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"Saying sorry and smashing records! Chinese actor Wen Zhang set a new social media record on Monday, March 31, after issuing an apology via Weibo (China&amp;apos;s version of Twitter) for cheating on his wife of six years, Ma Yili, with a costar.\r\n\r\nZhang&amp;apos;s extended message, which was shared on the microblog site, revealed he had maintained an extramarital affair with Yao Di, a costar from their popular television show, Naked Marriage. The actor&amp;apos;s confession came several days after photographs of himself and Di, enjoying an intimate date off-set, surfaced on the Internet.\r\nIn a post translated by THR, Zhang, 29, admitted to his affair and wrote, &amp;quot;I have brought this upon myself. A mistake is a mistake. This has nothing to do with anyone else.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe father of one added, &amp;quot;Today, I am willing to accept all the consequences. I&amp;apos;ve let down Ma Yili and our children. My mistake does not deserve to be forgiven, and it will be difficult for me to make amends for all the harm I&amp;apos;ve caused. But I want to do it. I have to do it. This is what I&amp;apos;ll do for the rest of my life.&amp;quot;\r\nBy day&amp;apos;s end, his mea culpa became, by far, the top trending topic in China. In less than 10 hours, his apology garnered more than 2.5 million comments and over 1 million retweets, smashing any prior records on Weibo. (For perspective, Ellen DeGeneres&amp;apos; beloved Oscar selfie to date has 3.4 million retweets and was shared more than 1.8 million times in its first hour.)\r\n\r\nZhang&amp;apos;s wife, 37, addressed her husband&amp;apos;s betrayal and responded on Monday, &amp;quot;Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished.&amp;quot;\r\nShe is currently pregnant with their second child."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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