Recently Nicky Wu got here in for a spot of fat-shaming by some netizens who mentioned he appeared plump on a TV present.
Probably to silence his detractors, the Taiwanese actor has posted on a video of himself doing a mid-air split.
Wu, 51, lately appeared as a visitor on Chinese selection present Let’s Go Skiing and confirmed off his snowboarding abilities.
However, his face appeared rounder and he appeared larger when he sat beside Hong Kong actress Angelababy on the present.
Some fans mentioned on-line he appeared very totally different from the times when he was with Taiwanese boy band The Little Tigers in the course of the late Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
Others mentioned he has gained weight since 2011 when he performed the Qing Dynasty prince who would change into Emperor Yongzheng within the Chinese time-travel drama Scarlet Heart.
Some questioned if it was as a result of he was carrying a thick sweater on the present, whereas others defended him and mentioned he didn’t deserve the unkind remarks as he was already in his early 50s.
Wu didn’t react publicly to the chatter, however on Friday (Feb 18), he posted on Weibo a video of him leaping thrice earlier than doing a split leap.
Several fans praised him on Weibo for his health. Wu reacted to the feedback and joked that he was a “versatile fats man” and an “uncommon previous man”.
Wu’s health mustn’t come as a shock, as he learnt judo and taekwondo earlier than debuting as half of The Little Tigers, incomes the nickname “Thunderbolt Tiger” together with his somersaults. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
