S1E7: Celebrities caught cheating! How do they recover from extramarital affairs?: Pop Vultures Ep 7

Pop Vultures Ep 7: Celebrities caught cheating! How do they recover from extramarital affairs?

22:06 mins

Synopsis: A podcast by The Straits Times that examines all the ins and outs of pop culture, be it Asian entertainment or Hollywood.

Hong Kong singer Andy Hui's recent affair with TVB actress Jacqueline Wong - while being married to his superstar wife Sammi Cheng - has dominated headlines in Chinese entertainment for over a week.

This recalls some infamous cases of celebrity infidelity: Jackie Chan, Jack Neo, Brad Pitt, Prince Charles and so on.

Join the Pop Vultures Jan Lee and Yeo Sam Jo as they spill the tea on famous extramarital affairs and even the occasional love child. They also analyse the tactics celebrities use to ride through scandals of their own making and muse on who the real victims are.

Here's what they cover:

1. Why is Andy Hui's extramarital affair such big news? (0.50)

2. Notorious cases of celebrities caught cheating in the East: Jackie Chan's affair with Elaine Ng and his love child Etta Ng, Jack Neo's 2010 affair. And in the West - Jay-Z cheating on Beyonce and how Solange Knowles attacked him (4.25)

3. Women cheating on their partners: Annie Yi cheating on Harlem Yu (8.00)

4. Roadmap for damage control after being caught cheating (8.35)

5. Jack Neo's 2010 affair and how he handled it (10.30)

6. How Asian celebrities vs Hollywood celebrities handle cheating scandals (12.20)

7. Who the real victims of cheating scandals are: 
- The enduring public shaming of Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern who had an affair with then-US President Bill Clinton (14.27)
- Sexism in cheating scandals (15.37)
- Kids who get entangled in such scandals such as Etta Ng (16.15)

8. On cheating, marriage and monogamy (17.23)

Produced by: Jan Lee, Yeo Sam Jo and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Yeo Sam Jo

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