Taiwan's 'Big Brother' of variety shows, Jacky Wu (吳宗憲), suddenly announced last Saturday on the program 'A Date with Lu Yu 魯豫有約', that he would retire from Taiwan's entertainment industry on the 30th of June. He hopes that it would be a clean withdrawal (meaning that he would leave no traces of him behind). At the beginning, Lu Yu thought that he was kidding, but Jacky said seriously: "I have already sent messages to all the producers, telling them that my contract will end on the 30th of June. I haven't signed any other contracts." He said that he has already been in Taiwan's entertainment circle for 27 years. At the start, his parents were unable to accept it, but now, he is their pride and glory. His career has progressed smoothly, and his satisfaction towards life is 200%. One of the reasons why he is choosing to retire now, is that he is sick of the Taiwanese media's negative trend (of always choosing to report the bad and not the good). Another reason for his retirement is that he feels that he is going to get booted out sooner or later, hence right now, when his career is at his peak, he wants to grasp his own fate. Debuted for 27 years; Sick of Taiwanese media's negative trend Though right now he admits that he has his reservations. Jacky said: "If my wish can be granted, then the landing will be unexpectedly beautiful. After crossing the river, I won't turn back. I hope that I can leave happily." After retiring, he will continue his business selling LED lights, hoping to give everyone the resources to save energy. Jacky, who has 4 children, said proudly that he is a good father. When asked if he was fickle in relationships, he laughed and joked: "Jay Chou (周杰倫) is more fickle, I'm considered OK." If there are good jobs, he will still take them Yesterday, reporters asked Jacky if he has confirmed that he would retire. He replied: "I am hoping to!" His manager expressed that Jacky has been very successful in his career, and that whenever someone does something for 27 years, he or she would get tired. In the future, his work would be more flexible, but if there are good jobs, maybe he would take them. Entered variety shows in the 80's Jacky Wu is 46 years old. When he was 16, he went by himself to Taipei's folk songs lounge to sing. Later, he went on to receive the 'Best Dialect Male Singer' award in Taiwan's 6th Golden Melody Award. He starting doing variety shows in the 80's. His quick responses and jabbing style of hosting won him fame and popularity fast, and the ratings for his shows were high. In 2003, he topped the income list of Taiwan's variety show hosts. He was termed, together with Zhang Fei (張菲), Hu Gua (胡瓜), and Zhang Xiao Yan (張小燕), '3 Kings, 1 Queen'. However, there was a barrage of negative news about him. Last October, he won 'Best Variety Show Host' in the Golden Bell Awards, together with Ah Ya (阿雅), his partner for the show 'Guess, Guess, Guess 我猜我猜我猜猜猜'. Source: Mingpao Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
for a moment i thought they meant Jacky Wu as in the Martial artist action film star >.< "phew" would be disappointed if he did leave the entertainment industry
^ .. i was like what .. no way .. did he strike riches or what cuz he's still so young .. i didn't expect it to be this guy but yeah, this guy is funny too. i didn't hear anything negative so no clue what the news referring to...
