According to Sohu, Chinese actress Mao Xiaotong’s career is thriving. She is highly appreciated for her acting skills and participates in quality projects. Although she does not have significant resources to further her rise to superstardom, Mao Xiaotong is well-loved by the public. In fact, she is known as one of the Chinese entertainment stars with the least anti.
To achieve this goal, Mao Xiaotong had to endure a lot of pain from both her father and her ex-boyfriend, Chen Xiang. The latter’s cheating scandal, once shocking the public, exposed Chen Xiang’s shameless and unethical behavior.
Mao Xiaotong and Chen Xiang worked together on the 2014 series “The Romance of the Condor Heroes”. Here, Chen Xiang played Lu Zhanyuan, while Mao Xiaotong played Guo Fu.
At that time, singer-actor Chen Xiang was considered a bright future in China’s entertainment industry. In 2010, after finishing among the top five in the “Super Boy” audition competition, he officially entered the world of entertainment. At that time, Chen Xiang was even nicknamed the “Chinese Lee Jun-ki”.
Because Chen Xiang and Mao Xiaotong were young stars with equal beauty, talent and fame, when they confirmed their relationship, they were seen as a perfect couple in Chinese entertainment.
However, the couple suddenly announced the breakup in 2017. After the separation, Chen Xiang often appeared in entertainment shows, expressing regret over lost love and portraying himself as a devoted man. This prompted Mao’s friend Xiaotong to release security footage showing Chen Xiang cheating with actress Kiton Jiang while Mao was out of town. Mao returned home unexpectedly, caught them in bed, immediately packed his bags and left that same night.
After the cheating scandal was exposed, Chen Xiang’s career suffered a serious blow. The actor has not been cast in any acting project in the last two years. He occasionally attends events and releases songs, but they receive little attention.
Unable to maintain his image as a “devoted man,” Chen Xiang remained silent for a while. Then, in 2021, he tried a new tactic, thinking that Mao Xiaotong had no more evidence against him. During a reality show, Chen Xiang claimed that his ex-girlfriend had framed him and falsely accused him of cheating.
“I didn’t cheat on her. The scene where Mao Xiaotong meets Kiton Jiang in the elevator happened because I had arranged a spa session with my co-star to get facials. Chen Xiang stated at the time…
According to Chen Xiang, Mao Xiaotong’s side had claimed that some items had been lost during the move of his residence, thus requesting security footage of the time Kiton Jiang was present and filming the scene on his phone. Later, Mao Xiaotong allegedly edited and spliced the footage to post a misleading video online.
Chen Xiang said he contacted the management to recover the original footage, but the data had already been deleted. The security personnel responsible for monitoring the cameras during the incident had also resigned. As a result, Chen Xiang said he had no choice but to “endure the false accusations.”
At this point, Chen Xiang’s friends also contacted Ifend media and published photos, accusing Mao Xiaotong of having staged the cheating scandal to frame her ex-boyfriend. Furthermore, “mistress” Kiton Jiang said she will sue those who spread rumors about her interference in the relationship between Chen Xiang and Mao Xiaotong in an effort to “clear” her name.
However, Mao Xiaotong then released a 4-minute audio recording in which he confronted Chen Xiang after catching him cheating. In the recording, Chen Xiang admitted the affair, leaving no way for him to deny it.
The audio recording effectively ended Chen Xiang’s career. Audiences boycotted him, shows stopped working with him, and his reputation plummeted. As a talented young star, Chen Xiang became known as one of the worst boyfriends, not only for cheating but for trying to set up his ex-girlfriend.
Chen Xiang was last seen in 2023, running a food stall selling tofu and grilled skewers at a night market. According to Sina, in addition to selling street food, Chen Xiang also does live streaming to sell products, but his sales have been poor as his fame has long faded.
Source: K14
