Taiwanese actor Mike He is in quite a bind lately after an old interview of him saying “if his third child is a boy, then he wants it. If it is a girl, he probably won’t want it anymore” surfaced recently. After catching a lot of flak from Chinese Netizens regarding his insensitive comments, the father of two issued an apology on September 26 and also took the opportunity to explain what he meant when he made that remark.
In his statement, Mike wrote: “today, I saw an interview on Taiwanese media that I made whilst promoting my drama last year. The reporter asked me whether or not I wanted my third child to be a boy. I apologise to you for any misconceptions arising from the statements I carelessly blurted out without consideration. But that’s not what I really meant.
What I meant to say was that my wife had already given birth to two daughters for me. I am very grateful. At the time, talking about having a third child was purely hypothetical. If such a possibility arises, if my wife has to work hard one more time, myself and my wife really hope that we’ll have both girls and boys. Our two daughters too on the other hand are hoping for a baby brother. In this situation, having a boy is of course the perfect scenario, however both men and women are definitely equal. I love my family very much, I love my two daughters. I devote most of my time nowadays in being present as they grow older. I don’t want to miss out on anything. Once again, I apologise for any distress caused by my insensitive remarks.”
In 2017, Mike He Junxiang surprised everyone with the news that he married his non-showbiz high school sweetheart and that his wife had already given birth to their baby daughter. In August of last year, the notoriously private actor once again kept the news of his wife’s pregnancy a secret and it wasn’t until he posted about it on social media that people found out that their little family of three has already grown when they welcomed their second daughter.
Laila
While he should’ve been more careful with how he word his words or expressed his thoughts/feelings, I can understand that some times families do desire to have a diff gender child after already having one, two, etc. of them already.
Mariana Blank
Mike He un foarte talentat actor care vorbeste in filme doar pentru noi, are si el dreptul sa vorbeasca liber, fara grija ca supara pe cineva. Este doar familia lui nu domeniu public. Eu am un baiat si daca aveam garantia ca a doua ar fi fata o faceam . Dar 2 baieti nu doream asa ca m-am oprit la primul care este comoara mea si in el am investit tot ce am.
Dee
He does not deserve these beautiful kids. Deep in his hard he feels women are inferior and whatever are his words his daughters and his wife feels that. I am really sad when i see ppl like him.
Dee
*deep in his heart
unicorn
I think you are too judgmental and “holier than thou”. He most probably meant that they would have the 3rd child if it could be guaranteed that it would be a boy. If not, then 2 is enough. If he actually thought that girls were inferior, he wouldn’t have spent so much time with his 2 girls. He married his high school sweetheart years after he was already famous. All signs that he is a faithful man.
My friend is a Chinese guy. He has 2 sons. He said the opposite. He would have that 3rd child if it could be guaranteed that it would be a girl, to balance up his family. But since this is left to chance, he and his wife decided not to have the 3rd child. Would you call him “underserving of his sons” too just because he expressed his wish to have a daughter? Another couple tried for years to have a son. But they ended up with 7 daughters before they finally gave up. All 7 daughters are well loved, now all professionals and have provided grandchildren.
To a Chinese family, having both sons and daughters is the perfect complete family.
Dee
Yes I would. children are human beings not some accessories or addition to ‘perfectly balanced unit’ called family you can brag about. I am fully aware how some Chinese people are seeing family composition and that is exactly what I am criticizing. Either you want to have 3 human beings brought to this world of any gender or not. It is as simple as that. And yes once they arrive they find way into your heart showing how superficial original thought about ‘balanced’ family was. It really really really does not matter what gender they are as long as you grow them well. And if you think about ‘balancing’ that is saying a lot about you And yes what you are mentioning is exactly what I am criticizing and I have all rights to do so as I have had that dialogue with me long before bringing new human beings to this planet.
Witch
I feel like this is nobody’s business. Whether he wants a daughter or a son is not something other people can judge. Also, nobody knows what he feels deep in his heart, so you should really be careful with making remarks like that. He seems to love his family very much. People should just fovus on their own family instead of commenting on others.
Dee
I beg to differ. He is public figure who publicly stated opinion I find controversial. I understand he is not bad person and nice husband and father but I do think he does not see this situation well and I have all the right to make a comment. If he never mentioned that publicly that would be super rude of me to comment but he did and so here I am with opinion that is not same as yours. So what are you going to do? Shut me down?