After the sudden dying of Bob Saget on Sunday (Jan 9), scores of celebrities have paid tribute to the actor on social media, with most remembering him as a pleasant man.
Malaysia-born actor Ronny Chieng additionally took to social media to recollect Saget whom he labored with in 2014.
Chieng, a humorist in Australia earlier than relocating to the United States, mentioned that he opened for Saget in Sydney in 2014.
“When I received to the venue, the decision sheet earlier than the present specified ‘No soiled materials’.
“I received fearful as a result of all I had was swear phrases. But when Bob confirmed up backstage he mentioned, ‘Say no matter you need!’, which actually put me relaxed,” the 36-year-old wrote on his Facebook.
Chieng met up with Saget a 12 months later when he moved to New York for his stint in the Daily Show.
“Bob invited me to go watch him on Broadway carry out in Hand To God. We met up after and took the picture above,” he mentioned posting a wefie with the Full House actor.
“Over the following few years he would usually ship me messages of encouragement. I used to be fortunate to run into him occasionally at get up comedy adjoining occasions, and he can be simply as form and hilarious as at all times,” he continued.
Saget even despatched Chieng a congratulatory message after watching the Marvel movie, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings.
“LOVED you in Shang-Chi. Just watched it tonight. You’re so good Ronny. Just popped off the display screen,” Saget wrote to Chieng who performed Jon Jon in the film.
Chieng added in his Facebook tribute to Saget: “Peer recognition is the largest driving motivator for all actual get up comedians.
“And for this American comedy legend to exit of his strategy to join with and assist this younger Malaysian child whom he had completely nothing frequent with aside from an insane obsession with telling jokes on stage is a testomony to how huge Bob’s coronary heart was.”
Saget, 65, was discovered useless in a lodge room in Orlando, Florida on Sunday.
The reason behind his dying was unclear. Reuters reported that emergency responders discovered the actor unresponsive in a room on the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando and pronounced him useless on the scene.
