Taiwan’s #MeToo: Blackie Chen’s wife Christine Fan faces boycott of her upcoming concert
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Taiwanese celebrity couple Blackie Chen (left) and Christine Fan have been caught up in Taiwan's #MeToo movement.
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TAIPEI – Taiwanese television host Blackie Chen’s wife, singer Christine Fan, is facing a boycott of her concert in September.
This comes as she continues to stand by her husband in the face of allegations of sexual harassment
Chen, 46, and Fan, 47, have denied the accusations and filed a defamation lawsuit against Chou.
Fan also defended Chen in an Instagram post last Thursday, claiming that there was only one bed in their home, that Chen did not touch alcohol at all and that she went out only five times during her pregnancy. The couple married in 2011 and have eight-year-old twin sons.
All these details differed from Kuo’s account of her alleged encounter with Chen, which Kuo said happened when she was alone with Chen at his marital home during Fan’s pregnancy in 2015, after he had plied her with alcohol.
However, Internet sleuths were able to dig through Fan’s social media posts and refute Fan’s claims, which led to further backlash against the celebrity couple.
Netizens have threatened to boycott her gig, Between Us, to be held at the Taipei Music Center on Sept 8.
Those who have bought tickets are reportedly trying to get refunds or reselling them at a loss.
Some NT$1,280 (S$56) tickets are now being offered for sale online at NT$500, but some netizens say they do not want the tickets even if they are given to them for free.
Fan’s Instagram post from May 26 to promote the concert has been inundated with comments about boycotting her concert. Others wrote that those unable to get a refund should attend the concert to boo her.
The concert organisers said that 80 per cent of the tickets – priced from NT$1,280 to NT$4,280 – have been sold, with the cheapest seats sold out.
Taiwanese media outlets also noted that if she were to pull out from the concert now, she would have to pay compensation fees amounting to NT$1 million – so it appears that the show must go on.
