The power of Taylor Swift to draw A-listers to her Eras Tour concert is undisputed. During the US leg of her tour, many notable big names turned up at different shows, including Emma Watson, Emma Stone, and Julia Roberts.
In Singapore, though, we’ve only seen Barry Keoghan, rumoured beau of Sabrina Carpenter (the opening act). And, word on the street is, Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce just landed on Thursday night.
But, a famous face in Asian showbiz was also present at the show on Thursday night (7 March) – Hong Kong screen goddess Carina Lau.
Lau, 57, even went to visit her pal, hairstylist to the stars, David Gan.
The 61-year-old told 8days that Lau was the “first superstar [he] worked with in Singapore”. He had styled her hair for a magazine shoot long ago and exchanged numbers because “social media wasn’t a thing back then”.
Though she visited Singapore a couple of times since then, Gan was always overseas working and couldn’t meet her. Occasionally, they would meet each other at events in Hong Kong or China, and they’d chat.
It’s been a long time coming
It’s been a while since they’ve met, he admitted to 8days, and before she came to Singapore for The Eras Tour, Lau had texted Gan and asked if he was in town.
Gan confessed that he thought he was dreaming since he read the message early in the morning.
“She said, ‘No, why would you be dreaming? I just wanted to ask if you’ll be in Singapore because I’ve been here three times and you were always not around. I’m going to Singapore to catch Taylor Swift, I want to meet you,’” said Gan.
According to Gan, Lau planned to extend her trip by a day to “catch a meal with me” before flying off the next day.
As for whether her hubby Tony Leung is with her, Gan said he doesn’t know because he didn’t ask.
He said, “I know Tony Leung too, but we’re not that close. I actually met Tony Leung before I knew Carina but we don’t keep in touch. I’ll only see Tony when I work with Carina for award ceremonies, and when I bumped into them in Cannes, Carina did ask Tony to take photos with us.”
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