When the popular badminton player Lin Dan, not long after his wife Xie Xingfang gave birth to a child, he was photographed by the paparazzi having an intimate act with Zhao Yaqi.
The exposure of this scandal not only shocked the sports world, but also made countless netizens wonder who this mysterious "third party" Zhao Yaqi is.
And when people began to dig deep into Zhao Yaqi's past, more exciting insiders were exposed.
It turns out that Zhao Yaqi is not only the "little three" of Lin Dan's marriage, she is also a veritable "habitual three"! Long before Lin Dan, Zhao Yaqi also had an affair with Li Zekai, the son of Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Asia!
What kind of magic does this woman with a beautiful face and elegant temperament have that can make these bigwigs chase after each other?
Zhao Yaqi, a beauty from Liaoning, can be described as a combination of talent and beauty.
She not only holds a double degree from the Law Department of Sun Yat-sen University and the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, but also has good results in the modeling industry and the entertainment industry.
As early as 2005, Zhao Yaqi stood out in the 34th Miss Universe Intercontinental Contest with her outstanding appearance and temperament and won the title of Miss China's third runner-up.
This achievement not only won her many accolades, but also laid the foundation for her future development.
Since then, Zhao Yaqi has begun to appear frequently at major fashion events and film festivals.
She also served as a judge for the Miss Global Tourism contest, competing with many big names in the industry, showing her keen fashion sense and professionalism.
In 2009, Zhao Yaqi once again ushered in the highlight moment of her life.
On October 22 of that year, she defeated many beauties and won the crown of the Miss Universe Tourism International Contest in China.
In the 2010s, Zhao Yaqi began to focus on the development of the film and television industry.
The film "Lily" starring her won the Outstanding Digital Film Award at the 14th Huabiao Film Awards, which is also her screen debut.
Behind the glamorous career, Zhao Yaqi's love life is quite twists and turns and complicated.
As early as 2009, Zhao Yaqi was involved in the whirlpool of the first scandal.
At that time, some media exposed the intimate relationship between her and the wealthy businessman Li Zekai, and the two were photographed on many dates, entering and exiting together.
This is undoubtedly a bombshell, because Li Zekai has a lover Liang Luoshi who has been in love for many years, and Liang Luoshi gave birth to three children for Li Zekai.
The relationship between the two has always been regarded by the outside world as a model couple in the entertainment industry, but I didn't expect Li Zekai to break out of the scandal with Zhao Yaqi at this time.
For a while, Liang Luoshi's fans were in an uproar, and they condemned Li Zekai for betraying his feelings, and left Liang Luoshi behind in a blink of an eye, and some people even pointed out that Zhao Yaqi was a junior, and by seducing men to take the position, the two undoubtedly became the target of public opinion.
In the face of doubts, Li Zekai quickly responded, claiming that there was nothing between himself and Zhao Yaqi, but his response did not convince the public.
Just before the matter subsided, in November 2016, an even more powerful video went viral on the Internet - Zhao Yaqi's intimate bed photos with popular badminton player Lin Dan were exposed.
In the video, the two are intimate, and the fragrant scene of hugging each other naked is unforgettable.
What's even more embarrassing is that Lin Dan's wife at the time had just given birth to a child a few days ago, and the two of them had just received the blessing of the whole people because of the photos of a happy family of three.
For a while, public opinion was in an uproar, and they condemned Zhao Yaqi, a "third party", for ruining people's happiness, although she has not yet responded to this, but she has paid the price of falling into public opinion in the entertainment industry.
In the face of pressure, Lin Dan had to repent and admit his mistakes, post a public apology on social media, and admit that he had done something wrong and hurt his family.
His wife's reaction was a little more complicated, she expressed her willingness to give Lin Dan a chance to be a new person, because "family is the most important thing".
This turmoil has undoubtedly had an impact on Lin Dan's family life, but it seems that he still has a chance to regain his wife.
As for Zhao Yaqi, this is undoubtedly a heavy price for her in the field of public opinion, and she was overwhelmingly condemned by public opinion as a "third party".
Zhao Yaqi has also been with actor Gao Hu.
The two have met and fallen in love since 2012 and have lived together for many years.
However, this relationship eventually ended because of Gao Hu's involvement in drugs.
Faced with the heavy blows of the entertainment industry, Zhao Yaqi once existed in name only. In addition to her sentence, she has also been questioned and blamed countless times. Some netizens bluntly condemned her for "unscrupulous customs" and "poisonous youth", and her promiscuous life and drug involvement made her completely degenerate from a "goddess of temperament" to a "senior criminal".
In the face of a ruthless blow, Zhao Yaqi chose a low-key retreat.
At the end of 2020, when the news of Lin Dan's retirement was blown up on social media, people lamented that the former "prince of badminton" could not escape the ravages of the years.
However, just when everyone was immersed in the melancholy of the end of an era, Zhao Yaqi's post once again drew people's attention back to the scandal four years ago.
The actress, who was pushed to the forefront back then, finally broke her silence after many years and reinterpreted the old things.
Between the lines, she expressed her dissatisfaction with the way the incident was handled back then, believing that public opinion was biased in her judgment.
In Zhao Yaqi's opinion, although she and Lin Dan were at fault in their relationship back then, it was not all caused by herself.
It's just that because of his weak position in the entertainment industry, he had to bear too much criticism and became the target of public criticism. As for Lin Dan's accusations, although there are them, they are not strong.
Looking back at Zhao Yaqi's ups and downs in her life, netizens also began to reflect from another angle: The entertainment industry is like this, hormones are overflowing, extramarital affairs are normal, and many so-called "pure idols" are actually hypocritical.
And the reason why Zhao Yaqi suffered such a mixed reputation is not only due to some of her own faults, but also from the sinister ecology of the entertainment industry.
Perhaps the best destination for her is to stay away from this illusory place of drunkenness, live a peaceful life, no longer be spied on, slandered, and spurned, and just be an ordinary person who is reconciled with the world.
Reference Sources:
Zhao Yaqi - Baidu Encyclopedia
https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%B5%B5%E9%9B%85%E6%B7%87/5585320
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