Lee Hom’s family photo suspected of being digitally
edited
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Mandopop singer songwriter Wang Lee Hom, who has recently been in
the media spotlight after declaring his
marriage with Lee Jinglei, a 27-year-old graduate student from
Colombia University, is back into the limelight again after he
released a family photo on Thanksgiving, which was suspected by
netizens of being photo-edited to add in his bride.
A total of 16 members of the Lee family and two dogs made up the
joyous-looking family photo. Lee Hom and his wife Lee Jinglei sat
in the middle of the front row, with Jinglei hooking an arm around
her husband’s, while holding their grandmother’s hand with another.
Lee Hom also placed his right hand on his wife’s. This heartwarming
image, however, was criticised by netizens of having five major
loopholes, and was suspected to have been digitally edited.
Netizens pointed out that a relative’s shadow appeared to be in an
illogical direction, the hair contour of another appeared
unnatural, and their standing positions seemed illogical. It was
also mentioned that the colour of the wall seemed uneven, and that
the dogs appeared to have an incorrect head-to-body proportion.
Another netizen even boldly speculated that Lee Jinglei may not
even be present, and that the photo was edited to create a picture
of happiness and harmony.
And that’s not all – a photo of Lee Hom sitting only with his
parents was even discovered, but a netizen admitted that the photo
was a personal creation and not the original.
Responding to the major loopholes in the picture, Lee Hom’s manager
said that only an ugly painting on the wall was digitally removed,
and the photo was otherwise untouched. She said that these netizens
have “overly active imaginations”, and added that as Lee Hom is on
vacation in the US, he is unable to retrieve the original file to
show everyone.
But Lee Hom himself is unaffected by these speculations, and even
posted up on Weibo a photo of himself skiing. Fans have called for
more pretty photos of his wife, and showed unanimous support for
the couple.
