also need to stop giving statement already. Everytime she come out with excuse, Zhang Heng release another part of 6 hours audio record that show shitty herself as a mother which includes her parents too. Thinking that is charity to another childless couple is bloody selfish. You even think that you can use leftover sperms and eggs to have another child if they reconcile in the future. W.T.F GIRL!!
faith
…they typo are too severe. hope im making sense here.
PolarBear
This was a disaster. ZS always exhibited some mental instability from some of the reality shows she participated and really didn’t expect she would do something like this. She is a grown-up and needs to take responsibility for her actions. Having the children through surrogacy obviously meant it was consensus and wasn’t an accident pregnancy. Also, it doesn’t help that her parents doesn’t see their daughter has issues and condones her choices. If she doesn’t want to take care of the kids, perhaps she could’ve made arrangements where ZH’s family takes care of them and she can financially support them. Children are not toys and dispose them at her discretions. There was also another recording that came out where she was speaking to ZH’s mom mentioning that they can give the kids up for adoption and if there are still feelings between her and ZH later on they can always have children again cause they haven’t used up her eggs for surrogacy. Her reputation is all down the drain.
tk
i’m sorry but this is wild 0.o
AA
Both of them are not good people, the one is tricky n greedy, the other is immature and selfish, what a perfect couplr
Henry Deng
Something went loose in her after her breakup with Zhang Han. She definitely is crazy now. Men better stay away for their own good.