Gillian Chung Refused To Share The Cost Of Their Wedding With Her Husband When They Got Hitched Last Year
And it cost her doctor hubby so much, he joked that he came close to going bankrupt.
It often seems like celebrities have unbelievably deep pockets. You know, like Edison Chen giving his two-year-old daughter a $4000 volleyball or Hannah Quinlivan surprising Jay Chou with a S$800,000 Lamborghini SUV last Christmas.
But not all stars are made equal. Take for example Hongkong actress-singer Gillian Chung and her Taiwanese-American cosmetologist hubby Michael Lai. In a recent appearance on Chinese variety show Truth Everything, the 38-year-old actress revealed that she made her 30-year-old husband bear the full cost of their wedding last year.
Gillian and Michael
When the hosts, Dee Hsu and Kevin Tsai, brought up the topic of managing expenses between couples, Michael, 30, admitted that he was “under immense pressure” when they got hitched last December.
“She did not wish to use her any of her own money when we got married,” Michael said. Gillian then defended herself by saying: “It's because I didn't want to marry myself off using my own money...”
Michael nodded in agreement and added that he found his wife's request reasonable, until he found out that Gillian had invited 80 guests to their wedding.
“Um, I only invited around 10 people…” he said. “At that time, I thought, 'How is it possible that a person can come close to bankruptcy from getting married?'”
“Before our wedding, I thought my income was enough. I could buy watches, clothes, whatever I wanted and I didn’t save a lot of money," Michael revealed.
Happy wife, happy life
"When we first got together, he told me that I could use his credit card in whichever way I wanted!" Gillian said sweetly. However, Michael quickly realised his mistake during a trip to the mall.
“I told her that it was better to give me my card back…” Michael laughed awkwardly, adding that he got such a shock that he had to take “ten deep breaths” when he received the bill. “She really swiped the card for everything. She really didn’t hold back.”
“What? You told that me to just swipe for my purchases using your card!" replied Gillian. As it turns out, one of the items the star bought was a watch for Michael. “I've never met a man who told me to buy things using his card," she said.
Michael then said that he eventually showed his wife how much money he had in his bank account, which led Kevin to tease: "Did that make Gillian gasp in disappointment?" And Michael's reply: "I think I'm not bad."
Like they say right, happy wife, happy life.
