Move over, Ellen DeGeneres! Chinese actor, Wen Zhang’s apology tweet for cheating on his wife of six years with a co-star has broken the Chinese Twitter record for most retweets and comments.
In China’s version of the social networking site, Weibo, Zhang’s tweet got 2.5 million comments in just 10 hours of it being up, as well as 1 million retweets.
Zhang apologized to wife Ma Yili for cheating on her with his Naked Marriage co-star Yao Di. Most of the comments were out of anger for the cheating actor.
The Hollywood Reporter notes Yili is pregnant with the couple’s second child.
"I have brought this upon myself. A mistake is a mistake. This has nothing to do with anyone else. Today, I am willing to accept all the consequences. I've let down Ma Yili and our children,” he said. “My mistake does not deserve to be forgiven, and it will be difficult for me to make amends for all the harm I've caused. But I want to do it. I have to do it. This is what I'll do for the rest of my life."
Yili responded with, "Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished.”
Meanwhile, DeGeneres got 1.8 million retweets of her Oscars selfie in the first hour. The picture was retweeted over 3.4 million times overall.