How Will You Rate Jack Neo Press Conference?
Jack Neo apologised for his actions at a news conference held on Thursday morning. He arrived at the news conference hand in hand with his wife, Irene Kng, and said he was entirely to blame and began crying.
The news conference ended when Mdm Kng started crying. As she was walking off the stage, she fainted. And the photographers and cameramen swamped to the stage to take her photos. Neo screamed at them to stop filming and get away from her.
Source: CNA
How will you rate Jack Neo's press conference? I am surprised by the contrast between Jack Neo and Tiger Woods handling of their infidelity.
Tiger Woods' string of mistresses caused a big hoohah in America, a liberal place where open marriages and same-sex relationships do not raise any eyebrows. Yet Tiger Woods is roundly chastised, the support is overwhelmingly with Elin Nordegren, and big name sponsors shun Tiger Woods negative influence.
Tiger Woods did not deny his sex addiction, proceeded to check himself into rehabilitation and finally apologized profusely few weeks ago. Even then, his apology was deemed insincere by American media and Elin is still monitoring his behavior.
So how should Singapore, a conservative society which still value marriage vows, react to Jack Neo's affair? And his drama-filled four minute "tell-all" but no apology needed media conference?
Should Singaporeans just say that Jack Neo's sex scandal is a private affair, since the wife doesn't mind and is ready to forgive her husband, Jack doesn't owe the public an apology. Also, it is too bad that a 16 year old girl is feeling traumatized from Jack's sexual harrassment and wants to tell her mom and make police report?
It is not that the public want to be kaypoh or is attacking Jack Neo just because he is famous. If someone (say taxi driver, cleaner, etc) has been harrassing a young girl with suggestive SMSes and asking her to meet up at hotels, what will be your reaction? Is it indignation or indifference?
If you are angry at a stranger, obviously, the fury will be many times over when you know the culprit to be a father, husband, Cultural Medallion winner, PBM and highly respected movie director.
I am actually upset to see Irene Kng crying and fainting during the press conference. I don't know if it is staged or not but she has definitely suffered a lot from her husband's indiscretions and it is brave of her to attend the conference. Jack Neo has a good wife and he is right to say that he is "very fortunate."
Has the recent media expose and attention crossed the line? I think not, the anger by netizens is genuine. But time will heal all wounds and the public may forgive Jack Neo in say, 2-3 years time.
Unfortunately, Jack Neo's insincere press conference did little to repair his reputation or to show that he is serious about changing his old habits. Will you give him a F or an A for this press conference?
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Only A or F? What happened to B+, B, C+, C, D grades? have we all but eaten them up in our alphabet soup? Goodness look at what have we become today?
No matter how a cheating celeb host a public conference for apology...he will never get even a PASS from the public for sincerity.
Bill Clinton, Edison Chen, Tiger Woods, Jack Neo...who got a P? Clinton? haha...
Yes, getting a Pass from the public is virtually impossible for a straying husband.
But the public is quick to forgive when they sense the sincerity in a person.
Jack Neo did not apologize but he realize the importance of it by writing in his blog and giving media interviews subsequently.
If he had apologized during the press conference, he will have received thumbs up from more people.
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