Celebrity chef & TV host Bobby Chin's famously cheeky ways have finally caught up with him.
He won the Best Entertainment Presenter for Discovery Travel & Living series World Cafe Asia at the recent Asian Television Awards, but lost a lot of points with Andrea De Cruz and her entourage.
The actress-host was posing for the cameras on the red carpet when a man suddenly came up from behind her-hugged her, nuzzled her neck & kissed her ear.
Andrea's actor-husband Pierre Png, her perennial partner for the annual event was not by her side this year because he was filming in China.
When the New Paper caught up with her right after the incident, she appeared shocked, horrified and disgusted.
She complained to a reporter & her managers about Bobby's "rude gesture"-especially since she didn't even know who he was.
Andrea revealed that when she told Png about it, he was "very upset and wanted a public apology".
Her managers from Media Corp were also annoyed and asked her if she wanted to take action against Chin.
They are still deciding whether or not to send an official letter of complaint to the event organisers.
When contacted, an extremely remorseful Chinn apologised profusely for his actions, unaware of the happiness that he had caused.
"I am obviously upset because I upset her and it was not my intention to offend of belittle her".
He claimed he had never been invited to an awards ceremony before and was caught up in the excitement of being at the Asian Television Awards.
He also had no idea who Andrea was or that she was married.
Chinn hopes that the incident won't cause Singaporeans to brand him a lecher. He added that he'll be "more cautious" in the future when "similiar situations" crop up.
He said: "I'm cheeky, but I'm not chee ko pek (Hokkien for dirty old man).
My comments: You ARE a dirty old man Bobby. Shame on you for behaving the way you did. Your excuse of being caught up in the excitement was a silly one, and the fact you don't know who Andrea was is reason enough for you NOT to grab her & did what you did.
For the record, I'm NOT a fan of you.
(news source: The Star, Tue. 25 Dec. '07)
pictures courtesy of:
www.thingsasian.com
www.news.bbc.co.uk
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