Motherhood has changed this night owl, and she has never been happier. Actress Fann Wong shares more.
Fann Wong’s long hair is in loose waves, and her porcelain skin is free of makeup – and lines. She still has the physique of the gong fu-fighting girl from Jackie Chan’s Shanghai Knights, but what I’m seeing in front of me is a softer Fann.
It’s clear that the 45-year-old actress and singer is just as happy bouncing her 18-month-old son, Zed, on her tummy and serenading him with Christmas songs (his favourite), as she is on the red carpet.
“I think I’m a totally changed person. Even my husband says that. I used to be a morning person but, now, I’m a dawn person,” she says, laughing. “I used to love being up late chatting with my husband; now, by 8pm, I’m fast asleep with my son.”
The new mummy also has a more carefree attitude to life in general. “I’m a person who is so afraid of the sun. If I am asked to take part in any activities that have to do with the sun, I’ll say no. Even when we went to the Maldives [for their bridal shoot], I was always with an umbrella,” laughs Fann.
“But now, I will take my son to the Botanic Gardens for walks, go swimming... and I don’t mind getting tanned. He has made me more relaxed. We’ll stop and smell the roses; we take life at a much slower pace.”
Even she didn’t expect such a change in herself: “I call myself a workaholic and get restless if I have no work, but I love these quieter moments with Zed.”
This story is from the August 2016 edition of Young Parents Singapore.
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