The hashtag for exclusive interview with Economic View has earned 1.08 billion views on Sina Weibo as of Thursday and over on Twitter topped the leading trend list for Thailand, where The Untamed is extremely popular. Overall the response has been positive, with many Chinese netizens saying they appreciate that Xiao could bravely face negative comments with a brave and modest attitude. This is the first public interview that Xiao has received since the event. The platform, which was extremely popular in the Chinese mainland, became inaccessible soon after, provoking a huge backlash among the public, with some criticizing the fans for damaging artistic freedom. The fans claimed they reported the site to protect their idol's reputation being ruined from what they claimed were pornographic stories. In February, the star and a portion of his fandom became the center of controversy after a group of Xiao's fans reported overseas fan fiction site AO3 to the Chinese authorities for hosting fan fiction that depict Xiao and his male co-star Wang Yibo from the hit TV drama The Untamed in a same-sex relationship. The video had earned more than 39.15 million views as of Thursday afternoon.
If those disputes caused some trouble to some people, I want to make an apology to them." Although the star did not specify what the "disputes" were, many Chinese netizens have surmised that he was referring to the AO3 controversy from three months ago. In the video released Wednesday on Sina Weibo, Xiao said, "Some time ago, some disputes related to me occurred, and this dispute happened during the key period of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I feel very sorry. Chinese actors Wang Yibo(left) and Xiao ZhanA video of an interview with Chinese singer and actor Xiao Zhan has gone viral on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo, with many Chinese netizens praising the star for his courage to apologize to the public for the actions of fans who caused overseas fanfic platform Archive of Our Own (AO3) to become blocked in the Chinese mainland back in late February.
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