Letters | Andy Hui kissing scandal: why taking cheap shots can be a cruel thing to do

Not only is it in bad taste, milking the situation for laughs also risks causing psychological damage to the parties involved, including the loved ones of Hui and Wong.
In the peanut gallery that is the internet and social media, a private moment is being consumed as bits of amusement: a viral video, a catchy hashtag, a meme to be shared. The celebrities have become easy targets for ridicule and criticism and the misery of their partners, mere social media fodder.
When netizens and media outlets take cheap shots at Hui’s betrayal, they should remember they are also exploiting Cheng’s misery. It might be funny to some netizens, but it can’t be to Cheng.
Wong’s boyfriend, Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming, is also a victim here. Ma has become a subject of online memes, as well as jokes about how he has been given the “green hat” of a cuckold by Hui. Worse, Ma’s mother was interviewed for TV and pressed for a reaction to the video. This was deeply disrespectful, and could only cause more agony to everyone involved.
Andy Tong, Kwun Tong