Eddie Peng quashes gay rumours again, receives apology from China tech firm for failing to stop gossip - The Independent World News

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Actor Eddie Peng recently won a victory of sorts after a Beijing tech firm issued an apology for allowing rumours about his sexuality to be spread on its social media site. This is hardly the first time that the Taiwan-born Canadian actor, singer and model, 39, has debunked rumours that he’s gay. In …

It also warned that legal action would be taken against those who circulated these rumours regarding Peng and asked for the false information to be deleted.Photo: IG screengrab/yuyanpeng

More recently, Eddie Peng Studio posted a letter on Weibo from Zhong Lun Law Firm to announce that legal action had been taken against Beijing Fenmo Technology, the parent company of social media app, Fenhei, because Fenmo had not stopped rumours about Peng’s sexuality from circulating on the app. The studio added that Fenmo had issued a letter of apology, which was published in a Chinese newspaper.The studio also acknowledged and thanked “every friend who gave their care and support”,Peng also faced rumours that he’s gay in 2017 when gossip circulated that Peng was in a same-sex relationship with Zhang Lei, a Chinese venture capitalist. The news was later proven to be false.by director Yang Daqing during a summer vacation in Taiwan in 2002.

 

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