In some cases, she said the fee offered was “at least five times more” than what she got previously as a J-Team artiste (she joined J-Team in 2004), or when she acted in the independent local film The Spirit Compendium two years ago.
The publishing deal, she claimed, is “a five-figure sum”.
But when pressed for details, she declined to provide the name of the publishing company as “my manager is still undecided whether to go ahead with it”.
“The direction the publisher wants for my book is kind of like a tell-all of the Jack Neo incident. It’s not quite what my manager and myself desire,” she said.
The other offers have also been “put on hold” for similar reasons.
“Too many people in Singapore just want to make money,”Le said.
But while she admits that the offers are attractive, she’s more concerned that the media will continue to play up her affiliation with Neo instead of focusing on her work.
“Till today, I still see some publications outrightly stating me as Neo’s ‘second mistress’,” she said.
Le has scored a supporting role in ongoing 180-episode Channel 8 drama series Your Hand In Mine. She will be starring in episodes 147 to 177, starting from June 1.
Ironically, Le’s character is a “third party” who schemingly comes between onscreen husband- and-wife pair Patricia Mok and Duan Wei Ming.
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This article was first published in The New Paper.
