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Mao Xiaotong, probably the “most beautiful, strongest and, at the same time, most tragic” Chinese actress
The “cute and sweet” exterior of Chinese actress Mao Xiaotong, 37, hides an inner strength, which led her to face an unfaithful ex-boyfriend and the “alcoholic” father who abandoned her, refusing to give in to his demands for money, which began to emerge after she became famous.
The award-winning Chinese actress Mao Xiaotong may be known for her sweet and delicate appearance, but she has a combative side that led her to cut ties with two toxic figures of her life: her father and an ex-boyfriend.
Mao, 37, widely recognized for playing independent and innocent-looking female characters in Chinese television series, has won several awards, including the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Huading Award for Best Actress in a Contemporary Drama.
A image of purity became so striking that there were those who compared it to memes with “cute” kittenssays .
In contrast to this record, the actress reveals traits of great determinationwho helped her put an end to toxic relationships.
Mao was born prematurely, in 1988, in Tianjin, in northern China, after, during pregnancy, his mother had accidentally stretched your belly while working at a bank.
The father, described as alcoholic and gambler, he treated her badly because she wasn’t a boy. The mother divorced when Mao was two years old, changed her daughter’s surname to her own and raised her alone.
To support her daughter’s dream of pursuing the arts, her mother took on several part-time jobs. Mao was already on stage at the age of four and began studying Latin dance in Beijing at 13.
At 17, she decided to apply for the performing arts course at the Central Academy of Drama and was admitted on the first attempt, in 2005. first big leap career came with a role in the 2011 hit series Empresses in the Palace.
In 2018, the father, who had disappeared from his life When he was two years old, he appeared on a television program and demanded of his “big star daughter” no less than 50 million yuan, about 6 million euros. He also asked for a housing and a carsimilar to those Mao would have offered his mother.
The actress never responded publicly to his father. On Chinese social networks, many users came to his defenseencouraging her not to give in to what they considered to be bribery.
By this time, Mao also openly ended the relationship with her boyfriend, cantor e actor Chen Xiangafter finding him at home with another woman. After separation, Chen fans attacked Maoafter seeing the singer apparently frustrated with the end of their relationship.
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Mao Xiaotong never responded to her father, who abandoned her and now asks her for money, and ended her relationship with actor Chen Xiang, who cheated on her
The actress reacted by releasing video surveillance images from the elevator in the building where they lived, which showed Chen entering the elevator with an actressz just before Mao arrived home, and that Mao It only took three hours to pack and leaving, putting an end to a relationship of several years.
Many praised the firmness how he walked away from the toxic relationship. Mao says he gained the spirit of independence from his mother, whom he calls an ‘iron woman’. “Never underestimate a woman’s courage to solve problems”, said the actress, in a recent interview.
Mao’s social media account currently has 22 million followers. “It’s the Chinese actress more beautiful, stronger and, at the same time, more tragic that I know. I see in her the strength of a great girl,” wrote one user.
