Poor Yin Zheng. The Winter Begonia actor was forced to issue a statement yesterday telling people to give him a break after being bashed online for his weight gain. Behind the scenes photos from his latest historical drama Blocking the Sky 遮天 started making the rounds online recently, making him the recipient of some not so nice comments from Netizens unhappy about his appearance. With his hair tightly pulled up into a bun for the role, Yin Zheng’s much rounder cheeks were quite obvious.
“I am who I am. My public image is just an expectation others built up in their heads. I just wanna document my life, feel healthy and then share them with everyone.” he said. As for those calling him “ugly”, Yin Zheng readily admits he’s not good looking, however he also asked bashers what’s the advantage to them in banging on and on about it?
As for those criticising his appearance in those leaked BTS photos of him on set, “I admit it. I’m ugly, I’m not nice to look at. I’m just a super unpopular actor who just wants to act well… as soon as unflattering photos of me become public, comments such as “failed dieting” or “ugly” always follow. So please, just stop it. It’s been a while since I’ve stopped trying to lose weight so please stop spreading all this negative energy!”
At the end of his statement, Yin Zheng urged folks to still give his drama a chance. “The series is an outstanding piece. The director is awesome, the actors are all great and filming is about to wrap up. I know I’m not good looking and unsuitable (for the series). But the show is faultless and a great piece of work. I hope you give it a chance.”
Yin Zheng had previously turned to vlogging about his weight loss journey and drew attention for his entertaining posts.
HL
I find his rounder cheeks very adorable… As long he is healthy, happy and getting good roles. That is all that matters. He is not looking to be lead star in all his projects. He is a actor who loves his job. I enjoy his projects very much.
Lisa
I know being a celebrity means you face a lot of scrutiny and criticism, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay for the public to be jerks. These kind of comments could cause mental health issues. I wish we’d all just be a little bit kinder in this world.
unicorn
Yin Zheng is a very good actor and that has nothing to do with his appearance. He is one of the actors whose works I will definitely check out. I look forward to this new project.
Susu
YZ is handsome!! Not ugly. Those netizens are stupid people. I love his works!!!
Coralie
Haha I love self awareness posts like these that are more self deprecating than actually being harsh on themselves. Personally I like his chubs cheeks, so adorbs. He doesn’t have main lead looks, but his personality makes up for it and that can go a long way.
Samedi
Yin Zheng is very very good looking and also extremely talented. The picture above is just a bad photo with unflattering styling. I hope he’s not hurt from those negative comments and I’m dying for his new drama to come out after Winter Begonia! I love him so much~
Love
I am so excited!!! No trailer yet :(. I know he’s going to be great in the drama, he’s a talented actor!!! I expect nothing less from him!!!
VicoSDL
Ugly and chubby ?
Not only this is mean and unnecessarily hurtful, but this is exaggerated, he may be not as handsome or skinny as other actors, but to call him ugly or chubby is certainly over the top !
H. A
He look adorable in this cute cheeks, I always love his pure smile, he is fine actor with talent, plus being handsome doesn’t guaranty a fine acting, look all new actors flashy and thin they are terrible actors, except if some few good ones, don’t chinnese people know better