Girl asks boyfriend for investment money before falling in love: Suddenly... famous
In the blink of an eye, the name “Doan Minh” was suddenly sought after fiercely in the virtual world. She was not a newly-emerged entertainment star, nor did she win a talent contest. Doan Minh was a character in a dating game show, with shocking statements.
Lightning-fast coverage
In the program “Speed Matchmaking”, broadcast on HTV7, Tran Ngoc Doan Minh, 26 years old, shared: She has experienced 12 love affairs in total. Of which 4 were considered deep love affairs, the rest were just getting to know each other. The life span of each love affair was “short-lived”: the longest was 1 year, the shortest was 1 day.
If it stops here, there is nothing “shocking”. Doan Minh became the “focus” that made netizens boil with her statement about the selection criteria: “Handsome, tall. And I want the guy to spend money on me, so I can buy things, invest in stocks, real estate… The guy gives me money to invest, then I divide the money back with him. When I go out to eat, if the guy forgets his wallet, I can swipe my card to pay and he swipes it again next time, but if he forgets a second time, it’s “bye bye” forever.”
Doan Minh also made it clear that she did not want to be a daughter-in-law and did not like taking care of others: “My thinking is that when I get married, I will move out and live on my own. I like cooking but I will never cook for a guy because he has to please me.”
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| Doan Minh in "Speed Match". |
Doan Minh’s criteria for choosing a “other half” is actually not strange in the lives of today’s youth. Because the time of “a thatched hut and two golden hearts” is over, the criteria for choosing a “other half” of many young people today, more or less, is dominated by material factors.
If Doan Minh only shared the above criteria with her group of friends, it would be fine, but if she was innocent (or pretended to be innocent?) on TV, she would get “kicked out”, is there any surprise? So, from “Speed Matchmaking”, Doan Minh became famous very quickly. Her name was searched more than any entertainment star. On social networks, groups such as Doan Minh FC, Doan Minh Antin Association immediately appeared…
Doan Minh's every move is exploited, such as the story of her having a "sugar daddy" who wants to support her, 10 million VND/month, and the "female lead of 12 loves" is also a long-time Food blogger, etc...
Doan Minh continuously received attacks from a part of the online community, especially she was mercilessly body-shamed after her statements on “Speed Matchmaking”. But in return, the number of followers of Doan Minh on social networks increased rapidly.
Most recently, she took advantage of her fame to advertise a disguised porn app on her personal page, causing public outrage. The dating game show seems to have helped Doan Minh "take off" easily.
Do you need a “detox”?
“National matchmaker”, MC Cat Tuong, after the noisy “Speed Matchmaking” incident, spoke up to defend Doan Minh: “I agree that she spoke insensitively, but there are different types of people participating in reality shows. Just like in society, there are many different colors, no one is the same”. She also asked to “leave her a way to live”…
Many people ask: Is it necessary for Cat Tuong to speak up to defend Doan Minh? Doan Minh has been active in the online world for a long time, so she understands the effects of her statements. Is she innocently sharing her opinion or intentionally creating controversy to... become famous?
In the program “Lunch Date”, channel HTV7, a new name emerged, that is Mr. Nguyen Van Loc, 39 years old, construction worker, in Dak Lak with criteria for choosing “other half”: Absolutely must be virgin. Nguyen Van Loc’s point of view created heated debates. The background of the man with “high demands” on women was immediately searched.
But if dating game shows don’t have Doan Minh or Nguyen Van Loc, what will attract them? One viewer commented: “Every new show has a few “scandals” to attract attention.” We can also mention the game show “Choice of the Heart”, broadcast on VTV3, with its “specialty” being the “excessive” lip-locking scenes of the contestants. Or “Love Star”, broadcast on HTV, with images of female contestants wearing revealing clothes, showing off their breasts, and male contestants leaning their heads on female contestants’ ample breasts, also causing the show to be criticized.
There are dating shows that even pose situations that make viewers blush: "You go to your lover's house and see him wrapped in a towel, what will you do?"...
When dating game shows flourish, it is also time for a "cleansing" to make dating more civilized, reduce offensive "tricks", and not be a "bridge" for those who want to become famous easily, ignoring talent and hard work.
