Cat Tuong was once offered by a tycoon to have a child for 50,000 USD.

Female artist Cat Tuong frankly shared about the dark corners of showbiz when she first entered the profession, surprising many people.

The actress of the movie “Bloody Money” said that there used to be a street specializing in massage, cupping and smoking. Although she had just arrived in the city and her mother had given her careful advice, Cat Tuong still decided to experience it with her boyfriend.

Cat Tuong shared in the talk show 1001 True Stories with actor Trung Dung just released about the temptations she encountered when entering the profession.

“I was curious, wanted to explore and thought that way I would have life experience to act in movies. I remember when I was filming “Bloody Money”, some friends in the dorm bought me drugs to practice smoking. After practicing smoking, I almost fell over because it was so heavy. Finally I did it, and acted in movies very well. That’s why I always played gangsters, husband snatchers, debt collectors…”, the female artist recounted.

Cat Tuong also frankly admitted that she herself had experienced many temptations in her career. When she was 18 years old, she and her group of friends were considered beautiful and attracted the attention of men. That is why she and her group of friends were noticed by a group of "madams" who specialized in introducing young girls working in the arts to rich men.

This group approached her and asked for her and her friends' information. At that time, she was still young, so she simply thought that because they liked her, they asked for her picture and contact details to create a profile for her acting and singing career, to conveniently introduce or promote her to directors. The female artist did not expect that things would not be as rosy as she thought.

Female MC and actress refuses a tycoon's offer to be a surrogate mother for $50,000

Some of my classmates and I were scouted by that group and invited to join with high salaries. At that time, there was an album of sexy photos with names and measurements. I saw with my own eyes whose names were in that album. When I provided it, they said it was for a resume to invite to shows. I was naive and my friends believed it too. But in fact, that album was for inviting guests with a price ranging from 300 to 500 USD/time, if staying overnight, it was negotiable.

“That day, I only earned 200,000 – 300,000 VND for filming, but I paid… 300 USD for seeing clients. When I found out, I was very angry and cursed those people right in their faces,” Cat Tuong recounted.

Not only was Cat Tuong targeted by a "madam" who pimped young girls for rich men, she also received an offer from a wealthy man to be her surrogate mother for $50,000.

The female artist revealed: “Once, there was a rich man from abroad who didn’t know what to look at and targeted me. The broker invited me to a fancy meal and said he wanted to have a child with me. He would pay me 50,000 USD, but only take the child, not the mother. That made me feel offended. I still pretended to laugh and asked why so many beautiful women didn’t want to, but wanted to ask me? They replied that they wanted me to have a child because I was… smart. (Laughs)

At that time, if this offer was sent to a young person who was struggling and wanted to live a more fulfilling and prosperous life, it would have been great. But in the end, I let it go.”

Cat Tuong's impressive role in the movie "Bloody Money".

According to Cat Tuong, when she first started her career, temptations were everywhere. If an artist was weak, she would fall and find it difficult to get up. And she also explained why she decided to quit singing.

The female artist revealed that there was once a person who wanted to support, promote and help her appear in programs after winning the 1996 Ho Chi Minh City Television Singing Contest.

However, this man made an appointment with Cat Tuong to discuss work in a hotel and tried to seduce her. When she refused, the man turned around, cursed her, and “destroyed” her singing career, not allowing her to appear on television…