Raymond Lam: “I Am Dating Karena Ng!”
Raymond Lam (林峯) announced today that he is dating 19-year-old Karena Ng (吳千語), hoping to put a stop to the last 3 weeks of negative press regarding his “BB”.
The Hong Kong paparazzi has been on the hot trail of Raymond and Karena’s romance since the Love is…Pyjamas <男人如衣服> costars were spotted on a date together in July 2012. Last month, Karena’s high-profile attendance of Raymond’s “A Time 4 You” concert sparked rumors that she is ready to flaunt her status as Raymond’s girlfriend. Tabloids speculated that Raymond was even partially living together with Karena, and paying for her entire family’s living expenses at luxury apartments. Raymond’s father, wealthy real estate developer, Lam Kwok Wah (林國華), allegedly disapproved of Karena due to her family background and colorful romantic past.
Dating Karena for a Period of Time
Afraid that the rumors will only become increasingly slanderous towards Karena and her family, Raymond finally stepped forward on February 6 to announce that he is indeed dating Karena. Appearing at the TVB Golden Viva Spectacular event, Raymond said, “All along, I did not explain things non-related to my job. However, recent news reports have affected the people that I love, including her and her family.”
When asked if Raymond was referring to Karena, Raymond admitted, “Yes.” Was Karena his “BB”? Raymond said, “Yes.”
Was Raymond admitting he and Karena’s relationship status? Raymond said, “Yes.” Although the couple has been together for a period of time and Karena even met his family, Raymond did not publicly reveal the relationship since it was his personal matter. As the rumors became increasingly slanderous, Raymond hoped to be a protective boyfriend. “I am only doing what a man should do.
“Anyway, it is wrong to implicate her family. The most humorous report claimed that I pay for her apartment’s rent, twisting everyone’s perception. I’m a bit unhappy and upset.” Contrary to reports, Raymond explained that he has not met Karena’s parents yet, but the Ng family background is quite good and that Karena is a great girl. Raymond hopes that the paparazzi will not twist the truth and affect her family.
Raymond added that he is not living together with Karena and that no financial exchanges have occurred between them.
Unafraid of Fan Backlash
As a popular idol, Raymond has frequently been pressured to keep his romantic life shielded from the public eye. It was Raymond’s sole decision to announce his relationship status with Karena, as she did not complain nor pressure him to do so. Asked if TVB executive, Virginia Lok (樂易玲) will offer her blessings, Raymond dodged the question and said that the matter involved his personal affairs and did not affect the people around him.
Believing that the most important thing is to treat a relationship with a sincere attitude, Raymond was unafraid of fan backlash and hoped to receive the public’s blessings.
Karena’s Response
Currently filming a drama in Wuxi, Karena’s manager indicated that Karena agreed with Raymond’s statement before the press. When she returns to Hong Kong, she will personally address the media’s questions.
Source: ihktv.com
I seriously dont think this will last long or even before saying ‘I do’ stage. Karena is young, she will get her 15 minutes of fame and stealing Raymond’s money… and she will move on to another person.
Raymond can find another young lady to hump with.
While you have no one…..
Lets hump together!
Why should Karena look for another man? Raymond Lam is famous, good looking, and from a wealthy family. He is more than suitable for Karena. The only problem they may have is age difference.
In terms of looks, they are well-matched for each other.
Good looking? hahaha
He has money and she has youth. You know how much money people pay for youth these days. In 10 or so years, raymond will probably botoxing hos face
@kixbaby: Wait for 10 years later and we’ll know. However now many actresses in his age already has botox on face so it won’t be a big deal.
Since when 30 plus for a man is old?
Girls from the industry grow up fast, so I dont think age is even the issue here.
Ray is a true gentleman for admitting their relationship to protect Karena. This is too sweet of Ray and a sweet story to share for this Valentine’s day. Stop condemning Ray about the age difference. Karena is an adult!
totally agree….Ray is really a good and responsible man…step up to admit the relationship is not easy…well…no one know the future…i hope he can find a true love…as Rays fans…I hope he will have his love family 🙂
if this doesn’t turn into “forever” then she basically wasted her youth.
But many women waste their youth though….women tend to marry young and even stick to the marriage till the end of theor lives…typical asian women.
I think raymond is smart to date young girls. Young girls are less manipulative and dont think about the future too much. And of course, young girls are not that experienced in dealing with life so it is easier to manipulate them.
That’s one of the reasons why many people dislike a much older man dating a younger girl, same with a much older woman dating a younger guy.
Looking at history…how many young men waste their youth to older women? LOL
@kixbaby
I was referring to manipulation. Younger guys can get manipulated by older, experienced women.
I dun noe if you’ve read or not, but a 20++ male model dated 60++ woman before and he claimed it’s true love. Ppl are like giving them 3 months to break up blah blah and until now, after nearly a year, they are still staying.
it doesnt necessary to be that case as you said,maybe raymond is a big child and karena the matured one.we simply doesnt know how they interact with each other privately.
Why wasting her youth? She has plenty of time, while he may be wasting his youth. One has to go through dating before marriage. If you don’t spend some time together before tying the knot then how to have confidence in the forever? Most of the time our husband/wife is not our first love.
She has plenty of youth to waste.
Being with LF is not wasting of youth at all. Look at all the media attention now.She’ll gain from that. Hope everyone will leave them alone.
I still feel Raymond best suited with Linda but too bad, I don’t think he can stand to NO MARRIAGE NO S3X terms!! HAHAHAHAS!
Haha… I don’t believe Linda deprived LF of sex when they were together. 😛
Anyway, I’m still not keen on karena. I worry she is enjoying the high profile publicity a little too much. I hope LF doesn’t get hurt.
On a superficial note, I still don’t think karena’s that pretty. I think his previous gf’s rain Li, Michelle ye, Linda Chung, and rose chan are prettier. Except PSS who looked plastic gone bad.
Oh well, I’ll still love LF. I just don’t have confidence that she’s “the one” for him.
Are you saying Linda can’t deprive sex? Oh don’t underestimate her.
linda has a sexy body but no sex-appeal.she has a shy look.
Sexy body Linda? Uhm… no to me. She can look sweet or even tall, big built but no sex-appeal.
Linda is not young enough for raymond
U all forgotten that Linda vows not to have ERHERMM before marriage?!
That’s why u see rose chan karena resembles Linda. Guess LF just can’t forget Linda but the same time couldn’t agree with the no ERHERMM b4 marriage! Hahas
Gillian Chung also vowed the same thing not so long before the scandal :P.
If that, the one he can’t forget must be Rain Li? Linda only falls to his type from the beginning: sweet looking, small long face, not too sharp and he is very loyal to his type. All the girls he dated share the same look.
I was listening to this news being reported on the radio today and the speaker made a very funny comment: “A lot of Raymond’s fans did not accept their relaionship though. Can it be they liked PSS more?!”
That comment was funny in chinese.
whats pss? you mean ps3?
that’s raymond’s ex girlfriend
lol,i know im just joking,but thanks anyway.^-^
So, what is to be expected of these celebrities? Normal relationships? Even normal age gap people like Bosco & Myolie don’t last. Wayne listened and married the girl of his mother’s dream didn’t work. Eric Tsang, Alan Tam, Nicholas Tse stc stc has failed marriages and messy relationships.
Wait – be like Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Roger Kwok, even Kevin Cheng, Moses Chan – marry late, cannot find woman same age cos by then cannot have babies. Can have also very risky. So lucky Roger has wife 15 years younger, Moses have chance, Amie is 10 yrs younger.
Anyways – LF, go do what you heart desires and handle it from there. Who knows the future. Be like Michael Miu marry,have kids then come back to showbiz.
good comment,good reason supported by a lot of good example.
You can’t exactly say that. I think part of the reason why ALL these relationships don’t work is because of their status and high profile. If they were normal like us, I guarantee things will be different.
Congrats. Anyway, Karena looks too young imo, like someone who just got out of high school / freshman in college. Best wishes though, hope she’s not digging for gold *cough*
excuse me, like someone = more like exactly out of high school and a college freshman…
karena looks too young doesnt mean she is really too young,maybe she is very matured inside,or raymond may be a big child.do you personally know them?
She’s 19 I think, so yep fresh out of high school.
I know this may sound silly because of course we will, I mean even I do but are we really sitting here talking about someone else’s relationship? Someone we don’t really actually know? I mean c’mon if you don’t agree that they should be together then don’t leave your opinion, I think it was a good decision for Raymond to tell us in order to protect Karena because honestly that is what a good boyfriend should do.
Also, age is not a number that should define who you are able to date. Age is a number that states how long you have been alive for, it cannot tell you that you can’t be together with someone else. I mean even TVB has used this example of a young girl and an older man being together, (Gun Metal Grey and Forensic Heroes 3 are two examples of two different olds, yes they were both there to steal money but in GMG, in the end the girl actually wanted to start a family with a guy etc), as long as they really love eachother, that’s all that matters. You can see that Raymond does, we haven’t heard anything from Karena yet but I’m sure she does too. So if you are using age as something to backfire on their relationship, think again. Katy Kung and Patrick Tang were 16 years apart where as Raymond and Karena are only 14 years apart. Okay yes, 2 years may not seem like a big difference but it still is a difference.
Stop cursing their relationship by saying that they won’t last and all that because they are a lovely couple and if you are a true fan you should be happy for Raymond, if you’re not a fan, don’t waste your time bagging out on him, especially his personal life.
Ok I’m done, no hate on anyone, just what I have to say to everyone 🙂
Also, a lot of other TVB stars have much younger wifes/girlfriends, it’s not big deal.
If you really think Karena is only there for Raymond’s money, you can bag out on her all you like WHEN it happens. It hasn’t happy and I honestly don’t think it will. She is young, there are a lot of handsome YOUNGER guys out there she could waste her time on. Raymond is not the only one.
Alright, now I’m done.
Any woman he ends up with will be said to be going for his money. So no difference. I am glad he just goes for it.
unless she is rich like him or richer if possible?
Look at Joel Chan, he was born rich with some assets in HK and Macau, but he is still said as eating soft rice because his gf Florinda is richer.
if she is richer then they will say he is after her money,so no difference,am glad she just go for it.
i give my blessing to raymond lam!!! go marry this girl and get her preggy lmao
wow 190 comments already. understand why the media loves using him on headlines lol
to hear that he’s dating an 18 year old, i’m a little disappointed at his choice and judgment. not saying that there’s anything wrong dating someone 15 years younger than you, but she’s just 18! hardly an adult! you can do so much better ray, so much better. someone who’s at the same stage in life as you and will be a supportive figure for you and your career….
i hardly doubt this will last long…why, Raymond, whyyyy?
love is not a judgement,its a feel,its a compatibleness. why should raymond have to choose someone of the same stage in life? the most important is that raymond have found his soulmate,the one he loves.
She is 19 turn 20 and the age gap is 14 :P.
Why he has to date someone in the same age if they are not soulmate?
I think choices of a ‘normal’ girl is limited for him due to him being a famous celebrity- the life style & all. So the next best thing is to go for someone still “relatively untouched” by the industry, someone new & young.
So I think his choice is pretty good.
they are just 2 people dating each other. What a big deal?
It is not a big deal. A lot of people just like to troll famous people
Oh god! Raymond’s hair!
If you look at her eyes and nose in the above photo.. She look like a man.. At times she look pretty but not this time
haha i agree, that pic above makes her look so young, like barely out of her teens. sometimes she looks pretty w/other functions when she has prettier makeup and more dressy w/heels.
dont worry about her looking too young, “western side will catch up” a line from tvb’s drama “fly with me” when moses’ mother was questioned as to whether the western guy she was dating was too young for his older mother.
eww uncle raymond lol
good choice! At least she didn’t do any plastic surgery!! I saw most of her interview. She seem like a nice girl.
agree…we can not just say she is young then consulted her is not mature…some girls are mature in young ago…time will tell…wish them the best…
I’ve give this couple max 1 year. Raymond is still “young”. He seems the type of guy that sleeps around a lot.
do you mean raymond is a playboy?
after lots of denying and suddenly he comes out admitting? wonder if his motive to come out and saying he’s ‘protecting karena’ is just to make himself having the perfect boyfriend idol image.
well this time he thinks thinks he has a “clean” looking gf compared to the vixen look Mavis had, once again this is about himself more than the girl, he wants somebody that boosts up his own image of himself, thats prince charming with his pure princess, what the joke when both are major players dating for self serving reasons.
aren’t clean themselves. i think they deserve each other.
Dating is very normal…he is 33 year old…he need a girl friend…he need to have a family…as his fans…i will love for him to find a true love…and I will even love him more because he is responsible to his relationship, his love and his family…honest to his fans is important too…Support him and love him more 🙂
its cause she’s so young, he thinks he can influence her better than some older 30 yr old woman.
its a matter of control and dominance to him and his inflated ego.
Oh man, it pays to be beautiful! Only 19, and so many wealthy 2nd generation heirs are pursuing her.