Actress Isabella Leong confirms romance with Chinese actor Marc Ma on birthday
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Isabella Leong shares a photo with Marc Ma on social media on June 23.
PHOTO: ISABELLA.LEONG/INSTAGRAM
- Isabella Leong celebrated her 38th birthday with a surprise from her team, publicly sharing the moment with fans online.
- She confirmed her relationship with Chinese actor Marc Ma, 46, by sharing affectionate photos, including holding hands.
- This public acknowledgement follows her previous relationship with Richard Li, with whom she shares three sons before their 2011 split.
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Macau-born actress Isabella Leong, once in a relationship with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, marked her 38th birthday with a surprise celebration and a public confirmation of her relationship with Chinese actor Marc Ma.
Leong, who turned 38 on June 23, took to Instagram to share a hotel-room birthday surprise arranged by her team.
In the video, she is seen wearing a bathrobe and slippers while sitting on a sofa, looking like she is ready to rest, when her staff suddenly enter singing Happy Birthday and carrying a cake.
Caught off guard, she repeatedly adjusts her robe to avoid an awkward wardrobe moment before joining in the celebration and posing for photos with her team in a cheerful mood.
Later in the same post, Leong appears to confirm her relationship with Ma, 46, for the first time by sharing a series of affectionate photos with the actor, who is also known as Ma Yuke.
The images show the couple sitting or standing closely together, including one where she leans on him, as well as another where they are holding hands in a car, signalling a more public acknowledgment of their relationship after earlier speculation.
“It’s been a hectic June – thank you to my team for the surprise,” Leong wrote in the caption. “You’ve all worked so hard. Let’s keep it going. Love you all.”
Leong previously dated Li, the son of Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-shing, after meeting him on the set of Hollywood movie The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008).
The pair, who share three sons, ended their relationship in 2011. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK