Moon Lee and her never-ending saga

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