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Actress Usamanee “Kwan” Waitayanon and singer Pichaya ‘‘Golf’’ Nitipaisalkul have dished up dirt on each other and their families, bringing one-time hopes of marriage to an explosive end.
Talking tearfully to the media last week, Golf, 30, admitted the pair had discussed starting a future together, but said he and Kwan parted ways late last year when he realised her family was motivated by money, not love.
Claiming Kwan’s mother had asked for a dowry of 70-80 million baht, he said “people around her” were also checking about town to see how many assets he owned.
The couple started seeing each other romantically 10 years ago, but called it off. They reunited as adults to give it another try, despite the fact neither side’s family appears to get along with the other.
Golf said Kwan, 29, took him to meet her family in Phetchaburi recently and was called over by the women folk to discuss whether they would get engaged. He said the talk alarmed him, as he knew the next step was marriage and Kwan’s mother had mentioned the huge dowry.
“Last year I took on a large amount of work for the woman I love, though I am not sure if it would get me to that point,” he said.
The two share office space as part of their business interests, and started to argue. Adding to the hurt, he had also heard Kwan was interested in an older foreigner who lives overseas, though Kwan insists he is a mere friend.
“Don’t let me think that what I thought was love was really all about money,” Golf said, saying the couple’s latest breakup bore hurtful similarities with their first parting 10 years ago.
Responding to the claims, Kwan and her mother, Pranee, denied mentioning such a sum, except in jest.
Kwan also spilled the beans on the Phetchaburi meeting, claiming Golf’s parents told her that they had no dowry to offer, unless she waited until they were dead and she took a share of Golf’s inheritance.
Golf’s mother, she said, also suggested they have a child outside wedlock, presumably to bring Kwan’s reluctant parents around.
Kwan said the idea appalled her. “I was not raised with such values. I want to have a child with an innocent heart, not to use as a pawn in some game,” she declared.
“I thought Golf would be the last boyfriend in my life, so I went to see his family to discuss marriage. It was a request from my side of the family, though we didn’t talk about a dowry, except in jest.
“I don’t think the woman’s side of the family can put a price on these things, as you can never buy love.”
Kwan said Golf’s family was just as offhand when talking about the wedding ring.
“They said if we cannot marry, get engaged first. They suggested we get a fake ring and show it to my mother. Golf’s mother said: ‘She won’t care, as she uses fake handbags already’,” Kwan complained.
“I am not willing to wear a fake ring and deceive my parents that way,” Kwan said.
“The thing that hurt most is realising that the one I love does not know how to honour women. Golf has a younger sister. I asked him [whether he’d treat her the same way). He replied he wants a child before marriage.”
Golf admits his mother spoke about Kwan getting pregnant before marriage, and wearing a fake ring, but claims it was said as a joke to ease a tense scene.
Since Kwan made her comments, her mother Pranee has chipped in to say Golf is mean with money, keener on spending large on the fancy dogs he raises than buying a ring for Kwan. The family row continues.
Actor ‘abandoned’ son, wife
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Veteran actor Praptpadol “Prap” Suwanbang has owned up to fathering a child 25 years ago whom he has barely supported, but pleaded for privacy as he decides what to do next.
Prap’s former wife, Inthira Nathan, accompanied by the couple’s son, Tinthayut “James” Miaklang, went on television last week to declare Prap abandoned them within weeks of the child’s birth.
“We were together for two years before we had James,” she said. “We planned to have a child; he was no accident. Fifteen days after he was born, I returned to Korat [Nakhon Ratchasima] and he went to Bangkok as he was trying to enter the entertainment industry,” Ms Inthira said, referring to their early lives together.
“We were in touch another week after that, when Prap returned for the funeral of his mother. After that he just vanished.
“When I called him, he said work was busy. I didn’t want to bother him and came to terms with the fact that I would have to cope by myself.”
Ms Inthira said she and James, who takes his maternal grandfather’s name, moved overseas when he was about 12 after she married a foreigner. They have been back in Thailand for the past three or four years.
James, now nearing his 26th birthday, said he left school in his early secondary years because the family was struggling. “Our family has no real income, and we are still in a rented place after all these years,” he said. “However, I am not looking for money. I just want to meet my Dad.”
Ms Inthira said she tried to forget about Prap as they forged on with their lives, but James kept asking after him.
“When James asked why his dad didn’t come for a visit, I didn’t know what to say. Other kids went everywhere with their dads. When he saw his dad on TV he would ask after him until I was getting sick of it. At first I tried to forget him, but James would not forget.”
James spoke to his father on the phone when he was aged about 11. “I asked him for a ping pong table. He said he would transfer the money but never did.”
He made contact again at age 19 or 20, when he started following Prap, who appeared in the Naresuan movies, on Facebook. He left messages, but his father blocked him.
Writing on social media after the pair’s revelations, Prap, 48, admitted James was his child.
“If I say nothing, I would look bad, but if I speak the truth I will harm many people,” he said cryptically. Pleading for privacy, he said some matters should be kept in the family. He didn’t say if he intended to get in touch.
May still in pain
Actress Pitchanart ‘‘May’’ Sakakorn says she is coming to terms with heartbreak after ending her relationship with star footballer Chanathip ‘‘Messi Jay’’ Songkrasin.
A week after she declared their three-year pairing was over, amid claims that Jay’s family had rejected her, the actress said Jay had yet to get in touch.
Nor has she spoken to his family, whom she said spurned talk of them marrying this year, and complained about the size of the dowry her side of the family was likely to demand.
Jay is training in Japan where he is on loan to the Japanese football club, Consadole Sapporo.
Neither side appears to harbour any bitterness, with May last week urging reporters not to criticise Jay’s family.
Jay, meanwhile, hit “Like” on a social media comment in which the actress says it is better to have loved and been hurt, than to not know how to love at all.
“I still love him, I just have to get used to this hurt first,” she said.
Jay’s family told May to wait another three years for marriage, despite Jay having told the media they were likely to get hitched this year.
May said she understood that Jay puts his family first, and that’s one of the reasons she loves him.
“If we get married now it might upset them. We can always love each other in other ways, even as friends,” she said.
Asked whether she was prepared to wait, May said time is getting on.
“I am 36, he’s 24. In another three years, will I still be free or will I be heart-broken again? He might be ready, his parents happy. He could have a go at flirting with me again.
“If you ask will I wait for him, no, as I am old already. But at the moment I do not want anyone, I am happy to be with friends and my own family.”
Jay’s manager said the footballer had no immediate plans to return to Thailand.
Prap’s former wife, Inthira Nathan, accompanied by the couple’s son, Tinthayut “James” Miaklang, went on television last week to declare Prap abandoned them within weeks of the child’s birth.
“We were together for two years before we had James,” she said. “We planned to have a child; he was no accident. Fifteen days after he was born, I returned to Korat [Nakhon Ratchasima] and he went to Bangkok as he was trying to enter the entertainment industry,” Ms Inthira said, referring to their early lives together.
“We were in touch another week after that, when Prap returned for the funeral of his mother. After that he just vanished.
“When I called him, he said work was busy. I didn’t want to bother him and came to terms with the fact that I would have to cope by myself.”
Ms Inthira said she and James, who takes his maternal grandfather’s name, moved overseas when he was about 12 after she married a foreigner. They have been back in Thailand for the past three or four years.
James, now nearing his 26th birthday, said he left school in his early secondary years because the family was struggling. “Our family has no real income, and we are still in a rented place after all these years,” he said. “However, I am not looking for money. I just want to meet my Dad.”
Ms Inthira said she tried to forget about Prap as they forged on with their lives, but James kept asking after him.
“When James asked why his dad didn’t come for a visit, I didn’t know what to say. Other kids went everywhere with their dads. When he saw his dad on TV he would ask after him until I was getting sick of it. At first I tried to forget him, but James would not forget.”
James spoke to his father on the phone when he was aged about 11. “I asked him for a ping pong table. He said he would transfer the money but never did.”
He made contact again at age 19 or 20, when he started following Prap, who appeared in the Naresuan movies, on Facebook. He left messages, but his father blocked him.
Writing on social media after the pair’s revelations, Prap, 48, admitted James was his child.
“If I say nothing, I would look bad, but if I speak the truth I will harm many people,” he said cryptically. Pleading for privacy, he said some matters should be kept in the family. He didn’t say if he intended to get in touch.
May still in pain
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| May |
A week after she declared their three-year pairing was over, amid claims that Jay’s family had rejected her, the actress said Jay had yet to get in touch.
Nor has she spoken to his family, whom she said spurned talk of them marrying this year, and complained about the size of the dowry her side of the family was likely to demand.
Jay is training in Japan where he is on loan to the Japanese football club, Consadole Sapporo.
Neither side appears to harbour any bitterness, with May last week urging reporters not to criticise Jay’s family.
Jay, meanwhile, hit “Like” on a social media comment in which the actress says it is better to have loved and been hurt, than to not know how to love at all.
“I still love him, I just have to get used to this hurt first,” she said.
Jay’s family told May to wait another three years for marriage, despite Jay having told the media they were likely to get hitched this year.
May said she understood that Jay puts his family first, and that’s one of the reasons she loves him.
“If we get married now it might upset them. We can always love each other in other ways, even as friends,” she said.
Asked whether she was prepared to wait, May said time is getting on.
“I am 36, he’s 24. In another three years, will I still be free or will I be heart-broken again? He might be ready, his parents happy. He could have a go at flirting with me again.
“If you ask will I wait for him, no, as I am old already. But at the moment I do not want anyone, I am happy to be with friends and my own family.”
Jay’s manager said the footballer had no immediate plans to return to Thailand.
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