Actor's affair apology breaks online record

A Chinese actor's very public apology to his wife over an affair has become the biggest post of all time on social media networking site Weibo - China's version of Twitter.

Chinese film and television star Wen Zhang had been married to fellow actress Ma Yili for eight years.

Recently, rumours regarding his infidelity went into overdrive after pictures surfaced showing him on a 'date' with his female co-star, Yao Di.

Instead of dealing with the issue behind closed doors, Mr Wen took to Weibo to apologise to his wife.

"Everything was destroyed by me,” he wrote. “I have brought this upon myself. Please accept my heart-felt apology and remorse. My mistake does not deserve to be forgiven, and it will be difficult for me to make amends for all the harm I've caused."

The extremely open nature of his apology sent shockwaves through the network and has so far been shared more than 1.2m times and received nearly two million comments.

Many of the comments criticised Mr Wen for his "hypocrisy".

One user writing: "[You] deceived all of us. He gained popularity by presenting himself as a good man and a good dad. But he has now turned out to be a hypocrite."

The topic of the affair even trended above missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Keeping with the trend, Ms Ma decided to respond to her husband online, writing: "Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished."

Unsurprisingly, her message has also amassed more than a million comments.

Source: BBC

Author: Natasha Lee, Approvig editor: Matthew Henry