HK Actor Jazz Lam Just Shamed Someone For Giving Him A $51 Wedding Ang Pow
Was his guest being cheap or is the actor being petty?
This is why it’s important to do research on how much wedding ang pow to give. Hongkong actor Jazz Lam called his friend out on Facebook yesterday (April 9) for giving him a HK$300 (S$51) ang pow at his wedding last year.
Wedding blues
It all came tumbling out when the 36-year-old star was replying to comments on a Facebook post he had written about him and his wife Kary Dong’s one-year wedding anniversary. The mood was all festive until he replied one of the well-wishers with this sarcastic quip: “I will never forget the kindness you gave me.”
He then reminded his friend of how the latter had given him a HK$300 ang pow at the wedding. The friend then claimed that he had wanted to give a HK$500 (S$86) ang pow but must have put in the wrong amount before offering an apology. Not that it appeased Jazz who went on to say that he doesn’t mind if his friend had no money and that he is okay with treating him to a meal. “But you had messaged me on Facebook asking for an invite, and this was the result I got…. it made my wife and I laugh,” he wrote.
He then asked his friend to go online to check the market rates for wedding ang pows.
Jazz and Kary
Correct us if we’re wrong: But don’t guests get to decide how much ang pow money they really want to give and that those wedding ang pow guides we read online are merely, well, just guides?
When asked if he was really angry at his friend, the actor said that he had made those comments, which have since been deleted, in jest. He also said that he and his friend have not fallen out, unlike what earlier reports have suggested. “[My friend] said that he didn't know the market rate, and I told him that it’s okay and unimportant. Anyway he's actually not my friend, but a friend’s friend,” Jazz explained, adding that he is not bothered about netizens calling him petty.
Jazz with his famous groomsmen, which included Kevin Cheng and Benjamin Yuen
According to reports, Jazz had spent a seven-figure sum on the wedding, which was held in a hotel in Tseung Kwan O. The bash was also a star-studded affair attended by his celeb pals like Kevin Cheng, Natalie Tong, Kenneth Ma and Benjamin Yuen. Interestingly, when Jazz was interviewed on his big day, he had happily told reporters: “When you hold a wedding dinner, you don’t care if you make or lose money. What’s most important is that you drink until you are happy!”
Well, apparently not.
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