Taiwanese actor Ethan Ruan opens up on estranged relationship with his dad


"I never want to be like my father," says a teary-eyed Ruan. Photo: Zhejiang STV Official Channel/YouTube

Taiwanese actor-model Ethan Ruan got candid about his difficult relationship with his father, stating, "I never want to be like him."

"My father has a side to him that I dislike the most. He used a bad and wrong way to express his love towards us, ” he says during an emotional scene in a Chinese variety show on Jan 9, with the rest of the cast huddled over a bonfire.

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