Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng caused a stir online with a not-so-positive social media post about Singapore last week.
In his Instagram Stories on March 21, he wrote:"This is apropos of nothing but it’s a mistake to listen to any Singaporean about current affairs other than Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Others dismissed the post as another Malaysian hating on Singapore with one Redittor commenting:"It's a Malaysian thing to hate Singaporeans. To be Malaysian is to hate Singaporeans." He rose to fame after becoming a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in the US and acting in blockbuster Hollywood movies such as Crazy Rich Asians and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings.During a 2021 podcast, when a US interviewer talked about visiting Asia and asked whether he should start with Malaysia, Chieng said no.
On an episode of The Daily Show the same year, he defended Singapore after host Noah joked about the Singapore Government not paying for Covid treatment for the unvaxxed.
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