Helen Thanh Dao comes clean about real identity
9 Jan - Taiwan-based Vietnamese actress Helen Thanh Dao (also known as Nguyen Thanh Dao) made a surprising confession recently about the lies she told about her personal life and academic records.
As reported on Taiwan News, the actress, who was known to fans as "Vietnamese Lin Chi-ling", previously identified herself as a 33-year-old Taiwanese-Vietnamese single lady, who was born in Hualien.
However, in a recent press conference, Helen introduced a man named Tai Fa-kuei as her husband, who later shared that the two of them have been married for the last 18 years.
Tai also revealed that it was he who suggested that Helen make a claim about being a mixed blood so that she would be accepted by the Taiwanese society.
He also made up other parts of Helen's biography including her supposedly being a graduate of the University of California. He shared that Helen did graduate from a university with a degree in economics, but from the Hung Vuong University in Vietnam.
As to why they have decided to come clean about Helen's identity, Tai stated that Helen's real mother has threatened to reveal her secret after the couple failed to give her the money she asked for. Thus, they decided to act first.
(Photo source: taiwannews.com.tw)
