'I’m in love with China’: Singapore actress Eleanor Lee denies making derogatory comments about Chinese people


There has been talk that Eleanor Lee was removed from the cast list of an upcoming Chinese period drama, The Journey Of Legend. -- PHOTO: ELEANOR LEE/WEIBO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Home-grown actress Eleanor Lee has broken her silence on an online storm related to the release of an audio recording, denying that she had made derogatory comments about people in China.

“I’m sorry to have caused so much controversy and taken up public resources,” the 25-year-old China-based star wrote on her social media platforms, including Weibo, Instagram and Facebook, on May 10. “I was very shocked when I heard the recording. This was definitely not what I said.”

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