A clip of the legendary Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan from his 2023 film Ride On with his on-screen daughter, Liu Haocun, went viral due to its emotional and nostalgic significance. The clip, which can be seen below, shows Jackie, essaying the role of a stuntman named Luo Zhilong, and Liu’s Luo Xiaobao getting emotional as they watch some of the most prominent stunt scenes from Jackie’s real-life movies. “It reminded me of the days I did stunt work on films,” Jackie, 69, said in a recent interview, per ARY NEWS.
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Due to the sheer vulnerability and touching subject of the clip, many fans mistook it to be the real-life daughter of the actor which is entirely false. In real life, Jackie Chan has quite a heartbreaking past with his actual biological daughter, Etta Ng. In this article, we will find out more about the celebrated actor's estranged daughter.
Etta Ng was reportedly born in 1999 out of an affair with Elaine Ng when the actor was still married to his wife Joan Lin. The pair have both confirmed that they are not on talking terms. “He is my biological father but he is not in my life,” Etta said in 2015, per E! News. “He never existed in my life. I will never regard him as a father.” She’s okay with the situation, though. “I am not angry with my father and have never wished to see him. As long as I have my mother with me, I don’t need my father,” she added. Both Etta and her mother live super private lives in Hong Kong away from the public eye. The actor has also admitted to neglecting his daughter for the longest time while promoting his film Police Story 2013.
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The reason In reality, Chan allegedly disowned his daughter Etta Ng due to her coming out as a lesbian in 2017 when she revealed that the family cut ties with Etta due to her sexuality and left her homeless. She and her girlfriend-turned-wife Andi Autumn who got married in November 2018 had to face a lot of adversities due to their families not supporting their relationship, such as sleeping under a bridge with even government facilities, food banks, and community shelters not coming to their rescue. The couple definitely had a tough road to a peaceful relationship but they are a living inspiration to the entire LGBTQIA+ community in showing that love can transcend all barriers of gender, language, and conditions.
In her deleted post Etta wrote, “If you never give up on love and you put all your heart into the family you’ve dreamed of, an open mind and warm heart will guide you to happiness. If you never give up on love and you put all your heart into the family you’ve dreamed of, an open mind and warm heart will guide you to happiness.”