Xie Na, a female artist who has struggled in the Chinese entertainment industry for 27 years, was once a representative of the "national hostess" and "sun goddess". Her smile warmed countless audiences, and her energy lit up countless dreary weekend nights.
As the first female artist in China with more than 100 million fans, Xie Na's success seems to be taken for granted, and her popularity seems to never fade.
However, time is the most merciless tester. Xie Na, who was active in "Happy Camp", is now caught in the whirlpool of public opinion. At the age of 42, she has made a comeback again, but she can't seem to regain her former glory.
People can't help but ask, has this former "national goddess" lost the support of the audience?
In fact, we can also look back at Xie Na's career, starting from her glorious period in "Happy Camp". At that time, although Xie Na was often compared to He Jiong, and she was also criticized by some people, her unique sense of humor and lively personality injected a lot of joy into the show.
As her friend, He Jiong can always help Xie Na round the field in time when she makes mistakes, so that her "mistakes" will not be infinitely magnified.
However, this "home field advantage" only seems to work on the Happy Camp show. As Xie Na's performance on other occasions gradually revealed the lack of her business ability, doubts began to rise one after another.
From the embarrassing cooperation with Kang Hui to the hosting mistake at the Hunan Satellite TV New Year's Eve party, Xie Na's career began to face unprecedented challenges.
Today, Xie Na is a mother of three, and her comeback will certainly not be easy. In "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", her performance and achievements once again sparked controversy.
Although supporters still exist, there are voices of skepticism.
Xie Na's experience reflects the harsh reality of the entertainment industry. An artist's image may be called into question with a single misstep, and years of accumulated goodwill can dissipate overnight.
Faced with such a situation, how should Xie Na respond? Does she have what it takes to regain the affection of her audience? Stay tuned to her story and maybe find out.
In 2020, Xie Na participated in a variety show called "Wife's Romantic Trip", and after the broadcast, she fell into an unexpected public opinion storm due to the "30,000 yuan account".
The story is very simple, that is, when Xie Na was recording a show abroad, she borrowed some money from her friend Bao Wenjing because she didn't bring enough money to buy things. When the recording was about to end, Xie Na took the initiative to ask people to send money to Bao Wenjing to repay the money.
But on the car back, Bao Wenjing found a problem: "We borrowed Australian dollars before, and she paid back RMB?" ”。
Facing the camera, Xie Na was stunned for a while. To alleviate the embarrassment, she laughed and said, "Oops, you're so calculating." Subsequently, she explained how she entrusted her brother to send money, and soon notified "her own people" to resend the money.
It was supposed to be a small episode, but it was infinitely amplified because of the out-of-context editing, and it became a hot topic "Xie Na borrowed money and didn't pay it back". What's even more speechless is that this clip and Xie Na's funny clips of "concave and picky characters" in other variety shows were cut together, which makes people feel that Xie Na "loves to be cheap".
Four years later, on May 18, 2024, Bao Wenjing finally issued a statement on her personal social platform: "I have already paid off the money, how can it be misunderstood to such a point? However, this belated clarification did not quell the doubts of netizens.
Some netizens even thought that Bao Wenjing was "green tea", saying that she "It's been four years since the incident, and I didn't come out to explain, but now Xie Na responded, and only came out to speak, is she rubbing the heat?" ”。
In the face of these doubts, Xie Na quickly replied to the comments below the article, expressing her attitude with "love you". Her fans also thanked her. However, negative labels such as "borrowing money and not paying it back" and "slamming the door" seem to have been deeply imprinted on Xie Na.
In a recent variety show, Xie Na personally responded to an oolong incident about money. She said that at that time, people abroad could not send money in person, so she asked her brother to repay it on her behalf.
But the younger brother misunderstood the amount Xie Na said, thinking it was RMB, which led to this misunderstanding Xie Na also said: "After recording a lot of variety shows for so many years, there will always be people who take some clips out of context and take some clips or amplify my jokes, and I don't have time to explain them one by one, it will make a big fuss, there is no need for that, my original intention is just to make everyone happy."
This incident reflects the helplessness of the distorted truth in the entertainment industry, and also shows the strictness of public opinion on public figures. A small misunderstanding can make an artist suffer for up to four years.
Xie Na's explanation is full of frustration and grievances, but she also seems to understand that in today's era of information explosion, clarification can sometimes backfire and make the situation worse.
Xie Na's hosting style has been controversial throughout her career. Some people like her lively and cheerful personality and think she can bring joy to the show; But some people think that she is "crazy" and lacks the quality that a professional host should have.
This polarization of evaluations has kept Xie Na at the center of the whirlpool of controversy.
In 2014, Xie Na shared the stage with first-class host Kang Hui at the Golden Eagle Festival awards ceremony, which was supposed to be a good opportunity for her to increase the opportunity to exercise in her career, but it turned into an embarrassing car accident scene.
On that day, Xie Na asked the host Kang Hui for his experience in rescuing the scene, and revealed her previous hosting mistakes. Kang Hui seriously explained with his own experience as an example, but Xie Na seemed to just treat this as a "joke" to deal with.
After a few rounds of conversations, Kang Hui sighed helplessly and said the impressive sentence: "I found that Xie Na and I couldn't communicate normally."
This embarrassing hosting experience was once regarded as the "best proof" of Xie Na's lack of hosting ability. Although Kang Hui took the initiative to clarify in 2018 that "all this was carefully planned and communicated", the public's doubts about Xie Na have not been dispelled.
Some people accuse Xie Na of being a clown and using green leaves to set off the excellence of other hosts; Some people also think that this is just Teacher Kang Hui helping her save face.
At the 2019 Hunan Satellite TV New Year's Eve concert, Xie Na made a serious hosting mistake, interrupting Wang Han's hosting many times, and even causing Wang Han to blackface in front of the live camera. Despite He Jiong's repeated reminders, Xie Na didn't seem to realize her mistake and was still interrupting the flow of other hosts.
Xie Na's mistake not only affected the normal broadcast progress of the show, but also once again raised the audience's doubts about her hosting ability. The New Year's Eve party is a live broadcast program with strict control of time, and Xie Na's mistake undoubtedly brought pressure to the entire team.
These experiences let us see that there is an obvious contradiction between Xie Na's two identities as a "comedy star" and a host. Her sense of humor and energy bring a lot of joy to the show, but it also reveals her shortcomings in controlling the rhythm and adapting to the scene.
In the face of these doubts, Xie Na has been working hard to improve, but the effect is not obvious. This situation causes people to think deeply: What qualities should an excellent variety show host have? Is it Xie Na who needs to make a change? Or are our expectations of the host too stereotypical? These questions have become difficult problems that Xie Na must face in her career.
In 2022, Xie Na's public image was hit again. A real estate agent exposed the incident of "Zhang Jie Xie Na buying a house and jumping orders" on the Internet, which pushed the celebrity couple to the forefront of public opinion.
According to the agent, he had introduced real estate to Zhang Jie and Xie Na in 2019, but the two gave up the transaction on the grounds that they were not qualified to buy a house. However, half a year later, the agent found that the two had purchased the property in the name of another company.
This behavior is alleged to be suspected of skipping orders, which may constitute an illegal act in law.
As soon as the news came out, the Internet suddenly boiled. Someone compared Xie Na's past story of "borrowing money and not paying it back", and sarcastically said: "Xie Na's character of picking the door, I am not surprised at all to do this kind of thing of skipping orders (not paying intermediary fees)."
Although Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Jiexiena immediately issued a statement clarifying and filed a lawsuit against the defamation, the public's doubts about them have not subsided.
It was not until April 2023 that the court finally declared Zhang Jie Xie Na in favor of the reputation case. The court announcement revealed that the property purchased by Xie Na and his wife was not the exclusive resource of the agent, and they did not bypass the agent to sign a contract with the landlord, but completed the transaction through another agent with a lower offer.
However, even if the lawsuit is won, public opinion on the Internet has not changed. The comment that "these two people won the lawsuit and lost their character" reflects the public's solidification of the negative image of Xie Na, resulting in a continuous decline in her status.
At the same time, Xie Na's hosting style has been controversial. Some people like her cheerful and lively personality very much, while others think she is "crazy and crazy, without the appearance of a host".
This kind of polarized evaluation has always kept Xie Na at the center of the whirlpool of public opinion.
In this context, the famous actor Huang Lei's evaluation of Xie Na has attracted widespread attention. Huang Lei said very bluntly: "Life is too shallow and not profound enough. Although this sentence may sound harsh, it reveals many people's views on Xie Na: she seems to have been stuck at a "funny" level, lacking a deeper level of thinking and expression about life.
The continuous accumulation of these controversies and evaluations has made Xie Na's public image gradually lose its former aura. We can't help but ask: Is Xie Na really aware of these problems? And how will she respond to these challenges?
In April 2024, Xie Na, who is only 42 years old, is preparing to make a comeback by participating in the variety show "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", but unexpectedly, this time it once again aroused questions and controversy from the general public, pushing her into the whirlpool of public opinion again.
Originally, this show was an excellent opportunity for Xie Na to reshape her image, but unexpectedly it became the fuse that was attacked by public opinion again.
Xie Na's popularity soared in the online voting at the beginning of the show, far surpassing that of other contestants, which immediately aroused doubts from the audience, believing that there might be unfair factors in the voting results, and controversy arose.
Immediately, a large number of questioning voices appeared on the Internet, scrambling to ask, "Who is supporting Xie Na?" "。
Xie Na's performance after the show aired sparked heated discussions. Although her "Pineapple Jackfruit" sung on the first stage was cheerful and funny, she was criticized for not having excellent singing skills and excellent dancing.
The audience asked suspiciously, how did Xie Na stand out from a group of powerful professional singers?
However, what is even more unexpected is that in the first performance, Xie Na won the first place in the "Group of Five" with the song "Dragon Fist". This result undoubtedly pushed the skepticism to a climax.
Keywords such as "ticket swiping" and "data fraud" frequently appear on the hot search, making Xie Na the most topical contestant in the show.
While facing overwhelming doubts, some post-90s and post-00s netizens spoke out for Xie Na, and they expressed their opinions: "I like Xie Na very much! I grew up watching "Happy Camp" hosted by her.
As the first female star with more than 100 million fans, why can't Xie Na be supported? This phenomenon reflects Xie Na's complex position in the hearts of the audience.
In this case, Xie Na did not choose to retreat, but tried hard to try new forms of performance in the show and challenge her comfort zone. Among them, she used too much force in the performance of "Dragon Fist", although this performance caused some controversy, but it also showed her determination to change and challenge.
However, it remains to be seen whether this effort will truly change the public's perception of her. Unknown challenges and opportunities abound Xie Na's comeback path, such as meeting the audience's expectations while maintaining herself, and regaining recognition in the midst of controversy, are all problems she needs to face.
This comeback is undoubtedly an important turning point for Xie Na. This not only tests her strength and resilience, but also reveals the intricate relationship between artists and audiences in the entertainment industry.
The 42-year-old Xie Na stands at a crossroads in her career, and she faces unprecedented challenges. Although the controversy continues, her status in domestic entertainment is undeniable. To this end, Xie Na urgently needs to solve how to reshape her image and improve her business capabilities.
As Huang Lei said, Xie Na needs to make her life more profound. As a mother of three children, she may be able to draw more nutrients from life and make her performance and hosting more colorful.
Xie Na once said: "My original intention is just to make everyone happy", but now, she may need to show more layers of herself on this basis.
At the same time, Xie Na also needs to face up to her own shortcomings, improve her professionalism, and maintain her vitality. Although her performance in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" was controversial, it also reflected her determination to break through herself.
Only by constantly learning and growing can we truly break through ourselves and win the love of the audience again.
Xie Na's story tells us that it is not easy to maintain long-term popularity and favorability in the entertainment industry, it requires artists to continue to learn and grow, and it also requires the audience's understanding and tolerance.
As Xie Na said, she didn't have time to explain every misunderstanding one by one, because that would only complicate things further.
Hopefully, in this discussion, we can better understand Xie Na and what we expect from public figures. Xie Na's future development, we will wait and see.