Brands abandon Chinese-American singer Wang Leehom after ex-wife’s exposition

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Brands abandon Chinese-American singer Wang Leehom after ex-wife’s exposition of his extramarital affairs

After Chinese-American singer-songwriter Wang Leehom, who had been praised as a "high-quality idol" for years, was exposed by his ex-wife for having extramarital affairs, emotionally abusing her and soliciting prostitutes, among other unethical behavior, overnight, he has been dropped as spokesperson by several brands and is under fierce criticism from netizens. 

Late Friday night, Wang's ex-wife Li Jinglei posted a long article on Sina Weibo, in which she said that Wang was cheating on her, transfered marital property, had affairs with married people and emotionally abused her to force her to divorce.

Li's article made a big splash the minute it was posted on social media. As of press time, the article has received 6.61 million likes on Weibo. Thousands of netizens joined the discussion over the topic with many joking that the Oscar owes Wang a statuette for he had played as "high-quality idol" for so many years. 

After the debut in 1995, Wang has won numerous fans for his charming face, innovative music and the image he and his company have built as an "idol of high quality" - with few scandals.

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