Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien apologizes and explains her "rude" statement towards Ut Bach Lan.

Recently, a video clip of Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien commenting on the singing voice of the late Cai Luong artist Ut Bach Lan attracted attention online.

In the video, the 78-year-old female artist said that her senior Ut Bach Lan had a sad, "cursed" singing voice. Recalling the memories of singing together, Dieu Hien once told Ut Bach Lan: "If I'm about to die, don't come sing. If you sing, I'll go away."

The video sparked controversy, with some netizens saying that Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien "spoke rudely" and had an "insulting" attitude towards the late artist Ut Bach Lan.

NSƯT Diệu Hiền xin lỗi, giải thích về phát ngôn hỗn với Út Bạch Lan - 1 — Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien speaks out in a new video (Photo: Screenshot).

In a video posted on her personal YouTube channel on the evening of September 18, Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien affirmed that she was not rude to the late artist Ut Bach Lan, and that the above statements were made while the two sisters were joking around.

Dieu Hien said the video circulating online did not fully express her sharing but only edited some sentences, causing misunderstandings for the audience.

In the full version (in the Golden Memories program, broadcast in July 2022), Dieu Hien praised Ut Bach Lan's voice, saying "In 100 years, there will not be anyone with enough technique and breath like her".

"The number one martial artist" said: "I am very sad because I was careless and caused the audience to misunderstand. If I was rude to Ut Bach Lan, God would not forgive me. If you guys heard and misunderstood my intentions, please forgive me. This is also something I need to learn from, I will not say such things again.

But I hope that if the audience uploads the video, please upload the whole thing, don't cut this part and paste it into another part, causing misunderstandings. I have never said that Snow White sings better than Thanh Nga. If it is true, I accept it, if it is not, it is unfair to me.

Ms. Thanh Nga is our senior. We can never sing like her. When I have to perform a play with the same role as hers, I get worried and refuse to sing.

Sharing more with Dan Tri reporter, Dieu Hien said that she and artist Ut Bach Lan were close sisters, and had sung together at pagodas for more than 10 years. During her lifetime, "sad woman" Ut Bach Lan was always admired by her juniors for her talent and virtue.

At 78, Dieu Hien suffered from many illnesses but remained optimistic. She maintained her love for art, occasionally singing with familiar groups at pagodas. Artist Ut Bach Lan passed away in 2016, after a period of fighting illness, at the age of 81.

Dieu Hien was born in 1945 and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 1993. She is known as the "number one martial artist" of Vietnamese reformed theater, leaving an impression in the hearts of fans through plays such as: The Peach Flag Female General, General Nhuy Kieu...

When Cai Luong passed its golden age, Dieu Hien gradually performed less and lived with her 5 children in an old apartment building.

In 2014, due to old age and poor health, and feeling sorry for her children struggling to take care of her, she asked the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association to let her enter the Artists' Nursing Home (District 8, Ho Chi Minh City) to be friends with her colleagues.

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