Jackie Chan calls himself a 'a real 'b***ard' as he admits to cheating on his wife, visiting prostitutes and being an abusive father
Jackie Chan has made some startling revelations about his personal life. In an excerpt from his memoir ' Never Grow Up' that has been translated into English for the first time since its release in 2015, he opens up about cheating on his wife, hitting his son and his tryst with alcoholism and prostitution.
In an excerpt from the book, the legendary star calls himself a "total jerk" as he details his affair outside his marriage. “In 1999, I made a serious mistake,” he writes. "When the news broke about an affair I’d had that resulted in a child, the media frenzy was like a bomb going off. I wanted to phone Joan but I didn’t know what to say,” he continued. “I wouldn’t be able to explain this.” Chan has a 36-year-old son — Jaycee — with Lin, and a 19-year-old daughter — Etta Ng — from his affair with beauty queen Elaine Ng Yi Lei. Though he doesn't discuss Etta in the book, he talks about his son. “When [my son Jaycee] was still young, I hit him once and was very heavy-handed — directly lifting him and throwing him onto the sofa. That time I really scared him and his mother to death, and I myself was very regretful.”