People Are Boycotting Blackie Chen’s Wife, Christine Fan, After She Defended Her Husband in the Taiwan #MeToo Saga

Last Updated on 2023-07-06 , 8:54 am

If there’s one thing plaguing the Taiwanese entertainment industry as of late, it’s the numerous scandals surrounding male celebrities and the #MeToo movement.

In particular, host Blackie Chen recently came under fire after fellow celebrities Chou Yi-Pei and Yuan Kuo publicly accused him of sexual harassment.

Since then, Chen, 46, and his wife, singer Christine Fan, have sued Chou for her allegedly defamatory comments while denying any accusations regarding the matter.

In particular, Fan, 47, has also taken to social media to defend her husband.

Fan Defended Chen Via Instagram Story

Last Thursday (29 June), Fan uploaded an Instagram story in support of her husband, whom she has been married to for 12 years.

In her Instagram story, she claimed that she only left the house five times during her pregnancy and that Chen was with her during all those times.

This opposed Kuo’s claim that Chen had sexually harassed her when she was alone with him at Fan and Chen’s house during Fan’s pregnancy in 2015.

Apart from that, Fan wrote, “Those who’ve known Blackie since he was young will know that he does not touch alcohol at all.”

Which, once again, opposed Kuo’s claim that Chen had harassed her after making her drink alcohol.

Fan also claimed that there was only one bed in her house at that point in time.

However, netizens who scrolled through her past social media posts pointed out inconsistencies in her recount, prompting more criticism towards the couple.

Netizens Have Begun Boycotting Her Upcoming Concert

And most recently, netizens have shifted their focus from Chen to Fan, who is slated to perform in her concert later this year.

The upcoming concert, Between Us, is supposed to be held at the Taipei Music Centre on 8 September this year.

 

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Tickets went on sale on 31 May, before Chen was exposed for his actions (and before Fan defended him).

As such, in light of the recent news, many netizens have threatened to boycott the concert.

Many netizens left comments on Fan’s Instagram post promoting her concert to announce that they would be boycotting it.

Others have tried to sell their tickets away for a lower price or have attempted to obtain refunds.

Several Instagram users also suggested in the comments section of Fan’s Instagram post that those unable to sell their tickets or obtain a refund should go to the concert just to boo her.

With regards to how many concert tickets have been sold, the organisers of the concert revealed that around 80% of tickets have been sold.

The tickets range from NT$1,280 to NT$4,280 (approximately S$56 to S$188); the cheapest seats have all been sold out.

Online, some people are selling their NT$1,280 tickets for as cheap as NT$500, which is less than half the original price, but some have said they would not even want free tickets to her concert.

On the other hand, with regards to whether Fan will cancel her concert, Taiwanese media outlets reported that the compensation fees for cancelling could be as much as NT$1 million (approximately S$43,437).

Currently, Fan has yet to make any public announcements about the boycott of her concert.