Celeb hairstylist Addy Lee says he's departing Mdada live-streaming platform in surprise announcement
Posted on 04 April 2023 | 11,261 views | 1 comment
Yamini Chinnuswamy
The Straits Times
April 2, 2023 Local celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee, a co-founder of live-streaming e-commerce company Mdada, is leaving the platform due to ill health. He made the surprise announcement to his nearly 29,000 followers on Instagram on Saturday, accompanying the post with a picture of himself on a hospital bed. The Malaysia-born 51-year-old thanked his Mdada co-founders, Singaporean actress-host Michelle Chia and Singapore-based Thai-Chinese actor-host Pornsak Prajakwit, and said he was sad that he had to leave. The trio set up the business in 2020.
“I regret leaving at this time as I can’t bear to give up my ‘Mbabies’, but I know my health needs my attention,” he wrote.
Lee added that he had been struggling with health problems in the last four months, and said he had undergone surgery three weeks ago.
Doctors had repeatedly told him to rest, he said, but Lee added that he continued to work as he did not want to disappoint his supporters.
He did not specify the nature of his health problems, and did not respond to queries from Chinese daily newspaper Lianhe Zaobao.
The Straits Times
April 2, 2023 Local celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee, a co-founder of live-streaming e-commerce company Mdada, is leaving the platform due to ill health. He made the surprise announcement to his nearly 29,000 followers on Instagram on Saturday, accompanying the post with a picture of himself on a hospital bed.
However, his previous post on Instagram included more snaps of himself looking unwell in what appears to be a ward. In the caption, Lee said he “went to the hospital four times a month” and had three operations. He also shared that his condition was causing distress to his mother. “My mum asked me not to fight so hard. She didn’t need (me to earn so much money for her). Mum cried and kept asking me to go back to Malaysia to rest,” he wrote. Another snap shared on March 10 suggests that he has been consulting an orthopaedic surgeon at a clinic in Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. Lee’s artiste pals – including actresses Hong Huifang, Pan Lingling and Priscelia Chan – were quick to voice their support in response to his most recent announcement. Notably absent from the outpouring of support, however, were Chia and Pornsak.
(From left) Addy Lee, Pornsak and Michelle Chia founded live-streaming company Mdada in 2020. PHOTO: PORNSAKP/INSTAGRAM
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