(Update May 2012: She has been spotted in Canada with a head full of long hair!)
Ex-bf Chyi Chin............ Joey........... Peter Lam
She retired because of her involvement with a HK married man (Peter Lam). Her meteoric rise to fame as an actress was due to him too. The man married with children, divorced his wife to pursue her. This scandal gave her a negative image in Hong Kong. Peter's mother vocally criticised Joey publicly. Peter's mother should criticise her own son instead. The woman always gets blamed. Joey had to flee Hong Kong and went back to Taiwan. End of career in HK.
I recalled I was in Shanghai Hilton in 1990 having dinner when Joey walked in followed by this man and sat at the table beside me. The strong perfume was what made me look up to see who she was. Tall, very attractive with a commanding presence and dressed in black, I was surprised she was with a much older man and assumed he must be her manager. I was further surprised when he sat down beside her instead of opposite her if it was a business dinner. She looked happy. She was at the height of her fame.
Sad tale of love. Fame can bring unwanted attentions from married men and being young and vulnerable can be disastrous.
After this scandal she reunited with her ex-boyfriend Chyi Chin in Taiwan. (They had broken off when she got entangled with Peter Lam. Ex-bf Chyi Chin was 7 years older, a singer and spent 3 years in jail during his teen years.)
In my opinion, I think Joey had been suffering from emotional depression for a very long time which could have led to mental issues now. There are even cruel rumours that said she had given birth to a daughter who is deaf and whom she gave up for adoption nearly 20 years ago.
Young, naive, gullible and unlucky in love... the two men she was involved with contributed to her downfall.
In happier times with this bad gangster boy! They were supposed to get married in 1999, when on the eve of marriage she found out that he had a 7 year old son with an (ex-gf or wife?). He hid such things from her? Deceitful. Her lovelife bombed again! Love indeed is a gamble of emotions.
(They became romantically involved in 1985. Finally broke up in 2002.)
Need to leave Taiwan to get over her sadness. Went to Canada.
"Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief." (Proverbs 14:13 NIV)
Update 11 May 2011
51 years old Chyi Chin with newborn daughter Bonnie, born 25th March 2011 in USA with his current wife Sun Li Ya, 27 years old, whom he married in March 18, 2010 in Las Vegas. Chyi Chin's first child, a son is now 25 years old (from ex Fang Mei Fang).
He revealed that it was Joey's father who objected to their relationship. So now this scum is putting the blame on her father. Why cant he admit his faults. Read: Channel News Asia
Update: January 2012
Joey turned 45 years old on January 30, and posted this surprise picture for her fans. So she is fine and not a nun.
