Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
TAIWANESE pop star Jolin Tsai has denied rumours that she has rekindled her romance with actor Eddie Peng, but revealed she has frozen her eggs just in case she chooses to have children in the future.
The 44-year-old was speaking at a meet-the-fans session and album preview, where she fielded several candid questions.
“I wasn’t even aware of this rumour. How did it escalate to this point?” Tsai said, laughing off the speculation.
China Press reported that speculation about the pair’s reconciliation surfaced in 2019 when they were seen holding an orange rose in separate photos posted two days apart.
During the event, Tsai said she is content whether single or in a relationship, and noted that many songs in her new album reflect a woman’s perspective.
This led to a discussion on fertility and egg-freezing.
“It’s not about fear, but about reflecting on whether having children is something you want in this lifetime,” Tsai said, adding that the decline of fertility with age is a reality women face.
When asked directly if she had frozen her eggs, she replied: “Yes, but I don’t have plans for children just yet.”
Tsai and Peng reportedly dated in 2006 before parting ways in 2009.
> A couple in Jilin, China, got an unpleasant surprise when they received a divorce certificate after successfully registering their marriage.
The incident occurred at the Marriage Registration Office of the Civil Affairs Bureau in Changchun city, China Press reported.
After completing the necessary paperwork, the couple was handed a red document, only to discover it was labelled “Divorce Certificate”.
The mix-up quickly became a trending topic on Chinese cyberspace after the couple shared the incident on social media.
A spokesperson from the Marriage Registration Office later confirmed the error and apologised, explaining that an employee had mistakenly used a blank divorce certificate, as both types of documents are printed on red paper.
“We’ve corrected the mistake and issued the proper certificate,” the spokesperson said.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
