Chilam Cheung Calms Fears Over Rumored Blindness
Above: Chilam Cheung with wife, Anita Yuen.
Chilam Cheung (張智霖) is reported to be suffering from a malignant illness that requires brain surgery. Otherwise, the 41-year-old may go blind, Apple Daily reported today.
Last December, after completing TVB drama, Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄II>, which required on location filming in London, Paris, and Taiwan, Chilam has been quietly resting at home. He has also been taking care of 7-year-old son, Morton, while wife, Anita Yuen (袁詠儀), has been filming in Beijing. The couple is known to rotate their work assignments so that one person can continue to look after Morton at any given time. The time that Chilam and Anita do have together, they often go out on dates with their friends.
According to Apple Daily, another reason Chilam has been staying home is that he is actually battling a malignant disease. His eyes have been twitching frequently. The tabloid reported that Chilam’s doctor found that an artery has suppressed the nerves in his eye and if left untreated, vision loss may result. Chilam has been visiting his doctor for frequent followup checkups, but the permanent remedy is to receive brain surgery.
Chilam Calms Fears
Speaking with Oriental Daily, Chilam said,”Thanks for everyone’s concern! It’s true that my nerves were suppressed, causing my eyelids to frequently twitch. But they have stopped twitching now. The doctor did not feel that the problem is severe.”
Will he become blind due to the condition? Chilam reassured, “That’s a bit exaggerated. In April, I will be filming a 3D movie with Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐) and Kara Hui (惠英紅). There will be action scenes. If my condition were so severe, I would not have agreed to film the project!”
Meanwhile, during his free time, Chilam has been exercising regularly and jogging to maintain his healthy lifestyle.
Source: Apple Daily; On.cc
Note: This article was modified on March 14, 2013 at 12:48 PM to reflect Chilam Cheung’s response over his medical condition.
Oh no! Brain tumour?! NO!
Funn,
Chilam’s response just came out. He said his condition is not as severe as reported by Apple Daily. I have updated the article.
He can go blind. That is severe. He needs brain surgery. That is severe. I think he is downplaying it, to not cause panic. I hope he will get well.
Agree with Funn about the severity of brain surgery as the operation would be extremely risky. It’s up there with open heart surgery.
Anita doesn’t looks good in the picture. Almost manly
I never thought of her as the beauty she proclaimed herself to be. haha..
That is a bad photo of her. Anita does not look so bad. She was really pretty before but has not aged as well as Chi Lam.
What? It is malignant? Im sorry to hear that. Pray that he recovers fast and if ops is required, everything goes well n smooth.
Well hope the news are really exagerated and Chilam’s problem is minor.
May I ask how do HK news reporters find out these things? Are they on standby at doctor’s office? Do they not have kids to attend to? Elderly maybe? And the HK doctors (if they’re creditable at all) do they not remember their oath? Their patient’s records are kept confidential AT ALL TIMES.
Lol…very funny…
other people working in doc’s office too
I still think it is funny LOL.
It’s not hard for the reporters/paparazzi to pay other people working at the clinics (e.g. nurses, secretaries, etc.) in order to get inside stories.
Im not saying its uncommon or im ignorant of these kind of tactics. I just dont get why only hk media is like that? Is the market crumbling for them that ethics and conscience dont exist?
Well idk if its only hk media that does this but theyre very open about doing these things.
Either your health is severe are not I will always wish the best for you Chi Lam. And I would love to see you more in dramas. <3 and will always support you all the way!
I never understood why people call Anita “lang lang”. She looks like Chilam’s older sister. She hasn’t aged well like her husband. Chilam is so handsome!
-UNI,
I know, whenever i hear her calling herself ‘lang lang’ i was like hell does she never get tired of that? When ppl compliments you find but she actually compliments herself on her looks..phewwwww, look at her now. The above pic, she already looks decent i think. There was this comeback series she did w/3rd brother a TVB series a while back, my god she looks so ugly and i don’t think it’s only the role she played, she does not aged well period.
WTH are you talking about?
Anita Yuen looks fine to me.
Stop nit picking. You want her to go to korea for plastic surgery?
haha you are so funny
I am shocked to hear this news. He is so young and Moreton is so young but old enough to understand that daddy is sick. Awww…I really do hope he will make the right decision for his health and well being. My heart goes out to their son and I am nervous for Anita.
Awww poor thing. Get well soon Chilam Virgo.
Why do cruddy things happen to nice people?
I hope the reporters did exaggerate it and it’s easily treated. He is too great a guy to have something that horrible happen to him.
I am more inclined to believe Chi Lam when he says it is not something major since he probably has enough money to not have to work ever again, and yet he chooses to. I doubt he would risk his own health if he didn’t have to.
i think the reporters are just making up things once again just like years ago when they said chi lam has a heart condition and how nick cheung has got AIDS if the reporters dont make up crap then they wont have anything to do
Rofl, Nick CHeung has aids, thats pretty bad, I haven’t heard that rumour yet.
I really wish they would leave the celebs alone or at least agree to give them peace when it comes to health issues.
I thought it was so sad that they pretty much put Cheung Tat Ming in the spotlight when they took pics of him leaving his cancer treatment center. That was way too disrespectful to him and his requests for privacy.
They just don’t know when to stop and cross the line way too much IMO.I hope they can pass some sort of privacy laws. They need them just as badly as Hollywood stars do.
Get well soon, Chilam. Take care!
If he ever stops smoking…. thats one reason to go blind.
chilam aged well.. can’t deny the fact both his soul and anita’s has aged, also he’s not in his best of health, brain surgery huh? does he need chemo too? chemo is actually a bad treatment, better op for juicing, people actually juice every hour, about 11 times a day