(Toggle) Chinese singer Jane Zhang’s marriage to her boyfriend of 12 years, CEO Feng Ke (Michael), in November 2016 made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The 34-year-old singer was first accused of staging her proposal on stage as a publicity stunt, and was later caught in a family feud when her mother refused to accept Michael as her son-in-law, as she believed he was taking advantage of Jane.
Recently, news broke out that the couple have gotten a divorce, barely two years after they tied the knot. The news came as a shock to many, who had believed they would last the test of time, considering that they insisted on marriage against the wishes of Jane’s mother, and also dated for 12 years before that despite an 18-year age gap.
According to insiders, lyricist Wen Ya first hinted at the couple’s split two months ago, in a post she shared among her friends on social media.
In her post, she mentioned meeting a 24-year-old female singer in her office ten years ago. At that time, the singer apologised to her on behalf of another person for causing a work dispute, and sought for her understanding and forgiveness.
Wen Ya recalled telling her: “If you are going to stay together with that guy, I won’t be able to work with you” back then.
Years later, the female singer went on to become more successful in her career, but recently approached Wen Ya again, revealing that they can now meet each other because she and the guy are no longer an item.
Wen Ya said they took the opportunity to clear the air about their longstanding feud, and Wen Ya ended the post wishing her well because she “deserves better”.
While Wen Ya never identified the person she was talking about, netizens speculated that it was Jane, as both had worked together previously on Jane’s older music and the timeline of events described by the lyricist also overlapped with what happened to Jane.
Rumours of Jane’s divorce were further fueled earlier this year, when Jane returned home to celebrate Chinese New Year alone, with Michael nowhere in sight.
The singer has yet to issue an official response at press time.
Source: Toggle
