Since the scandal with Xu Yiyang, an artist under his entertainment company, began in 2020, Huang Zitao's "Love Game" has finally come to an end.
On July 14, the two posted intimate photos on social platforms to officially announce their relationship.
's move was not well received by the public. On the contrary, the opinions of fans and netizens were one-sided:
did not understand, did not respect, and did not bless him.
In fact, it is understandable for the 31-year-old Huang Zitao to fall in love. The point is that he has been denying his relationship with the woman before. In the 4-year entanglement,
refuted the rumors as many as 5 times according to incomplete statistics - even though the two were frequently photographed, they still had an attitude of "beat them to death and refuse to admit it".
Until now, he has gone back on his word and slapped himself in the face. While shocking the outside world, his popularity with the public has dropped to the bottom again.
So, how did the love story between Huang Zitao and Xu Yiyang turn into a "suspense drama"?
1. The Star Dream of the "Rich Second Generation"
As one of the "Four Returned Sons", Huang Zitao's resume does not need to be elaborated:
He was born in 1993 in Qingdao, Shandong into a wealthy family. His father is a successful businessman. Worth a fortune.
However, because they were afraid that their son would be too "floating" when he learned about his family background, his parents kept hiding his family background from him. As a result, Huang Zitao went out to work to train himself when he was 15 years old. Because
has received training in various talents since he was a child, he participated in the Korean talent show "The Great Birth" in 2010. Therefore, he was spotted by SM company's talent scouts and immediately signed a contract to become a trainee.
On the other hand, Xu Yiyang, who is 4 years younger than him, was born in Sichuan. There are two opinions about her family background on the Internet:
One is that her family is well-off, because she has learned various musical instruments since she was a child, and she also went to Korea to make music. As a trainee, if your family does not have some financial foundation, you will not be able to support the high expenses.
However, everyone also found from the living environment Xu Yiyang posted that the interior decoration of her residence is relatively ordinary, so it is speculated that she comes from an ordinary family.
Let’s talk about Huang Zitao. After being a trainee for a year, he made his debut in the EXO group at the end of 2011 under the stage name Tao.
His debut work was martial arts, and he performed a program with actress Song Qian, so he attracted the attention of the audience. Although
was not particularly outstanding in the group, he also recorded popular programs such as "Running Man" and "Happy Camp" with the group, and began to gain popularity in both China and South Korea.
In 2014, Huang Zitao’s SM agency hired new trainees, including Xu Yiyang, who had just graduated from high school, and the two met.
The woman was also discovered through the talent show, but her debut came later. It was not until two years later that she entered the entertainment industry as a member of the preparatory star group SMrookies.
But at this stage, Huang Zitao has already returned to China to develop his career due to the termination of his contract.
In other words, the two people at that time were just colleagues who knew each other, and there was no emotional entanglement yet.
Moreover, Huang Zitao's popularity was not very good at that time. In addition to rumors that he had estrangements with other "three sons", he was also angrily criticized by Wang Sicong for being late for a show. Overall, his popularity was in jeopardy.
Not only that, the albums he released and the variety shows he participated in recorded received mediocre responses.
However, according to old fans, Huang Zitao has always had a Qingdao amateur girlfriend. The girl is beautiful, but because her boyfriend is an idol, she has never been exposed.
In the end, their relationship came to an end.
Rumor has it that in 2015, at the lowest point in his career, he met a Chinese girl while recuperating from a foot injury in the United States.
But the relationship between the two also stalled because the man returned to China. In the future, he even wrote two songs for her, "Mystery Girl" and "Reluctant".
In addition, Huang Zitao was also rumored to have an affair with a Korean female artist named Lee Sun Mi. The woman was also an artist of SM, and later the group Wonder Girls became famous with the song "Nobody".
However, this relationship was regarded by the outside world as an "accident" because the two had no real intersection.
At this stage, Xu Yiyang is still unknown.
In 2018, she also chose to terminate her contract and return to China, and then signed with Huang Zitao's Longtao Entertainment, becoming one of the first artists signed by her husband after he established his agency.
It's just that the two people didn't know at the time that their future destinies would be tightly tied together.
2. After the "whitewash", there were countless scandals
At this time, Huang Zitao's career had also reached a watershed stage.
Because he participated in the recording of the variety show "Real Men" the previous year, he was "whitewashed" overnight due to his upright and funny performance.
Compared with the idol route before, this time Huang Zitao has become a funny man. Not only has he contributed a lot of emoticons, but he also looks very real. He is not afraid of making fun of himself or being scolded by the audience.
's counter-intuitive and down-to-earth approach made netizens call him "enjoyable", so after that he ushered in a turning point in his career.
In particular, he has collaborated with Jackie Chan on "Railway Tigers" and starred with Yang Mi in "The Negotiator". Although the response to his acting skills is average, his level of comedy is still the king.
With this coming and going, Huang Zitao seems to have successfully transformed from a Korean idol to a "dog-led male god", and he is simply enjoying himself in the niche circuit.
As his career improved slightly, his scandals followed suit.
In 2019, Huang Zitao and a Korean girl named Jin Minxian were on the hot search again.
The woman is an Internet celebrity, and it is reported that the two met when Huang Zitao was a trainee.
The reason why the scandal spread was because they were photographed having dinner together, and Huang Zitao's mother was also accompanying them. This was also regarded by the outside world as "having become so close that they could meet their parents."
Not only that, Huang Zitao later went to Japan with his friends and posted photos. Kim Minhyun also updated the news soon, posting the same brand as him.
Moreover, the two also posted photos of giant pandas together, which seemed to be a covert show of affection.
However, this scandal soon ceased because he had a new scandal target.
At that time, an Internet celebrity named Zhang Yunen posted a lot of details about her relationship with her boyfriend on her account, and it was immediately discovered that these boyfriends were suspected to be Huang Zitao.
For example, the woman said that her boyfriend likes playing games, which is the same as Huang Zitao’s hobbies.
In addition, the two also posted photos of the same tableware, table, and suspected travel together. The mask Zhang Yunen wore was even a self-made product of Huang Zitao's company that was not sold publicly...
Therefore, netizens determined after peeling off the cocoons that the two People at least "talked" about it. Why does
say this?
Because the truth has not been released yet, Huang Zitao was exposed to be with an online singer named Peng Shiliu again.
There was also an ambiguous atmosphere between him and Xu Yiyang...
Facing the waves of scandals, he finally couldn't sit still, so he issued a statement denying it in the name of the studio, and claimed that he would pursue the investigation The legal liability of netizens who spread rumors - remember, this is the first time Huang Zitao has denied his relationship with Xu Yiyang.
At this time, Xu Yiyang's career had just started. She made a smooth debut with the single "Hi", and then recorded the variety show "Supernova National Games"
However, although she looks sweet, she seems to lack some recognition, causing netizens to often complain. : "I can't remember this look!"
Because of this, Xu Yiyang's acting career was tepid for a time, until she joined the trainee program "Produce Camp 2020" in 2020.
But no one thought that this wave of popularity was not actually created by herself, but was promoted by her boss Huang Zitao.
It was also from this stage that the scandal between the two could no longer be concealed.
Fans who once liked Xu Yiyang commented on her:
"She lacks experience and has an angled face, so she is not good at acting. She has no sense of presence in variety shows. She has a low sense of variety, has a dull personality, and is a bit arrogant..."
But it didn't matter. She gained attention by virtue of her relatively close interaction with Huang Zitao, but on the final night of group formation, she was stuck in eighth place and failed to make a successful debut.
3.5 times refuted rumors, but slapped him in the face
What is even more intriguing is that as the mentor of "Produce Camp", Huang Zitao always stuck to the "13:14" point when promoting Xu Yiyang.
Fans directly left a message at the time: It would be difficult to end the relationship without getting married.
Not only that, the man also sang a ballad he wrote for Xu Yiyang.
Coincidentally, at this stage, Huang Zitao also recorded a program called "Little Chasing the Ball" and publicly stated: "I already have someone I like."
In February when the program ended, he was picked out The WeChat avatar in the same frame as Xu Yiyang is also suspected to be a game couple account.
But after the incident came to a head, Huang Zitao immediately denied it, and even got a little angry and said:
"Every one of them is a hallucination. Do you need to explain each photo?"
It can be seen that he denied his relationship with the woman for the second time. He was obviously very irritable.
However, the two did not avoid suspicion after that, because in September of the same year, they were photographed by the paparazzi going home together after a dinner party. The two interacted intimately on the way, with Huang Zitao helping Xu Yiyang get his coat.
Then, the ambiguous stories between the two emerged one after another. In addition to the man asking fans to ask Xu Yiyang "Does he have a boyfriend and does he like Huang Zitao" during the live broadcast, they also interacted in the distance, and his note to Xu Yiyang was "Boss Xu" .
Also during this live broadcast, Huang Zitao once again denied his relationship with Xu Yiyang, and even responded slightly aggrievedly:
"The person I worked so hard to praise is my girlfriend?... They are all sisters."
The paparazzi also Several people came forward to break the news, saying that "the celebrity couple came true, and the clue to the secret was two tropical coconut trees."
After that, they were photographed every year. Huang Zitao denied it every time, and even yelled domineeringly: "What's wrong with us colleagues confessing to each other?"
The last time he refuted the rumor that he was in love was this meme that everyone is playing with now:
"I, Huang Zitao, say it again, I have a cooperative relationship with my artist Xu Yiyang!"
Looking at it now, netizens are dumbfounded.
But actually? The b-side of
html's 15 denials is that Huang Zitao devoted himself to cultivating this "sister" whom he cultivated. After failing to achieve anything famous in singing, Xu Yiyang continued to participate in various TV series in 2021.
Although there is still no splash, according to the statistics of interested netizens, her resources alone exceed those of the entire Hard Candy Girl 303 team.
But unfortunately, Xu Yiyang's greatest fame today is still "Huang Zitao's other half".
A deep look at the hot searches she has been on over the years:
Xu Yiyang posted a photo of the two of them, eating a piece of cake together, Huang Zitao being jealous, confessing his love, proposing, etc...
Although the "themes" seem to be diverse, they are actually speechless. , was also criticized by netizens: aesthetic fatigue.
In the end, this bizarre "love suspense drama" came to an imperfect end.
What’s funny is that back then, someone once scolded the man for “not giving him a status.” Even now, he has given it, but he is still not favored.
Even now he drags her to show off his affection on the show: "My father has cancer, and she is always by my side..."
And the people who were most hurt by this official announcement are probably those who helped him refute the rumors. Fans, there must be a deep, backstabbed feeling of powerlessness in their hearts.
So this incident still illustrates the old truth:
Chasing stars is risky, so you need to be cautious when entering the trap. Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously.
