PUBLICITY hungry. Fame crazy. Celebrity wannabe. Ever since the Jack Neo scandal broke, local actress-singer Foyce Le Xuan has had those labels hurled at her.

The 29-year-old, whose real name is Lim Hui Hui, made headlines last month when she was among several women who had stepped out to expose director Jack Neo’s philandering ways.

But although the other women – part-time model Wendy Chong, student Maelle Meurzec and transsexual masseuse Ms Maggie Lai – seem to have faded into obscurity, Foyce continues to dominate the headlines.

She made at least three police reports claiming she was the victim of threatening SMSes.

After a sex tape allegedly containing footage of her and Neo surfaced, Le jumped out to publicly defend herself, at one point having her foot photographed by the Chinese newspapers to prove that the size of her feet “do not match that of the girl’s in the video”.

Then, two weeks ago, she posted on her Facebook page that someone had smashed her table at an Indochine restaurant, but later clarified that it was a case of mistaken identity.

Netizens on popular websites Hardware Zone and Stomp have called her an “attention-seeker” who “loves exaggerating” the situation. She has also been
accused of using the media as a platform to turnherself into a household name.

They point to her numerous police reports and how the budding singer was savvy enough to pass reporters a CD of her music during interviews.

In an interview last week with The New Paper on Sunday, Le retorted: “There is no point in getting angry at these people, they don’t know me at all, they don’t see the full picture.”

Her friends and supporters, she added, know very well that she has never been “ the fame-seeking sort”. Le admitted, however, that people could have misunderstood her partly because of her personality .

“I’m not some gentle, sweet young thing,” she said.

“I can be feisty, rebellious and quite individualistic. There are times when I just don’t give a damn.”

And she will stand up for what she feels is “unjust”, added Le.

Which was what prompted much of her actions during the long-drawn JackNeo saga.

The police reports she had filed against Neo were to “justify” herself against Neo’s challenge to her claims.

As for reporting to the police about allegedly receiving life-threatening phone calls, she said they were to protect herself.

“I’m not one to hide from threats,” she said.

She also didn’t shy away from speaking up about the alleged sex tape.

“It’s my dignity at stake. Since it wasn’t me in the video, I have to make it clear to everyone.

“Which girl wouldn’t do that? Wouldn’t you?”

As for her feelings for Neo, she would only say: “Looking back at the incident, I
felt I had been slightly emotional. I could have shown more compassion and mercy towards him (Neo), as he is a brother of Christ as well (she is a Christian).”

But even Le will admit that the media scrutiny and limelight “have turned around to my advantage”.

She claimed that “more than eight offers have landed” on her lap – ranging from magazine cover shoots for lad mags, online video programme hosting, to even a book publishing deal.

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