Celest Chong Is Single Again After Divorcing Her Canadian Husband; Says Women Don’t Need A Man To Be Considered “Worthy”
By TAMMI TAN
Published NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Updated NOVEMBER 25, 2021
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Celest Chong
The Toronto-based 41-year-old’s last role in Singapore was in 2009 Mediacorp drama Your Hand in Mine.
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If you were a fan of local entertainment in the noughties, you would probably remember Celest Chong, the sultry model-singer-actress who left the Singapore showbiz scene — and Singapore itself — to marry her Canadian husband in 2012.
Actually, it turns out that he’s her Canadian ex-husband now, as she recently confessed to local Chinese media outlets.
However, the 41-year-old, who was the star of 2001 Mediacorp drama You Light Up My Life and whose last project here was 2009 long-form drama Your Hand in Mine, declined to share more details about the relationship, such as when they divorced and why.
When asked if she is open to finding love again, Celest, who has been based in Toronto for almost 10 years, laughed and said that she is perfectly happy living with her two pet dogs.
1 of 3Celest Chong did a number of steamy swimsuit shoots back in the day
2 of 3She was also in Ch 5 drama Red Thread in 2009
Celest also got candid about her views on marriage while giving an interview on Mediacorp’s Capital 958, saying: “It’s quite unfair ‘cos many people still think that if a woman over 30 is unmarried and has no children, then her life is ‘finished’ and she can no longer sing or pursue her dreams.”
“A woman doesn’t have to be loved by a man her whole life in order to be considered ‘worthy’ of being ‘human’,” she continued. “If a man stops loving us, that does that mean our life is over? That’s actually a huge deception.”
“I don’t believe women should be affected by these old mindsets and just take control of their own lives and ideas, and not let all their hard work go to waste.”
3 of 3Preach, sister
In other news, Celest lamented about being homesick and really missing Singapore, which she used to visit three times a year before the pandemic.
Leaving a shoutout to her fans, she said: “Singapore will always be my home and Singaporean fans will always be my family. The support and encouragement that they have given me is so important, and I wouldn’t be as strong or be doing as well without them, so thank you very much.”
Unlike other erstwhile local TV stars who have moved overseas and mostly stayed away from continuing their showbiz career, Celest has still been busy dabbling in both acting and singing.
In addition to making music, she has made guest appearances in two superhero serials, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and DC Comics adaptation Titans.
She recently picked up Best Actress at the inaugural Great Canadian Sci-Fi Film Festival for her role in short film Moore’s Void
Read more at
https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/local/celest-chong-single-again-divorce-canadian-husband-15456292