Alex Fong: I never said I didn't want a daughter!
As reported on Mingpao, the actor, who recently announced that he is having a daughter at his concert in mainland China, shared that a lot of people misconstrued his words, including the mums of his swimming students, as well as his own wife.
It is noted that during the previous concert, Alex showed a video of him and his wife finding out the gender of the baby, and then exclaimed, "I can't accept this reality. I was convinced it was a boy. This has completely shocked me!"
Alex clarified that he actually loves the idea of having a daughter, but on the day of the gender reveal, he thought it was going to be a boy and didn't want his wife to worry that he was disappointed.
"So I told my wife, 'Don't worry about me. I really like sons,'" he said.
He explained that the unexpected reveal caused him to shout "I can't accept this reality" in the heat of the moment. He also blamed media outlets for using clickbait headlines that made the situation worse.
Alex also joked that the whole thing nearly drove him to the brink of "family crisis".
On the other hand, the actor said that his wife Maple is now five months pregnant, and that he plans to be there with her in the delivery room when the time comes.
(Photo Source: Alex IG, SOHU)
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