Jackie Chan's movie persona is awesome, but he actually is a pretty bad guy.
His movies are awesome. He's hard-working. Broke every bone in his body over the course of many decades, doing his own stunts in pretty much each of his roles. Admire his work ethic and overall silver screen aura. Charisma for miles. Sadly, outside of the movies, he’s not quite as lovely.
Even though he is a H*ng K*ng native, born and bred, and his home town has been going through intense changes, pro-democracy riots and a controversial crackdown on freedom of speech by Beijing, Jackie Chan is not only silent, he’s, in fact, an enthusiastic and fierce supporter of the regime.
Chan is a staunch defender and supporter of the Chinese Communist Party. Always defending the actions of his country, the official party line. Never mind recognizing the sovereign state of Taiwan or the systematic rounding up of dissidents. In terms of violent oppression and extreme paranoia, the police state China is probably the most dangerous nation on the face of the earth. A Black Mirror episode come to life that even wants to give its citizen's "social credits", routinely bans website (such as Quora!) and allows no freedom of speech.
He’s like one of those pandas China gives away to foreign zoos to promote their state, only in human form — cuddly, funny, likeable but used to defend and humanise a regime that deserves none of his support.
Jackie Chan treated his son so bad. He disinherited his son over the awful crime of smoking weed.
Jackie Chan has a daughter. He never mentions her and doesn't even acknowledge her as his own, but in the 1990s he cheated on his wife of 20 years with Miss Asia 1990, Ellaine Ng. This was during the time when the one-child policy was still very much a thing. So image matters more than your own children, it seems.
Now the daughter, Etta Ng, got married. To a girl. Homosexuality is outlawed and illegal in China. Jackie Chan never attended the wedding and could not be reached for comments by reporters.
His daughter once wrote on her social media discussed being homeless in Canada, blaming "homophobic parents."
"We pretty much slept under a bridge and other things," said Ng. "We've been to the police, hospitals, food banks and LGBTQ community shelters, and all of them just don't give a s**t."
CNN attempted to contact both Chan and Elaine Ng for comment on the allegations. Things now appear to be looking brighter for the newlyweds.
The pair were married in Toronto but have since returned to H*ng K*ng, where same-s*x marriage is not currently legal.
In July, the government announced that it would recognize overseas same-sex partnerships when assessing visa applications.
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