A video clip of Jackie Chan and his on-screen daughter shedding tears while watching highlights of the martial artist’s early career has become a social media sensation.
However, fans couldn’t help but draw attention to the actor’s strained relationship with his real daughter, whom he has allegedly “neglected” for years due to her sexual orientation.
The viral snippet is from Jackie’s recently released Chinese film, Ride On, which showcases several spectacular stunts from his pre-Hollywood movies.
In the scene, Liu Haocun, playing Jackie’s daughter, expresses her admiration for him, prompting tears to well up in his eyes.
Adding to the poignancy of the moment is the fact that Jackie’s real daughter, Etta Ng (also known as Xiao Long Nu), previously revealed that she and her girlfriend faced homelessness in 2018 due to their “homophobic” parents.
In 2013, while promoting his film Police Story, Jackie himself admitted to being an absent father.
“The story touched a part of me, especially during the crying scenes. I can’t help but break into tears when filming scenes with Tian Jing because it reminds me of my Xiao Long Nu,” Jackie shared. “I have neglected her for the longest time.”
The extent of communication between Jackie and his real daughter remains unclear. However, given the depth of emotion captured in the clip and Jackie’s candid interviews spanning over a decade, it raises the question of whether those tears were genuine.
Etta, born in 1999 from an extramarital affair Jackie had while married to his current wife, Joan Lin, shares a complex family dynamic with her half-sibling.
