"I'm Honoured": Taiwanese Singer Allegedly Sued By Jolin Tsai After Claiming Her Concert Involves A Cult

Those who were at Jolin Tsai's recent Pleasure concert at the Taipei Dome or even saw clips of the show would know just how grand it was.

We mean, did you see the 30-metre snake she rode on while singing 2014 hit 'Medea'?

But there was apparently one person who didn't seem to like what the 45-year-old Mandopop diva delivered that night.

Taiwanese singer Celia Liang recently alleged that Jolin's concert was a “religious activity” involving a cult.

Her accusation was so absurd that it reportedly prompted Jolin, whose shows have all passed official reviews and been approved, to take legal action against Celia.

It goes without saying that netizens have since dug out Celia's background following the saga, and they found out that she was previously a contestant on the fifth season of Taiwanese singing competition One Million Star.

In recent years, Celia has been active on Douyin as an influencer.

And it appears that this isn’t her first time targeting a celebrity.

Netizens found that she had previously criticised many popular celebrities too, and are now condemning her as someone who allegedly has a habit of “smearing others” and “chasing clout". Some haters even criticised her as being anti-China.

Celia is certainly not backing down though.

She fired back in a video titled "Jolin Tsai wants to sue me?", stressing that she is an overseas-raised ethnic Chinese who loves traditional Chinese culture.

Arguing that she isn't the first person to interpret Jolin's work, Celia also claimed that her videos were merely “entertainment commentary".

She pointed out that Jolin's album made references to the "seven deadly sins" and called on the concert’s Mainland organiser, saying that religious activities should be carried out at religious venues registered in accordance with the law.

Reports also found that Celia's video was initially captioned as “Did Sister Tsai actually get triggered?”, but it has since been edited to: “It’s really not that big of a deal, I’m honoured to be the first person to be sued by Jolin Tsai". 

She, however, warned that if anyone organises online troll armies to carry out large-scale reporting or harassment, such actions could constitute crimes including insult, defamation, or even provoking trouble.

Celia then alluded that if such behaviour persists, she does not rule out producing videos on a regular basis in the future to continue interpreting and commenting on Jolin's works as a form of counterattack.