Unmask the weeping crocodile named T.A.O.
Unmask the weeping crocodile named T.A.O.
There is a phrase called crocodile tears. It means that crocodiles weep for the victims they are eating. Crocodiles shed tears while consuming their victims. It also means that some cruel people pretend to lament the moment they are conducting hurtful acts.
Today, Wu Yifan was mentioned in an article about Tao. The article mentioned Wu Yifan several times from title to abstract and even to the content, which have become one of the most attention-getting topics in this interview. However, the content of this article is to whitewash all the miserable things Tao has done, including betraying brothers, putting on airs and his booty calls. What is the purpose of this article mentioning Wu Yifan? Does Tao’s attitude towards Wu Yifan really take a sharp turn? Let’s wait and see the direction in which this article’s comments go.
First of all, what kind of benefits have this article brought to Tao?
1. Tao and his team have mentioned about Wu Yifan for several times in this article when Tao was having an interview to clarify his extremely negative news recently. That interview is ALL about Tao's confession to scandals, including his booty call, putting on air and bad manners. But unexpectedly the article and the interview set titles related to Wu Yifan. It's obvious that they want to guide public's attention from those negative news to Tao’s asking Wu Yifan for forgiveness. This is not about personal relationship and apologies at all. Wu Yifan is NOT anyone's tool to cover the facts. Unfortunately, people now are paying too much attention to Wu Yifan and Tao and no one really cares about Tao's negative news any more.
TAO’s negative news
Pic Trans: 150804 @Sina Entertainment:【We are really popular】Staff of Tao’s team said, “we are very popular, everyone wants to have an interview with us!” After lots of twists and turns, including being late and makeup preparation, finally come to an agreement with the interview time. However, someone said he looked like Huang Bo (a very famous comedian in China and also a movie king). Tao was immediately unhappy and redo his hairstyle. When all the lights were in place, he just changed his idea and only can do the literal interview! In this rehearsal of a big channel, all the people just wait only one person. Let’s look at a weird interview. (The following link is the whole interview content.)
Wang Sicong(who is famous for the second-generation rich identity and dare to tell the truth in the world of entertainment) forward this Weibo and commented: so ugly as a horse. Doesn’t Huang Bo more handsome than you? I am not going to disclose your booty call affairs in the name of falling in love. Just a stupid.
2. Tao has been widely criticized for his misbehavior and bad manners for a long time, including posting improper gestures to fans and offending working staff at the airport. Recently, more negative news about him have been exposed. Tao is not a three-year-old child any more, old enough to carry all the responsibilities. So it's not convincing at all to attribute his faults to being young and naive. What's more, some of Tao's words don't match with his deeds. If Tao is truly sorry for his rude words and behaviors towards Wu Yifan, why does he publicly put Wu Yifan under the pressure of the press? Shouldn't he leave personal problems to the private situation? If he really repents, why does he not contact Wu Yifan earlier but now at such sensitive time? The press are talking about Tao's misbehavior while Tao and his team choose to avoid the major issues for the easy ones.
Crocodile tears cannot whitewash one's wrong deeds. It's coward to escape responsibility and drag someone else with you.
3. Tao’s betraying Wu Yifan was not an impulsive act. The fact is that as early as in 2013 when SM breached the contract and forced Wu Yifan out of the team, Tao’s friend began spreading unreal rumors against Wu Yifan. Since then, Tao has been conducting acts against Wu Yifan’s interests. On Instagram and Weibo he criticized Wu Yifan several times and made fun of even cursed Wu Yifan’s health condition (see pics attached), which lead his fans to make up stories and intentionally misinterpret news to throw false accusations at Wu Yifan, ruin Wu Yifan’s reputation and hurt Wu Yifan personally. These are definitely not acts on impulse and are neither have anything to do with his personally feelings towards Wu Yifan. Tao continuously criticized Wu Yifan for several months until his leaving EXO made him groundless to give more judgments. In the interview, he intended to excuse himself by claiming his backstab “an impulsive act” and overlooked all the enormous harms he has caused. It is an absolutely irresponsible and an insincere apology.
4. Tao left EXO so he has no stand to accuse Wu Yifan anymore. At the moment he tried to affect public opinion so to make ways for his future career. His account has nothing to do with apology, let alone its sincerity.
5. Tao was wearing an exquisite makeup in the Sina interview, even crossed his legs. For his crying picture posted by Sina, he was crying for his own grievances. It has nothing to do with his regret or apology.
What does today's incident mean to Wu Yifan?
It's a second-time hurt and betrayal to him.
First of all, publicly talk and report about the termination of the contract without Wu Yifan's awareness is against Wu Yifan and his team's consistent low-key attitude of settling the contract issue. Tao did not think about the following influence nor consider about the possibility that Wu Yifan will face a second-time discussion and blame. He put Wu Yifan back into public discussion and argument again, which is a severe interruption and disrespect to Wu Yifan's current work schedules.
Secondly, all the topic and content of the interview is related to Wu Yifan. All the things Tao did, trying to save his image and attract public attention by mentioning someone else is a shameful behavior of being selfish and consuming other's popularity to benefit himself, which is very contemptible and despised.
The more important thing is, after Tao coming back to China, he has all the time starting his own studio, attending TV programs, preparing his album, holding fan meetings, and having shooting and training. If he really feels sorry, why he didn’t apologize in such a long period? Instead, he only mentioned this when he was blamed by public for arrogance and promiscuity. It seems that even though Tao said this was the most regretful and important thing to him, he hasn’t thought of it for months. Moreover, it’s hard for people to believe he is ‘regretful’ while he showed an extremely happy image after leaving SM.
As a result, it is very clear that he had this interview and gave the apology all of a sudden is just because he wanted to get away his bad image and pretend to be nice after being blamed by public.
In the last, his fake apology in his interview may bring more blames and pressure to Wu Yifan. The fake apology doesn’t deserve forgiveness. In fact, Tao is hurting Wu Yifan again because his interview brings Wu Yifan blames from misled fans and involving Wu Yifan in troubles which have already ended.
Someone who uses apologies and confessions as a tool to mislead public opinions, showing no respect or even care to Wu Yifan's attitude, does not deserve Wu Yifan or the public's forgiveness or any response.
A tearful crocodile does not deserve any compassion as it's just playing some poor little tricks before it eats someone.
It's not the key point if Wu Yifan will respond or forgive. It's his freedom and please respect his freedom.
Trans by: Kris Kingdom













