The affair between Jackie Chan (成龍) and his former lover, Elaine Ng (吳綺莉) resulted in the birth of his illegitimate daughter, Etta, in 1999. Over the years, Jackie did not spend any quality time with Etta as a father. He also decided that he will not leave any money to his daughter in his will. Not even a Penny for Daughter! In a recent interview, Jackie spoke about his extra-marital affair with Elaine and their illegitimate daughter for the first time. He revealed that he had asked his wife, Joan Lin (林鳳嬌), for a divorce after the affair was exposed in 1999. Surprisingly, Joan did not even scold him but empathized with his situation instead, advising him to handle the situation immediately. Feeling guilty and remorseful, Jackie decided to change his will to split his estates between his charity foundation with Joan. Jackie revealed that he will not leave even a penny out of his $2.2 billion worth of assets to his illegitimate daughter, Etta, in his will. Jackie said, “There is really no point in admitting that Etta is my daughter now!” No Huge Settlement! However, Elaine Ng was not affected by Jackie’s remarks and appeared to be calm when the reporter approached her for comments outside her daughter’s school. She even hinted that Jackie had never given her a large sum of money for settlement after breaking up. When asked about Jackie’s comments in the magazine interview, Elaine said she did not read the recent article. As for Jackie’s previous denial that Etta is his daughter and his recent refusal to leave any money for her, Elaine replied, “Let’s not talk about it anymore. It’s already in the past.” She also felt that there is no sense talking about Jackie’s intention of divorcing his wife and insisted that everyone should move on. Elaine said that she had no recent contact with Jackie, and she handles everything concerning her daughter. As for whether her daughter has any desire to meet her father, Elaine said that she and her daughter have adamantly agreed not to talk about the past. Etta had never questioned her about Jackie, but knew of their dating relationship. Earlier reports suggested that Elaine had received a large settlement from Jackie after their breakup. Once again, Elaine stressed that these reports were absolutely false. In addition, Elaine lost her job at a Hong Kong radio station recently, but she said the dismissal has not impacted her financial situation yet. She said, “I have a stable income. I have already put the down payments for my house so my the monthly payments are not that harsh.” Creds: Sina
I never liked Jackie Chan and I am frankly disgusted with Elaine Ng's affair with him. The age differences and the birth of the daughter are very disturbing. These people are irresponsible and the casualty here is the daughter who must face the fact that she was conceived from an extra-marital affair and abandoned by her very own father. Talk about family value and human moral .. worst than an animal to have that audacity to publicly admit it.
guys, neither side wants anything to do with each other... it clearly says that mother and daughter don't talk about the past or don't want to think about the past... and Jackie had his own shit to deal with... after all these years, they've moved on, as in both sides have moved on... I'm not say Jackie's doing the right thing... I'm simply saying by doing nothing, and choosing to do nothing isn't the wrong thing either...
I think it won't be hurt for Jacky to set up a funds, from which goes for school educations. Is that too much to ask?
definitely wouldn't hurt, but what should the daughter say? thanks? thanks for leaving us, thanks for leaving me? now it's all better because u gave me money for school? shit don't work that way... it's different if the two sides wanted to reconcile in someway... but it clearly says that neither side wants anything to do with each other...
and after 13yrs of being strong and not talking about it, you want to open the pandora's box and bring out all that garbage? the woman and her daughter are fine, it's not like they're slummin' it... even w/o a job she has a stable income, she has her own home that she bought in HK(the most expensive place in the world), there's no need to beg for money from the dbag that left her and her daughter...
F both the parents..... But i give props to the strong will daughter.... It gotta be hard living without a father, yet, her heart is still as strong as superman...
A lot of people know Jackie is a womanizer and the way he handled the issue with Etta is his daughter was just bad. Don't know what went on between them two if they both came up to not see each other at all. Plus we can't really trust anything they say, he could had secretly given money to her.
For fucks sake I thought the picture of the woman was Jackie Chan's illegitimate daughter herself before I clicked the pic lolllllllll
at the end of the day, still your daughter whether you want to admit or not, "illegitimate" or not. the child is innocent. it takes 2 to tango, both are responsible for actions and yet jackie takes no responsibility. not a man in my books. the mother has no choice, thats her child and shes doing the best she can to protect her daughter at this point.
So, it's alright to get some girl pregnant, knowing well, he has a daughter from her, and do nothing, when he has the means to do something for the kid? Come on.. that's disgusting. Like Elena Kong (3rd wife says), if you don't want the kid, don't play with the mother!
This isn't about the money or not taking responsibility... this is about the emotional damage this would further cause to the child and both parents... Ur right, things could have been handled differently from the start... but it didn't... come back to reality come back to NOW... 13yrs later, neither the daughter nor the mother want anything to do with Jackie, and after this many years, Jackie doesn't want anything to do with them either... The mother is not in any financial hole, she can take care of herself and her daughter just fine... It would be different if the daughter or if Jackie wanted to get to know each other again, but they don't... it would also be different if the mother and daughter were living off welfare, but they're not... seriously ppl need to stop thinking about the money, that's not the fcking point... one's life and happiness goes beyond that of money... yes you can argue that Jackie has caused a lot of pain for the mother and daughter, which is most likely very true... but they're over it and they've come so far as not even had any contact with him... why stir this shit up again? why bring more pain to the parties involved? comon, say jackie leaves her daughter with $1million in his will, he dies, and she comes and collects... can you imagine the emotional wreckage that would cause? By the time Jackie dies the daughter will be about 30... for 30yrs this girl's never talked to him, never really known him, all of a sudden she finds out her father left her money? and that he's been thinking about her all this time? and she never had a chance to say anything to him? do you think that $1million is worth all that bullshit? ya'll live in a fantasy world full of rainbows and sunshine...
Oh comon please, be humane this is overall his sibling with his blood. Jackie is being too cold-censored makes me change my view on the him. Oh yeah his rich and famous, and he must have an affair? worst is just too irresponsible of him.