Hong Kong celebrity Steven Cheung Chi-hang has married Au Man-man, the mother of his three-month-old son. The former member of pop duo Boyz announced the news on Instagram, adding another chapter to a year in which the singer has faced intense scrutiny over his personal life.
Cheung, 34, shared an image of himself and Au kissing with his 86,000 followers after registering their union on Sunday, and wrote of his nervousness about his special day and thanked his new wife for her “generosity” and for having “tolerated me all the time”.
The post on Tuesday marked Cheung’s return to social media after a month’s absence. It has been a rocky year for the singer-turned-actor, who last month was embroiled in a cheating scandal involving four women – Hong Kong actress April Leung Ho-yan and three women who gave a joint interview to local news outlet HK01 saying Cheung had been sleeping with them.
At the end of July, Cheung revealed he was getting married to Au, 28, and that the pair were celebrating 100 days since the birth of their son. The news came as a shock to his girlfriend Leung, whom he has dated since 2016 and who wrote: “What about me? Don’t you think you have something to say to me?” on his Instagram post.
Leung is a model and actress who starred in the Cantonese-language 2016 indie romantic comedy Love Stalk.
Lambasted by several Chinese-language Hong Kong media publications, which used a phrase that loosely translates as “the worst man of the century’’, Cheung has spent the summer swearing he will make amends and devote himself to his new wife. He admitted he had been struggling with sex addiction and made a public apology for his “evil behaviour”, Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily reported. In making his apology, Cheung acknowledged he “will not be forgiven”.
“However, I still want to tell each and every one of you: I have made a horrible mistake, and I am sorry to you all,” he wrote on Instagram. Perhaps as a sign of deference, he also revealed that he and Au would not be having a large-scale wedding reception to celebrate their marriage.
Cheung hails from a showbiz family: he used to model alongside his younger brother Ryan, and his sister Jan once performed as a member of the band Krusty.
The actor had been due to perform a comeback concert with founding Boyz member Kenny Kwan Chi-bun at the Hong Kong Coliseum in October, after a show by Andy Hui – himself involved in a cheating scandal – was cancelled. Boyz’s reunion was cancelled by Emperor Entertainment after the news of Cheung’s infidelity broke.
“I’ve been wanting this for more than 10 years. This was my wish and dream,” said a devastated Kwan.
In the past week Kwan has announced he will be performing a solo gig this month to make it up to fans.
When he made the Instagram post celebrating his son’s 100th day, Cheung was optimistic for the future. “Stepping into another stage of life, I will work harder in the future, earn more money, and try my best to educate my children!” he wrote.
