TV host Zhu Dan apologises for her "bias" towards young male co-stars
The whole issue sparked earlier this month, after Zhu Dan, who is on the reality show, "Wonderland", gave two chicken drumsticks from a bowl of chicken soup to actors Winwin and Zhou Yiran while making a comment that "the boys are still growing" in one episode.
On the other hand, she handed over the smaller chicken wings to younger actress Ouyang Didi and Chinese star Ning Jing.
When Ning Jing questioned the logic behind Zhu Dan's distribution of the pieces of chicken and asked if she loved the boys more, Zhu Dan directly responded, "A little."
She also made a comment when Zhou Yiran mentioned that he would prefer to have a daughter instead of a son, saying, "Opposites attract; parents are instinctively biased toward children of the opposite sex... Fathers love daughters more, and mothers love sons more."
In response to her statement, netizens took to social media to criticise the way of thinking, saying that such an idea should not be the norm.
They also dug up a past interview where Zhu Dan said that she arranged for her six-year-old daughter to be in the same class with her three-year-old son so that the sister could take care of her brother.
Many questioned Zhu Dan's parenting style of putting the responsibility of caring for another on her daughter when she is also just a kid.
In response to the criticisms coming her way, Zhu Dan recently posted a message on social media, writing, "Over the past few days, I've heard a lot of voices. I'm very sorry that my way of expressing myself has caused significant controversy and made people feel uncomfortable."
At the same time, she refuted reports about her kids, saying, "We have never let our daughter repeat a grade. The children received mixed-age education during kindergarten (3-7 years old small, medium and large classes together)."
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