As the big winners of last night's Golden Bell Awards, Greg and Alice pretty much did not sleep. After the show they attended the Post-Awards Party and Post-Awards press conference. At least the after party looked relaxed rather than wild to give them a break. The Post-Awards press conference took place at 2:30am though!
Much of the more interesting, and admittedly more gossipy questions were asked by the press at this press conference. The main item of interrogation was the fact that Alice's award was semi presented to her by one of her most well-known Ex-boyfriends, Edison Wang/ Wang Bo-chieh (from Yong-Jiu Grocery Store and Nowhere Man.) I'm not huge on providing gossip, but I'll provide the context so you can understand the interest from the interviewers: The two dated for a few years after they worked together around 2008 and there were rumours Edison had a breakdown a month after they split (an apparent attempted suicide), though he denied that it was due to the end of their relationship. It doesn't sound like they had the best of times as Edison drank a lot at the time. During the Awards, there was little interaction between Alice and her ex because Joseph Chang (I think knowing this was his friend's ex) handed Alice the trophy (though he did tease Edison saying "I know who you would like to win!" and asked him to read out the winner's name). I think it's a been a long time and Alice has been married awhile and probably doesn't even think about this anymore, but the media never forgets peoples' exes! I'll provide a brief translation of the interview by Mirror Media below - Alice is very good at holding her own, but it was sweet of Greg to try to jump in too!
Mirror Media Interview (First video above)
One of the interviewers asked Alice, "You just met one of your old loves (Edison Wang/ Wang Bo-chieh). Did you think of this matter? Did you feel awkward?" Alice replied that she didn't think about this because she had a massive mind blank and had trouble even thinking about who she wanted to thank, so she didn't have time/energy to think about this other stuff. The interviewers then asked, "Do you know who gave you the actual award?" Alice laughed and said it was Joseph Chang. But interviewers are determined - another interviewer asked if she had heard when Joseph Chang said to Edison Wang "I know who you would like to win." Alice laughs and says she didn't hear that and she was pretty empty-headed at the time. Another reporter said, "But he (Edison) announced your name."
Somewhere around this time, Greg starts talking about something else to rescue Alice, but it's kind of funny because he's not very smooth and just says a bunch of things. He says "Actually, I think this drama, Some Day or One Day, has brought on the effect of...". But the reporters are touched because it's obvious that he's trying to draw them away from talking about Alice's Ex (who Greg has also worked with in Nowhere Man.) The reporters respond by saying "He's saving her!" "He's so smart!"
Alice bursts out laughing after someone says "He's repaying an act of kindness" (Alice spoke up for Greg when he was in a spot with the media for some news about his old acting teachers). Greg ended up saying he's grateful that the drama was broadcast in so many places and he appreciates those fans in Japan, Korea and elsewhere. Alice claps when Greg stops talking and says it's the first time he's saved her and she's very touched, making Greg grin.
The reporters then ask if Alice had comforted Greg. Alice says Greg doesn't need comforting because he's very calm and collected. But one of the reporters said that his lips had turned white. Alice said it's because he hasn't eaten - they all hadn't eaten (No wonder she blanked out on stage!) Greg said he'll lick it better and he does (which they replay). A reporter said that once it was revealed that Greg Hsu didn't win the award roughly 10,000 Korean viewers dropped off from watching the live stream.
Greg and Alice were so shocked that they both replied in unison, "Is this real or just a joke?!" The reporter said it was around that many people. Alice said they were just angry and Greg said that sounded like an exaggeration! The reporter insists it was true and Greg said he didn't know that and he thanked them for their support, though he hoped they would stay till the end of the live stream because of the Best Drama award (which they won.)
Official Pictures
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