Taiwanese Actress & Host Barbie Hsu Files For Divorce After Ten Years
Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu and husband Wang Xiaofei have filed for divorce after their ten-year marriage
After months of speculation,Barbie Hsu and her estranged husband Wang Xiaofei have released a joint statement confirming their divorce. "Mr Wang and Madam Hsu met each other because of fate and spent beautiful times together. Even though they choose to part ways now, they are very thankful for what they have given each other," the statement said.
"They walked together as spouses in the past. In the future, they will remain cordial relations as parents and friends, and raise their children together with love." They will be dividing assets worth around NT$600 million (S$29.4 million) in property belonging to Barbie and also NT$350 million in Xiaofei's S Hotel in Taipei.
The 45-year-old and her estranged husband, Chinese businessman Wang Xiaofei, have reportedly reached a consensus regarding the custody and visitation rights of their two children, as well as assets including a mansion and a hotel chain, and the court will decide soon on their divorce.
Hsu and Wang, 40, married in March 2011 after meeting just four times over 49 days.
In June, she suddenly announced to Taiwan Apple Daily that she was divorcing him. The decision appeared to be triggered by Xiaofei's controversial political comments on his Weibo — he had slammed the Covid-19 situation in Taiwan while praising how China has handled it.
Apparently Hsu had been contemplating a divorce since last year. Both were said to have differing values and principles and had also drifted apart after she moved to live in Taipei permanently.
At that time, their parents and Hsu's manager were quick to dismiss the news, calling it just a normal quarrel between husband and wife.
But rumours that things were not great between the couple again emerged after Xiaofei reportedly deleted all traces of Hsu from his Douyin account last week.
Both have not commented on the latest divorce reports.
Text: Kwok Kar Peng/AsiaOne