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In the 1990s, Chew Chor Meng was popular for his boyish looks, cheerful demeanor, and comedic roles as Ah Bee (from the Channel 8 sitcom Don’t Worry, Be Happy) and Mr Kiasu from the eponymous sitcom. Channel 5.
However, the local actor has a side that neither his wife nor his mother knew about.
On the latest episode of the meWATCH Hear U Out talk show, local host and Chor Meng co-star in Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Quan Yi Fong pointed out that the Chor Meng he met while filming the series was “the real you who I know “and what everyone saw of the actor later” was not the real you that I liked. “
This sparked a discussion about what the 51-year-old was like on set back then.
Chor Meng said his colleagues found him “smart and cranky”, although he never lost his cool on the set of Don’t Worry, Be Happy, and that he was “known for telling dirty jokes” and “swearing a lot.” .
Even Yi Fong didn’t think he was someone who swore because he had a “pretty boy look”. He also said that he “never showed this side of you to the public.”
Chor Meng added, “It’s not just the audience. Dennis Chew once told me, ‘You’re really good at swearing.’ My wife was shocked. She asked why I wasn’t like that in front of her.”
The actor confessed that he does not use vulgarities when he is with his wife and mother.
[[nid:507948]]As for why he swears and tells dirty jokes, he explained, “I needed a way to release the stress of filming. Today, everyone is on their phones once they finish filming. In the past, we had to tell jokes.
“Or when we got bored during filming, we double-crossed some lines. For example, how about replacing the lines with vulgarities?”
Due to her antics, cast and crew of Don’t Worry, Be Happy became a close-knit family, Yi Fong said.
But Chor Meng has had its fair share of criticism from the public, although that doesn’t bother him.
He said, “Some people think I’m boastful, arrogant, distant, but I don’t care about those things.”
