HK star Andy Lau keeps new wife indoors to stay out of media glare
11/19/2009 01:11:00 PM
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HONG Kong superstar Andy Lau has barred his Malaysian wife Carol Chu from going out, Sin Chew Daily reported.The newspaper reported that an agreement was reached between the couple in the hope that media attention on their marriage would be played down.
Andy also recently made up to Carol by booking a whole cinema to watch the Michael Jackson film, This Is It, in Hong Kong.
The cinema's staff members were stationed outside the building to ensure that the couple enjoyed the show without being disturbed.
Andy's parents and 10 of his assistants also watched the film with the couple.
It cost about HK$5,000 ($900) to book the cinema, which has seats with massage functions, the report said.
After learning that reporters had gathered outside the cinema, the couple left by the backdoor, which led to the car park.
Andy's love life has been in the news this year.
In February, he denied being married in an interview with Hong Kong's Cable TV.
Then in October, Hong Kong journalists discovered marriage records from the Clark County Recorder's Office in the US state of Nevada that showed the 47-year-old star had wed Carol in June last year.
Andy had used his stage name Andy Lau Tak Wah, instead of his birth name Lau Fook Wing, for the occasion, having changed his name formally many years ago, Hong Kong's Apple Daily reported then.
Relationship made public
Carol is a 43-year-old former Malaysian beauty queen.
The report also speculated that as the acknowledgement date and marriage date in the records fell on the same day, the couple probably decided to get married on the spur of the moment.
They are said to have started dating 24 years ago, and had kept the relationship under wraps, though there had been widespread speculation in the media and among Andy's fans that they were together and were even married.
In September Andy apologised for lying about his marriage, saying he behaved inappropriately for a public figure.
He confirmed the marriage in a brief message on his website, saying he did not announce the marriage because he wanted to shield Carol from the press, reported AP.
Andy said then: 'My recent behaviour amounts to a lie. It disappointed many people. Because I'm a public figure, I think I should publicly apologise to everyone who believed me. I hope everyone will forgive me.
Critics contend that Andy lied about his marriage to protect his image as an idol.
One of Asia's biggest celebrities, the star of Infernal Affairs and House of Flying Daggers has appeared in more than 100 movies since his debut in 1982.
Dubbed one of Chinese pop's Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s, he also enjoys a successful recording career.
He said on his website that he and Carol had married so they could try to have children through artificial insemination, which is only authorised for married couples in Hong Kong.
'I don't have any children. I don't have any sons or daughters. The children you have photographed are the children of my relatives or friends,' he said.
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