Despite her impressive résumé, Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (張可頤) is reportedly having a tough time landing jobs after burning bridges with former employer TVB. Once a respected TV Queen, Maggie has now resorted to hosting a variety program alongside a cast of unknown actors. Although TVB made Maggie a household name, the 45-year-old chose to leave the company after her contract expired in 2012. She immediately signed with Ricky Wong‘s (王維基) HKTV and was marketed as the new station’s top sister. She was given a starring role in big-budget series Hakka Women <客家女人>, though the drama still has no air date due to HKTV’s on-going TV licensing conflicts. After the Hong Kong government rejected HKTV’s initial free-to-air license application in 2013, Maggie decided to not renew her contract and has remained a free agent ever since. While she has expressed interest in returning to TVB, rumors alleged that her diva demands had angered executives and landed her on the dreaded internal blacklist. Shunned by the TV industry’s biggest player, Maggie is now having trouble earning enough income to cover mortgage on her $6 million HKD residence. Although there were offers from Mainland, she has rarely appeared locally since her stint at HKTV. No longer attracting top offers, Maggie is now forced to return to the bottom rung of the entertainment ladder. This April, she accepted a job with i-Cable to host a program that showcases Hong Kong’s historic buildings. Partnered up with the station’s lesser-known artistes, Maggie’s new show has little hope of ever attracting mainstream interest. Also, i-Cable may have written the show off, making nearly no effort at all to promote the program. Creds: ihktv
And that is why you should never burn bridges and talk shit about your past employers and people you used to work with because you never know, one day you might need to rekindle those relationships and get them to help you out. She offended so many people, now those people aren't going to help her out.
Especially in the Entertainment industry, it's a close circle of people so if you have offend enough of them bad enough, you are pretty much cut off opportunities. They will tell other people not to hire you. She's older now and certain roles for her are no longer available for her, she's still a good actress but being a diva and hard to work with will get you a bad reputation and few jobs.
worst part is that tvb apparently has people inside the government of hk.. otherwise, why would they reject hktv's license?
If speaking the truth means burning bridges with TVB, then let it be. Changes do not happen over night but without older artists spilling the bean, the younger ones will not get better treatment. I see nothing wrong with her action. She signed up with HKTV so it's natural for her to stand up for the station. As for the so-called bad mouthing TVB, its the truth so it's not bad mouthing to me. Oppts will come for her I am sure.
well said, it might not be the smartest choice for her career to talk about stuff inside TVB, but why can't she? i doubt she did not see it coming that if HKTV should fail, she wouldn't be able to go back to TVB so easily.
I have to agree to an extent that speaking the truth is not bad mouthing. However, in this business world logic doesnt exist. Boss is always gonna be boss and no matter how bad they treat. you need to suck it up and still smile through the day. that is how the business works.
