According to Sohu, Chinese actress Mao Xiaotong’s career is flourishing. She is highly regarded for her acting skills and participates in quality projects. Although she doesn’t have significant resources to promote her rise to superstardom, Mao Xiaotong is well-loved by the public. In fact, she is known as one of the Chinese entertainment stars with the fewest antis.
To achieve this, Mao Xiaotong had to endure a lot of pain from both her father and her ex-boyfriend, Chen Xiang. The latter’s cheating scandal, once shocking the public, revealed Chen Xiang’s shameless and unethical behavior.
Mao Xiaotong and Chen Xiang worked together on the 2014 series “The Romance of the Condor Heroes”. Here, Chen Xiang played Lu Zhanyuan, while Mao Xiaotong portrayed Guo Fu.
At that time, singer-actor Chen Xiang was seen as having a bright future in the Chinese entertainment industry. In 2010, after placing in the top five of the audition competition “Super Boy”, he officially entered showbiz. At the time, Chen Xiang was even nicknamed the “Chinese Lee Jun-ki.”
As Chen Xiang and Mao Xiaotong were young stars with beauty, talent, and equal fame, when they confirmed their relationship, they were seen as a perfect couple in Chinese entertainment.
However, the couple suddenly announced their breakup in 2017. After the split, Chen Xiang frequently appeared on entertainment shows, expressing regret over the lost love and portraying himself as a devoted man. This prompted Mao Xiaotong’s friend to release security footage showing Chen Xiang cheating with actress Kiton Jiang while Mao was out of town. Mao returned home unexpectedly, caught them in bed, and immediately packed her things and left that same night.
After the cheating scandal was exposed, Chen Xiang’s career took a severe hit. The actor was not casted in any acting project for the past two years. He occasionally attends events and releases songs, but they receive little attention.
Unable to maintain his image as the “devoted man,” Chen Xiang stayed silent for a while. Then, in 2021, he tried a new tactic, thinking Mao Xiaotong no longer had evidence against him. During a reality show, Chen Xiang claimed that his ex-girlfriend had framed him and falsely accused him of cheating.
“I didn’t cheat on her. The scene where Mao Xiaotong met Kiton Jiang in the elevator was because I had arranged for a spa session with my co-star to get facial treatments,” Chen Xiang claimed at the time..
According to Chen Xiang, Mao Xiaotong’s side had claimed that some items were lost when she was moving her residence, thus requesting security footage from the time Kiton Jiang was present and filming the scene on her phone. Afterward, Mao Xiaotong allegedly edited and spliced the footage to release a misleading video online.
Chen Xiang said he had contacted management to retrieve the original footage, but the data had already been deleted. The security staff responsible for monitoring the cameras during the incident had also resigned. As a result, Chen Xiang claimed he had no choice but to “endure the false accusations.”
At this point, Chen Xiang’s friends also contacted media outlet Ifend and released photos, accusing Mao Xiaotong of staging the cheating scandal to frame her ex-boyfriend. Furthermore, the “mistress” Kiton Jiang declared that she would sue those who spread rumors about her interfering in Chen Xiang and Mao Xiaotong’s relationship in an attempt to “clear” her name.
However, Mao Xiaotong then released a 4-minute audio recording where she confronted Chen Xiang after catching him cheating. In the recording, Chen Xiang admitted to the affair, leaving him with no way to deny it.
The audio recording effectively ended Chen Xiang’s career. The public boycotted him, shows stopped working with him, and his reputation crumbled. From a young, talented star, Chen Xiang became known as one of the worst boyfriends, not only for cheating but for attempting to frame his ex-girlfriend.
Chen Xiang was last seen in 2023, running a food stall selling tofu and grilled skewers at a night market. According to Sina, besides selling street food, Chen Xiang also livestreams to sell products, but his sales have been poor as his fame has long faded.
Source: K14