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Mediacorp's Ah Jie Zoe Tay Reveals How She Turned Her Heart Of Tofu Into Steel At The Age Of 19
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Byelaine.kiewon11 Jan 2019

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The 'ah jie' (big sister) title in Singapore do not come easy. In fact, it often comes with a challenging price that can either make or break the person... but we are glad to see veteran actress Zoe Tay make it through it all.
In a recent interview with Toggle, 50-year-old Zoe Tay cleared up rumours of her alleged retirement and shed some light on the malicious (and hurtful) ones she had received over the past few decades.
A Throwback To 1991
Speaking to Toggle, Zoe Tay recalled:

"The first time it happened was shortly after I finished filming the 1991 drama Pretty Faces in which I played a materialistic character. Maybe it was also because I liked buying branded goods that people started gossiping about me. The rumours got more ridiculous and it carried on for years."

"Zoe Tay Is A Kept Woman"

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Just when we thought things could not get worse, Zoe revealed there were rumours of her being a kept woman. In case you are wondering what a kept woman is, it refers to a woman who is being supported by a wealthy (and usually, older) man.

"I was only 19 or 20 when they started saying that I was a kept woman. When it happened, I was really upset. It did not affect just me but everyone at home as well. Everyone started looking at me differently and were judging me. I felt very wronged, cried a lot and could not believe that even my 'good friends' questioned the truth. I remember thinking to myself: if they are my true friends, they would not believe the rumours at all."

Zoe was hurt but after these episodes, she learned to not let what others say affect her.

"These days, I think of it this way– as an actor, you will always be judged by others but so what? What's most important is the way view yourself. But of course, you can't think too highly of yourself too. You just have to find the right balance and deal with the negative energy appropriately."

Photo from Toggle
Another major rumour that went on about her was her alleged divorce with her husband of 18 years. Zoe's manager told her "people are saying that you're getting a divorce" but instead of crying about it, Zoe recalled that she took things in her stride and responded: "Okay, let them say what they want."

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"I was someone who bore grudges and wouldn't forgive others but after some time, I learned that things don't work this way and I had to learn to accept, forgive and yet at the same time, remember to be kind to myself and don't others step all over me."
Who knew even our famous ah jie would have to face such emotional turmoil?
If you feel inspired by Zoe Tay's fight against malicious rumours, share this with someone and let them know the importance of standing up for yourself. x
Photos: Toggle, Zoe Tay
Text by: GirlStyle SG

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Zoe Tay gets candid about past malicious rumours

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BY LEE WEI LIN
09 JAN 2019 10:31
UPDATED 27 DEC 2019 12:16
The veteran actress says past experiences have helped turn her heart of “tofu into steel”

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Photos: Lee Wei Lin, Zoe Tay/Instagram
You might have heard about the false rumours of Zoe Tay retiring just before Christmas – an issue that she quickly addressed on her social media platforms.

At the time, the actress was happily vacationing in Japan and was taken aback by the speculation. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated,” she wrote in her Instagram post soon after the rumours started, accompanied with the hashtags “#WhoCreatedThisFakeNews #I’mOnVacation #PleaseDon’tFallForIt #Don’tBeFooled”.
Now, she’s back to reality and working on her next project, a cameo-turned-not-so-cameo role in Taiwan-Singapore drama co-production All Is Well, in which she plays a chicken rice seller married in reel-life to her real-life BFF, Chen Hanwei. She was originally slated to have a cameo role, but the script has grown to include hers and Hanwei’s story arc after discussion with the production team.
In an interview with Toggle during her imaging session, Zoe explained with a shrug that malicious rumours didn’t affect her holiday, and that she’s learned how to deal with them in her own way.
“The first time it happened, it was shortly after I finished filming 1991 drama Pretty Faces. My character in the drama was really materialistic, and maybe because I like buying branded goods, people started gossiping about me. The rumours got more and more ridiculous and this carried on for years,” she shared.
“I was only 19 or 20 when they started saying that I was a kept woman. When it happened, I was really upset. Not only did it affect me, but everyone at home as well. It felt like everyone was looking at me differently and judging me, so I felt very wronged and cried a lot. Even among my good friends, there were some who asked if it was true, and to me, you aren’t a good friend if you believe the rumours at all.”
The second major rumour about her was that she was going through a divorce with her husband. Her manager told her, “Hey, people are saying that you’re getting a divorce”, but this time, instead of crying about it, she took it in her stride and responded, “Okay, let them say what they want.”

That’s why this time around, when retirement rumours began circulating, she dealt with it with the same mindset. “I got so hurt during the first time that my heart was turned from tofu to steel,” Zoe laughed.
She continued, “These days, I think of it this way – as an actor, you’re always judged by others, but what about it? It’s how you judge yourself that is important. At the same time, you can’t think of yourself too highly. It’s how you deal with negative energy and finding the balance that is important.”
“I was someone who bore grudges and wouldn’t forgive others. In the end, I learned that it wasn’t the way and I had to learn to accept, forgive, and remember,” the 50-year-old added. “Instead of letting others take others take advantage of you, just like my campaign, you can say no to it.”
That isn’t the only thing that she’s picked up over the years, as she’s come to find out that the way she communicates with the people around her is equally important.
“People used to think that I’m very strong-willed because of the way I spoke,” Zoe admitted. “For example, if I don’t want to touch on a sensitive topic during an interview, there are two ways to respond to it. ‘I don’t want to talk about it’ compared to, ‘I don’t want to do an interview’, is very different. The former is asking for your understanding, but the latter is almost as if I’m saying, ‘don’t bother me’.”
And to put the record straight, Ah Jie has no thoughts of going anywhere anytime soon, as she’s still very much in love with her job and doesn’t have any intention of retiring just yet.
She mused, “Of course, sometimes when you’re busy, and even when you’re not, you’ll get thoughts like, ‘Let’s just quit’, but it’s how you deal with this negative energy that is key. You can choose to brood over it, or you can just accept that it’s part and parcel of what you’re doing, and remind yourself why you love what you’re doing.”
The Singapore storyline of All Is Well will screen weekdays on Channel 8 at 9pm from late-August 2019. Viewers can watch its Taiwan-centric counterpart on Channel U at 10pm the same night.
Related:
Zoe Tay’s rocky start in showbiz
‘You Can Be an Angel 3’ stars and their physical insecurities
Zoe Tay on why she instilled a sense of charity in her sons from young

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[Cottonmouth]

This laocheebye is Ong Beng Seng's bitch. She denied it but yet she had to announce it twice in a year to let remind people that she is not fucking slut. This whore is as attention seeking as our resident chaocheebye ginfreely.

 

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[Narong Wongwan]

OBS mistress.
It’s an open secret back in the day.
she thought people had forgotten just because time had passed.

 

[Cottonmouth]

OBS mistress.
It’s an open secret back in the day.
she thought people had forgotten just because time had passed.

She had to remind people at every interview to "clear the air" like it's some lifetime achievement. Now even her sons know their mum is a fucking slut.

 

[knnccb]

lau gin is the opposite, keep harping she is not a slutty virgin

 

[Balls2U]

"Another major rumour that went on about her was her alleged divorce with her husband of 18 years."

Is still still married to her pilot husband, Philip Chionh? I thought they were a loving couple.

 

[Balls2U]

 

[knnccb]

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dad carrying a future paikia, got the sialan seh

 

[zeddy]

Anyone still remembers Zoe Tay's nipple slip incident during a Star Awards in the early 2000s... She wore a really low cleavage dress back then. So photographers had a field day taking her pics. One of her nips exposed. Can't remember exact year. Brown colour.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Anyone still remembers Zoe Tay's nipple slip incident during a Star Awards in the early 2000s... She wore a really low cleavage dress back then. So photographers had a field day taking her pics. One of her nips exposed. Can't remember exact year. Brown colour.

That nipple must have been sucked hard by Ong Beng Seng.

 

[Cottonmouth]

lau gin is the opposite, keep harping she is not a slutty virgin

Lao Gin wants someone to give angbao to break her cheebye seal. She's one greedy slut.

 

[knnccb]

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the 3 kids faces...pai kia, tak chek kia, gong kia

 

[Balls2U]

 

[Balls2U]

 

[Balls2U]

Aunty Fanny is a better singer than Lao Zoe.

 

[laksaboy]

All the Mediacock 阿姐 had been bedded by influential men. No exceptions.

 

[Balls2U]

All the Mediacock 阿姐 had been bedded by influential men. No exceptions.

So you are suggesting that Christofuck Lee got an used item?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

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Colonel Chionh would be smart to test DNA of the kids