Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok appeared at Sha Tin Racecourse on the 1st of this month with his wife Moka Fang and their two daughters. However, the event inadvertently sparked a 'socialite backstabbing' controversy. Kelly Liu (Keren Kelly), a socialite known as the 'Hong Kong Lin Chiling,' posted photos from the event on her social media. Sharp-eyed netizens noticed that she had meticulously retouched and smoothed only her own images, while posting unfiltered, candid shots of Moka Fang, in which Fang appeared unflattering or even somewhat awkward. This action immediately drew criticism from a large number of netizens, who questioned her motives and accused her of 'deliberately putting others down to elevate herself,' causing a major storm of public opinion online.
In response to the overwhelming backlash, Kelly Liu promptly deleted the controversial group photo, keeping only her individual glamorous pictures. As netizens continued flooding her comment section, criticizing her as 'calculating' and 'jealous of Moka Fang's beauty,' Kelly Liu issued an urgent official statement last night in black text on a white background. She explained that sharing the photos was purely to document the day’s event and emphasized that the group photo in question was candidly snapped by a friend and sent to her. Due to her personal habit of retouching, she only edited her own appearance before posting, and had absolutely no intention to deliberately embarrass or maliciously promote herself over the superstar couple.
At the end of the statement, Kelly Liu publicly apologized to Aaron Kwok and Moka Fang, acknowledging her own negligence and admitting that she failed to fully consider the potential negative impact unedited images could have on others. She praised Aaron Kwok and Moka Fang for looking wonderful that day and promised to be more careful with photos in the future. However, this argument of 'negligence' failed to calm the public outrage. Many netizens remained unconvinced, continuing to sarcastically comment that she was being insincere and even mockingly suggesting she could become a 'photo editing tutorial expert.' The controversy over photo retouching among the socialites thus continues to linger.
Source: China Times