"I Grew Up Watching Mediacorp Shows And Listening to Yes 933": M’sian Celeb Hero Tai Apologises For Comments He Made About Singapore

It seems the heat might have gotten too much for Malaysian personality Hero Tai after his verbal vomit on an episode of Taiwanese variety show, Student.

In a bid to tell his side of the story, the JB-born host, and his Ukrainian-born wife Tatoana Marchyshyna took the opportunity to appear on ex-Mediacorp actor Terence Cao’s live stream on Monday (Dec 25) to address the incident.

Hero at first appeared meek in front of the camera before going on to defend his actions, explaining that the theme for the episode was ‘Singapore versus Malaysia’.

Scroll down to watch the live stream video.

Hero represented Malaysia on Student and his obnoxious remarks mocking Singapore’s “man-made” attractions and citizens sparked backlash online.

The breaking point for most was when he went on to accuse Singapore’s iconic dishes as ‘stolen from Malaysia.

Many Singaporeans came out to decry his comments with some calling Hero an “uneducated person” and an “attention seeker looking for his 10 minutes of fame.”

In what also seems like a bid to gain brownie points with the Singaporean live stream audience, Hero lamented to Terence that it was “extremely tough” to find anything negative to say when he was doing research before appearing on the variety show.

“What can I say about your education system or the Singapore economy?” he explained.

Hero even proudly said he "grew up in Johor Bahru watching Mediacorp shows and listening to [Mandarin radio station] YES 933".

In a separate interview with The New Paper, Hero also let on that he only realised that his scenes had been ‘specially edited’ after the episode was broadcast.

“It looked like I was very dissatisfied with Singapore, but it really was just a performance to suit the entertainment show,” said Hero.

He later went on to say he received many messages from Singaporeans and “though most expressed unhappiness, there were many malicious insults and attacks and even those who cursed my whole family to die.”

Wishing for “both the Internet and the real world to be filled with more love and peace,” Hero later went on to “sincerely apologise to any Singaporeans whom I’ve upset.

Photos and video: Star Live/Facebook, 同學來了 Student/YouTube