SINGAPORE - Actor Chen Hanwei opened up about being adopted during his live stream on May 2.

The 56-year-old has been hosting daily live streams on the 69 Home Live Mall platform on Facebook since May 1, where he introduces several products like health supplements.

Chen was talking about being filial to one’s parents on May 2 when he mentioned that it was in 2009, when he was 40 years old, that his mother confessed to him that he was adopted.

She died at the age of 90 in July 2024. His father, who is believed to be in his 90s, has mobility, visual and hearing issues.

The Malaysia-born star recalled that he was in his 20s when an unidentified woman called him in Johor Bahru and asked him if he was Chen Hanwei. At the time, he was starring in the local period drama The Village Hero in 1990. 

“She said only one sentence: ‘You need to check, you need to check, you’re not your parents’ biological child, you need to check’, before hanging up.”

Chen said he found it puzzling and silly at the time.

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