SINGAPORE – Celebrity couple Andrea DeCruz and Pierre Png celebrated the 21st anniversary of her liver transplant last Saturday with sweet posts to each other on Instagram.

DeCruz, 48, posted a photo of the couple in front of some ruins, presumably taken on their recent trip to Israel, and wrote: “Thank you for an extra 21 years.”

She added hashtags #transplantanniversary and #mydonormyhero.

Png, 49, had donated part of his liver to the former actress-host – then his fiancee – in 2002, after she suffered liver failure from taking Slim 10 weight-loss pills.

They married a year later and will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in October.

In his post, Png shared a photo of them embracing while standing in the shallow waters of the sea.

He wrote: “You are 21 today @andrea.decruz. Happy transplant anniversary, my sweets.”

A week ago, he shared a series of photos from their Israel trip, which his wife had been planning for a while as a pilgrimage.

DeCruz has had multiple health issues in recent years, including cervical cancer in 2017 and a brain aneurysm in 2019.

Since the transplant, she has been taking immunosuppressants, but has had varying degrees of liver rejection over the years, including after her second Covid-19 vaccination jab in 2021.

Transplant patients statistically have a 20-year life expectancy post-surgery.

Now largely retired from show business, she runs a hair salon, Cinq, and a restaurant, Tipsy Flamingo.

The comment sections of the couple’s recent posts were flooded with well-wishes, including from actresses Priscelia Chan and Carmen Soo.