Jackie Chan has something he’d really like to say about chewing gum (and Singapore)
PHOTO: The Straits Times
While Jackie Chan’s recent comments on political control of the Chinese have gained him a certain level of notoriety (see this Opinion piece from the New York Times for an in-depth review of those comments), he also took on the gum chewing policies of Singapore in the same speech, as reported in The Straits Times this past weekend.
The newspaper noted that Chan suggested the following about gum and Singaporeans during the speech:
…he also lashed out at Singaporeans’ lack of social graces, The New Paper reported on Saturday. “Sometimes, I wonder why I can’t eat chewing gum in Singapore. Then, I think it’s actually right not to eat chewing gum,” he was reported as having said.
“If I let you eat chewing gum, those people will leave them on tables and chairs. They have no self-respect at all.”