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Joanne Peh's ex-boyfriend Bobby Tonelli has blamed communication
failure for his split with the MediaCorp actress.
In a six-paragraph post on his Facebook page today, the
American-Italian DJ-actor also said Peh, 29, was the "the first
Asian girl I ever dated", but they hit it off despite the cultural
gap.
It was his first comments following news last week that Peh is
dating her fellow star Qi Yiwu, 36, who is born in China.
"I didn't know much about her culture and although we were from two
different worlds, we somehow connected," Singapore-based Tonelli,
37, wrote about first meeting Peh.
"The beauty of her soul and her sense of wonder at the
possibilities we could achieve together were qualities I was always
searching for in a life partner," he added.
"We had many firsts in our relationship and those moments I will
always cherish."
"As the years passed, we started to lose the communication that is
the foundation for every strong partnership. On hindsight, we could
have worked a little harder at developing our understanding for
each other."
He professed to being "saddened" by the split and that there had
been "trying times", but he said "the past four years were some of
the best years of my life."
The couple were together for four years after meeting on the set of
the 2008 MediaCorp Channel 8 drama, The Little Nyonya.
Peh announced the split last month in an interview with 8 Days
magazine.
Three weeks later, the magazine reported that she is dating Qi.
STcomm
