Fala Chen Criticised For Flying With Her 2-Month-Old Daughter During A Pandemic
But she’d have gotten as much flak had she left her kid behind, right?
At what age did you take your first flight?
For the daughter of former TVB actress and Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings star Fala Chen, the answer is two months.
Fala, 39, gave birth to her first kid Little Minnie in February, and last week, she revealed on social media that she took the girl on the plane with her.
“First trip. She behaved very well! [She] came along with mummy to work for the first time. She was a good girl during the trip and didn’t cry at all!” wrote Fala, who is said to be based in New York. She also tagged her husband, French entrepreneur Emmanuel Straschnov, which netizens assumed meant that he had come along on the trip as well.
Why so salty?
“The baby is barely over two months old, and you’re exposing her to COVID-19? What would you do if she falls ill?” wrote one netizen.
Another added, “Most mothers put their kids first after giving birth, but looks like Fala still thinks her career is more important. She’ll regret it if something happens to her daughter.”
Amidst all the judgmental comments were also more level-headed ones like this: “Would the rest of you be happier if she had flown off and left her daughter behind? How many of you would accuse her of abandoning her daughter then?”
And this: "You don’t know what precautions the family has taken. Would any of you apologise to Fala for being presumptuous if you find out that she chartered a private plane?”
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