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At the beginning of 2014, the TV series "Parents' Love" immediately attracted a lot of attention from viewers as soon as it was released, and that year, this drama became the No. 1 in the ratings of all TV dramas.
Today, the show has been broadcast in many countries around the world, and is recognized as a period drama with extremely high quality.
The popularity of the TV series also left a deep impression on the audience with the protagonists and supporting roles in the play, especially the love between "Jiang Defu" and "An Jie" in the play is even more enviable.
Jiang Defu in the play has a very happy life, whether it is family or career, but in reality, the emotional road of Guo Tao, the actor of "Jiang Defu", is not so smooth.
grew up in the quarrel of his parents, witnessed the divorce of his parents, and it was precisely because of the shadow of his childhood that he did not enter marriage until he was nearly 40 years old.
Before that, Guo Tao had a lot of love history, and he also personally exposed the plot of "beating women", and said that he "will never marry an actress".
Indeed, he did what he said, and did not choose to marry an actress in the circle, but chose Li Ran, an architect who was 17 years younger than him.
In his opinion, his wife Li Ran conforms to all the virtues of traditional Chinese women, and at the beginning, a company took a fancy to Li Ran's appearance and talent and wanted to introduce her to the entertainment industry.
But this idea was strangled in the cradle by Guo Tao before it began, and after the two got married, Li Ran chose to quit his job and become the woman behind him.
And now, does Li Ranwei regret his choice? What does Guo Tao say about "beating women" in the book?
1, the original family is broken, and Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang can't praise him
Now talking about Guo Tao, the most familiar role should be "Jiang Defu", or Bao Shihong in "Crazy Stone".
But in fact, before that, Guo Tao created a lot of roles.
Guo Tao's starting point can be said to be very high, his father is a top student of the Central Academy of Drama, his mother is a top student of the Shanghai Theater Academy, and the two of them are engaged in acting careers.
So for acting, Guo Tao is both talented and intimate.
Many people know that Guo Tao is from Shaanxi and think that he was born in Shaanxi, but in fact, Guo Tao was born in Qinghai, and his parents also met and fell in love in Qinghai.
In 1966, Guo Tao's parents chose to get married after falling in love for more than half a year, and Guo Tao was born in 1967.
Later, the parents soon returned to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province for work, thinking that they were about to usher in a happy life for a family of three, but the quarrels never stopped in this family.
Although it is normal for the husband and wife to quarrel with each other, it is not a good memory for Guo Tao, who was still young at the time.
Similar to "Parents' Love", Guo Tao also has a younger sister named Guo Yue in reality, and the difference between the two is 7 years old.
Compared with Guo Tao, her sister's development is also good, she has become a member of the General Political Drama Troupe, and has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala several times to perform sketches.
But a few years after his sister was born, his parents chose to divorce, his mother took his sister away, and he lived with his father.
At that time, he became introverted, had low self-esteem, and was resistant to his father, because he felt that the main reason for his parents' divorce was his father.
When he grew up, he also followed in the footsteps of his parents and was admitted to the art school in Xi'an, when his father was the principal, and it was natural to be disciplined to go to school under his father's nose.
But fortunately, at that time, he could go to his mother and sister at any time, but he still had to return to his father.
In the first year of the college entrance examination, Guo Tao failed to be admitted to university, and his father scolded him, and he hated his father even more in his heart.
The next year, he made up his mind that he must be admitted to a good university, and sure enough, he was successfully admitted to his father's alma mater.
Four years of college passed quickly, and after graduation, he was assigned to the Central Repertory Theatre, and with his acting skills, he also attracted the attention of insiders.
At the age of 24, he also appeared in his first movie "The Three Bitter Brothers", but it didn't cause much splash, but it caused him to yearn for the entertainment industry.
Finally, at the age of 27, he was appreciated by both the great directors Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.
That year, he first starred in Zhang Yimou's movie version of "Alive", playing Fugui's friend Chunsheng in the play, and then starred in Feng Xiaogang's film debut "Never Lose My Love", in which he played the male protagonist in the play.
However, these two dramas failed to make it popular, and it can only be said that he has a certain reputation in the circle, so after that, he returned to his own job "drama".
During this period, although he was nearly 30 years old, he had many girlfriends, but none of them made him want to get married, until he met his current wife Li Ran, and he had the idea of getting married!
2. At the age of 39, he married 22-year-old Li Ran, and his wife Wangfu's career went all the way
According to Guo Tao once said in an interview, before he met Li Ran, he did not yearn for marriage.
His first acquaintance with Li Ran was in a friend's party, it was 2004, Guo Tao was 37 years old, and when he first came to the dinner, he was attracted by the 20-year-old beauty Li Ran at a glance.
At that time, Li Ran was studying in Shijiazhuang, mainly engaged in the construction industry, and was an authentic Chongqing girl.
Guo Tao fell in love with her at first sight, but at that time, Li Ran felt that Guo Tao was not a reliable person and was a little frivolous.
It turned out that Guo Tao was still dyed with yellow hair at that time, and he kept looking at Li Ran, although he knew that Guo Tao was a star, but Li Ran was not moved.
It wasn't until Guo Tao asked Li Ran to come out that he directly told Li Ran all his experiences, and Li Ran suddenly felt that this man seemed to be pretty good.
And she also found that she and Guo Tao have many Xi in life, which can be said to be a good match.
So, under Guo Tao's pursuit, the two fell in love, and after a year of love, Guo Tao proposed, so the two entered the palace of marriage, Guo Tao was 39 years old that year, and Li Ran was 22 years old.
When he got married, Guo Tao swore to his wife that his original family was already very bad, and he would never divorce in his life.
After getting married, Li Ran also liked acting because Guo Tao also liked it, and later went to China Transmission to read broadcasting and started his own broadcasting career.
But it didn't take long for Guo Tao to hope that his wife could spend more time at home, and that year, Li Ran found out that she was pregnant, so she gave up her career and became a full-time housewife and full-time mother.
In 2006, Guo Tao's eldest son Guo Zirui was born, and 5 years later, he gave birth to a younger daughter.
After marrying a wife and having children, Guo Tao's career became more and more prosperous.
The year his son was born, he became popular because of a "Crazy Stone", and also won several awards.
Even his son's nickname "Stone" was his commemoration of this work.
But he didn't know that he was busy filming, his wife was busy taking care of his son alone, and even cried secretly by himself, because after all, she was only 23 years old, and she was still a child.
After his son went to kindergarten, Li Ran became pregnant with their daughters, and in 2011, their daughters were born, realizing a "good" word.
In 2013, it can be said that Guo Tao became popular again, this year, he took his 7-year-old son to the parent-child show, and his son's cuteness attracted a lot of fans' attention.
It was also at this time that he knew that it was not easy to take care of a child, and then, in 2014, the appearance of "Parents' Love" once again brought his career to a new level.
But in those two years, he wanted to take advantage of the popularity of his new book, but unexpectedly, this book almost "ruined" him!
3. The book exposed his indecent behavior, which was questioned 6 years after publication
In 2014, he took advantage of his popularity to publish a book called "The Power of Fathers", most of which told how he educated his son, and also mixed some of his own emotional experiences.
At the beginning, the book was recommended by many stars in the circle, and the sales were very good, but in 2020, the book brought him a lot of controversy.
Because in the book, some plots about his emotional experience have caused a lot of discomfort, for example, in the book, there is a chapter for "hitting a woman for the first time", and he also shows his opinion of the actress.
In a plot describing a quarrel with his ex-girlfriend, because his girlfriend refused to give up in front of the public, he slapped his girlfriend directly.
And in front of that slap, he also used an adjective "crisp", so many people thought that he was not friendly to women.
At the time, there was a lot of uproar on the Internet, and in just two days, the book dropped from the original 6.0 rating to 2.5 points.
Seeing this situation, Guo Tao himself also hurriedly spoke out.
In his apology statement, he admitted that his remarks in the book were indeed inappropriate, apologized for his mistakes, and apologized for the many actresses he had worked with.
But even so, his image has changed in the hearts of netizens.
But some people wonder why the mistake was pointed out only six years after the publication of the book, and whether someone did it on purpose?
But all this has happened, fortunately, with his acting skills, Guo Tao has won people's love again.
Especially in the past two years, his acting skills have been recognized in dramas such as "The Glory of the Fathers", "The Big Exam" and "The Banner of the Fathers".
In Li Ran's opinion, she chose to marry Guo Tao at a young age and have children for him, and she did not regret it, because Guo Tao gave her enough love and respect.
Maybe in the eyes of others, Guo Tao is not perfect, but in her heart, Guo Tao is a good father and husband!
Write at the end
There have been peaks and controversies, and actors are like that.
On December 5, 2023, Guo Tao and Mei Ting and others attended the 10th anniversary of "Parents' Love", it turned out that in a trance, this drama has been with us for 10 years!
And on December 17, 2023, which is also Guo Tao's 56th birthday, he posted a picture of himself eating cake on Weibo, and attracted many people's blessings.
Growing up in a single-parent family, he finally understood the difficulty of his parents, in order to better take care of his father, he took his father to Beijing to take care of him personally, and his mother's side was mainly taken care of by his sister.
Now, my son and daughter have grown up, I hope their family is happy, and I hope Guo Tao will bring better works to everyone!
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