Moon Lee and her never-ending saga
By
all the rules of modern societal gossip, Moon Lee’s “Closet Affair” that ended
what had been described as a fairy-tale marriage should have long become
forgotten history. The stunning and
unbelievable affair with a teenage adoptive son happened between April of 2004
and July of 2006. The intense flurry of
international media attention was understandable after the announcement of
divorce in 2007; after all, she was the media darling then and the actual
events were factually shocking.
Yet,
nearly ten years after her history-making betrayal of family and husband, the
Moon Lee “Closet Affair” is still written up on essays in Chinese cyberspace on
a weekly basis. My wife, Alyssa Xiaoli,
and I are emotionally way past her treacherous actions. At one time, Alyssa was furious at Moon for
trying to blame the divorce on her for being the “third person”, but she was
gratified by winning a libel lawsuit against Moon in a Beijing court. Now Alyssa often jokes that Moon’s loss has
turned out to be her gain. With time,
anger has turned into a combination of pity and glee.
On
one hand, we have the mind to ignore everything about Moon Lee. On the other, we remain curious about the
Chinese national preoccupation with Moon’s (and other actress’s) notorious
sexual misconduct. Since Moon Lee
continues to strive to maintain her notoriety by writing Chinese blog essays
frequently, we figured that we could indulge her and make her increasingly
famous among English speakers by informing western readers with my occasional
commentary.
With
Moon’s son now eighteen years old and entering college (I suspect in eastern
Canada), she will lose any child support payments from her first
ex-husband. So Moon Lee is financially
on her own entirely. Over these last
five years since my divorce, she has not disclosed any professional or
occupational advancement whatsoever. I
believe that if she had anything to brag about, she would have made public
declaration of such. So we can safely
pity her for a lack of financial independence and also a lack of a personal
love life.
And
as she constantly draws attention to herself via her Chinese blog to maintain
and invigorate her fan base, all she can write about is home-making activities
like cooking and planting and her non-extravagant and uninspired travel
log.
Moon’s
son is lucky to leave the nest now. She
could be a loving mother to her son, but she cannot inspire him to
greatness. As a matter of fact, Moon
Lee’s thoughtless actions robbed her son of an alternative pathway for life.
To
Moon’s son, Aldo, I say: “The seven years that I spent as your step-father were
good times between us. The fact that I
could not do more for you was not of my choosing. As a child, you were blameless. Your destiny was decided by your mother ---
for that, I am sorry for you!”
Dennis K. Law MD
