Showbiz boss Albert Yeung dishes the dirt on celebrity scandals
Albert Yeung, the founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based entertainment company Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), recently revealed shocking showbiz insights -- including actress Carina Lau's nude photo scandal, Jackie Chan's extramarital affair with Elaine Ng and Nicholas Tse's divorce with Cecilia Cheung - in a magazine interview.
Ten years ago, Albert owned the now-defunct tabloid Eastweek Magazine, which had published nude photos of actress Carina Lau, supposedly taken during the time she was kidnapped and tortured.
The businessman was later forced to make a public apology and close the magazine.
"I didn't know the photos were published. I felt wronged; as a boss, how was I to know what [photos] was going to be used on the magazine's cover?" Albert said.
He expressed that the magazine's editor had obtained the go-ahead from their legal consultants before deciding to publish the photos. In Albert's opinion, the incident was "merely morally wrong", and added that he is still friends with Carina. Albert claimed that Carina did not blame him for the incident.
Albert, who is also friends with kungfu superstar Jackie Chan, let on that the actor had confided in him when former lover Elaine Ng wanted to expose the truth regarding her daughter Etta Ng.
"I offered to be the mediator, that I was going to give Elaine a sum of money, in exchange for her silence," he said.
While Jackie did not object to Albert's suggestion initially, he later decided to let Elaine tell all. The superstar chose not to comment on her expose as he did not want to be threatened by the former actress in the long run.
Albert then commented on rumours that he had provided for Elaine's living expenses until recently.
"No, I never did. Jackie never wanted to do that, so I'll never act on my own."
The businessman also gave some insights into Nicholas Tse's divorce with ex-wife Cecilia Cheung.
Albert, who had known actor Patrick Tse and ex-wife Deborah Li for more than a decade, had seen Nicholas grow up and treated him like his own son.
"Nicholas used to be so full of himself; he didn't care much about the feelings of others. I had to give in to him, even though I'm the boss. I loved and pampered him," Albert said, adding that the actor is a lot more matured now, and is not as willful as he used to be.
On Nicholas' divorce with ex-wife Cecilia Cheung last year, Albert pointed out that Nicholas did not badmouth Cecilia, and allowed her and the public to think as they wished, adding that "he didn't even say anything about her and Edison".
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