After her contract with Filmko Pictures expires this year, Karena Lam Ka Yan will retire from the entertainment industry and return to her home country, Canada . Allegedly, Karena announced her sudden retirement plans due to the exposure of her affair with married man, Yuen Kim Wai.
Karena met commercial director, Yuen Kim Wai in 2008 through her ex-boyfriend, Chan Kwong Wing.
Since Mr. Yuen’s wife lives in Beijing , Karena allegedly moved into Mr. Yuen’s apartment in Hong Kong to spend more time together. The pair were photographed entering Mr. Yuen’s home at Jardine’s Lookout Tower . Due to the recent exposure of the complex love triangle, Karena decided to withdraw from the relationship.
Reporters visited Mrs. Yuen’s ceramics shop in Beijing . When reporters mentioned Karena Lam’s name, Mrs. Yuen got extremely upset and angrily shouted, “Don’t touch my husband!”
On September 7th, news circulated that a witness spotted a woman who resembled Karena Lam visiting an obstetrician in Canada . Rumors spread rapidly that Karena may be currently pregnant with Mr. Yuen’s child. A representative from Filmko Pictures noted that Karena was on vacation and did not respond to the pregnancy rumors.
Coincidentally, Karena’s new film, Lover’s Discourse <恋人絮语>, was originally slated to open in the summer, but the film has now been postponed for November release. It was unclear whether Karena will be appearing at the film’s premiere at that time. Director Tsang Kwong Cheung was happy that Lover’s Discourse will be shown at the Pusan International Film Festival. Realizing that Karena was overseas, he e-mailed her, hoping that she would appear at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in October.
Compiled from Tom.com and jsdushin.com
Jayne: Unless Karena Lam responds to the current rumors, tabloids will likely become more elaborate with the story. Whether she is truly pregnant with Mr. Yuen’s baby, time will tell. If she completely disappears from all Lover’s Discourse functions, then it will become very suspicious.
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I have noticed that if an artist just goes into hiding or goes silent for awhile about baby/love affair rumours, then a lot of the times it actually ends up being true. If rumours are usually not true, then most artists would just come straight out and clarify as well as defend themselves. But it they just go silent like that then the silence usually just speaks for itself.
I am very surprised she is retiring considering she has a meteoric rise in the HK movie world. Is it really because of the rumours or because she is ready to settle down with the man in the rumours? What a pity. Why would a self sufficient talented young girl subject herself to such a level by becoming a husband snatcher (even if they were separated and he met her later) when she is such a capable women, pretty and should be able to find someone far better and more available?
Her retirement from filming is quite abrupt and mysterious. Obviously people will suspect something.
LOL, I wouldn’t be surprised if all these rumors are true. Seems like Karena has a thing for married men…. This wouldn’t be the first time she’s been the third party.
Then again, I initially thought she left the entertainment world b/c her career was slowly going down the drain.
Funn, for some women who knowingly enter an affair with a married man, they probably expect it to be a short-term affair. Many women are not naive enough to expect that the man will divorce the wife just because of this affair.
Aside from money, why would some women willingly be the third wheel? In a telling interview, Christine Ng admitted that she was involved with a married man for 4 years. She never expected the man to divorce nor did she intend to hurt the wife intentionally. Perhaps women like Christine and Karena were only thinking of themselves and “living in the moment,” chasing the lust or even feelings of love that the affair gave and did not think of the consequences. In a Stephen Chan interview, Michelle Reis also said that for her love was love and she did not care whether the man was married or not (regarding her involved with Mr. Lau).
AK, you’re right Karena was involved with a married man previously.
I just don’t understand how can one get involve with a marry man, aren’t there any self-respect and dignity left? Shouldn’t they think about the impact it will have on everybody (spouse, children, your own parents etc..). Would their friend respect them for breaking-up a family? I guess if those answers can be properly answered one would think twice before hooking up with marry man.
I totally agree with Jayzemine. Don’t these women have any respect for consideration for the married women??? Sorry, but if what Michele Reis says is true, I have lost all respect for her. I once heard that she got mad at her dad for leaving her mom for another woman. If she got mad at her dad for it, then why is she trying to break up other marriages?? She sounds like a hypocrite. I guess these women don’t even know how it feels until it happens to them. I don’t think they will like it if they get married and another woman tries to seduce their husband. But then again, if it has not happened to them yet then will not even care. How selfish and inconsiderate!
If love can be so rational, there won’t be so many people doing stupid things for love.
Kidd, You have a point. I know that love cannot really be rationalized but that still does not give people the excuse to mess with a married man or woman. I just don’t understand love at all since I have not been through it. However, I believe that regardless of anything, you do not go after a married man/woman. THat is just wrong…
Plain wrong but also karma, what comes around goes around. A cheater always a cheater
I have a friend that had an affair with an older, married man. She was 18 and he was 40 at the time. Growing up, her father cheated on her mother many times. Her mother eventually divorced and married another man.
My friend felt that her parents did not love her while she was growing up. The older man that she had an affair with gave her the attention that she craved from a caring adult at the time. She felt lonely and didn’t have friends to fill that void at the time.
She knew he was married, but never intended to break up his marriage. She didn’t see a future with him, but was only chasing the moment to fill the void she felt within herself at the time. She acted impulsively and selfishly because she was really only interested in how she felt and what she got out of the relationship at the time. I can tell that she is shamed by the affair and doesn’t like to talk too much about it.
Sometimes we meet people that we bond together with instantly. In my friend’s case, she and he were both very lonely and unhappy people when they met. Although the time they had together was forbidden and short-lived, they understood each other.
I believe that the nature of the affair is meant to be short-lived, versus a relationship. The sexual affair is usually to fill that inner void, unhappiness, or something missing about one-self. Due to that impulsive need for instant gratification, whether the man is married or not does not become important.
I don’t think any woman aims to go after married men, but sometimes because of the above reasons and you get lost in the moment, you end up not caring that the man is married after all.
Agree with you, Jayne. Some women that I know are so smart, independent, level-headed individuals, but when it comes to handling relationships, they become irrational and end up being a third party. And as wrong as it is, they probably were just living for the moment to satisfy their hidden desires. They did not think of the long term consequences such as breaking a family apart and I think a lot of women do not intend to break a family apart when they get involved in an affair, saying they don’t need the “status” and will just be fullfilling their short-term needs, lust and loneliness. I think very few look at it as long-term commitment. And hopefully they will return to reality soon before they go too deep into it.
It has been confirmed she is pregnant and married to Yuen Kim Wei.
THanks for sharing your friend’s story Jayne. I think that is sadly why a lot of people cheat. The main things that people need to remember is once again, to be considerate and to think about others, how you are affecting them, to control your desires and to think about the consquences of your actions. If you don’t think, you are not just going to hurt others but in the end, I think you are also hurting yourself. I also believe in karma and what goes around comes around. If you chase a married man and break up his marriage and family. One day if you get married yourself and have a family, someone will do it to you as well.It’s like a cycle because once you get into it, it will be hard to stop it.
I can also share an example which is not really related but it seems like history repeating itself. One of my friend’s eloped with her husband and her husband dumped his family just to be with her. His family was really good to him and all but he chose his wife(my friend) in the end which I think is sad. Then I found out that her husband’s father did the same thing to his family as well. He also eloped with his wife and dumped his family. That’s when I realized… Maybe it is karma and what goes around comes around. He did that to his own family and now his own son is doing it to him….
update: she is indeed 6 months pregnant.
congrats to karena. i will miss her on-screen presence.
Yes, she is pregnant and married. Reports state that her husband wants her to stay home and raise their child. Smart move on the husbands part… Remove her from her career so she needs to depend on him and then he’ll go out and finally another gf or wife. I think Karena just made one of the biggest mistakes of her life. (The first mistake was getting involved with the first married man, the 2nd mistake was getting involved with this married man). Way to go Karena!!!