Dam Vinh Hung burst into tears, talking about the bitter hidden corners of his life.

'Behind the halo' episode 3 will reveal the luxurious but bitter life that few people know about of singer Dam Vinh Hung.

After 2 attention-grabbing episodes, episode 3 of "After the Glory" titled "Tears of the Throne" will recount the lavish yet bitter life of Dam Vinh Hung. With the guidance of Tran Thanh, the "king of Vietnamese music" will confide the most hidden corners of his life from childhood to his fame.

The show opened with a confident declaration from Dam Vinh Hung. He said, “You called me king, I will fit in the chair you set out.”

Dam Vinh Hung and MC Tran Thanh in the program "After the halo"

Pride and power, the three words “Dam Vinh Hung” have become a leading brand in the Vietnamese entertainment industry for the past 20 years. According to Tran Thanh, “If Dam Vinh Hung has 5 people who love him, he will also have 5 people who hate him.”

Throughout his singing career, Dam Vinh Hung has stood firm in the face of many controversies alongside his unique products. The public often compares Dam Vinh Hung to a wild, showy person. However, there are dark times, painful sorrows that no one understands for the person known as the "king of Vietnamese music". Dam Vinh Hung himself and host Tran Thanh will revisit the tears on his "throne".

At "After the glory", Dam Vinh Hung had the opportunity to look back at more than 40 years of his life. The male singer confided, "Every day of mine is truly an episode. There is poverty, shame, wealth and even humiliation." And then, Mr. Dam put down his defenses to open up about his family secrets.

Huynh Minh Hung was born into a family with a father who was a civil servant and also a respected teacher, teaching poor children. Meanwhile, his mother was a doctor who had failed her studies. Because she was infatuated with her lover's handsome appearance, she gave up everything to marry his father.

Dam Vinh Hung burst into tears, talking about the bitterness in his life.

Talking about his mother, Dam Vinh Hung commented, “She is a woman as good as two men.” The male singer said that he is the crystallization of the best of both his father and mother. Dam Vinh Hung likes scarves, loves art like his father and has the ability to “take someone else’s profession after just one look” from his mother. They live together happily in a house with pigs in Tan Binh district.

Thinking he would live happily, Dam Vinh Hung's family was devastated when he was only 10 years old. "When I was in 5th grade, my family was no longer happy," Mr. Dam said. Due to debt, his parents had to sell the house they were living in to struggle with a life of poverty. Having to listen to his parents' arguments every night was a nightmare for Dam Vinh Hung. And then, they gradually drifted apart.

The father of the boy Huynh Minh Hung left his mother and son to return to his first wife. When Tran Thanh asked him about the reason for the debt, Mr. Dam pondered, "Until now, I still don't know what the real reason is. I think it's similar to the most recent reason from my mother." When the family broke up, Huynh Minh Hung "just wanted to stay with his mother because he was told bad things about his father." After nearly 40 years, Dam Vinh Hung pondered: "If my father was here, my mother wouldn't have thought so shallowly."

Many times sending his mother to other places, Dam Vinh Hung had to pick her up because he could not leave her with epilepsy and high blood pressure. "Until now, I am still paying off my debt" - the king of Vietnamese music sincerely shared.

He also said that debt in showbiz is as common as eating, "because they are afraid so they don't say it." The male singer frankly admitted that his mother's mistake has brought storms to the family for the past few decades. Since then, he has buried himself in pain and torment and decided to no longer be his mother's "defense lawyer" but become a "prosecutor". Many times, Dam Vinh Hung blamed his mother for not being honest with him even though he sacrificed many things, including his personal happiness, for her.

At "After the halo", Dam Vinh Hung shared for the first time about things the public did not know about his mother. Behind the debt noise, Mr. Dam said that his mother always took care of every meal, sleep, and house. She even took on tasks that should have belonged to men. The mother of the king of Vietnamese music never let her children go into poverty. It was the self-reliance and independence of a woman that pushed her into a harmful pastime when she could no longer earn money. From then on, she wanted to get back what she had lost as quickly as possible. Dam Vinh Hung commented, "That became a way for her to regain her form. Gradually, it became an addiction that was hard to quit."

However, “My mother still loves me” - Dam Vinh Hung said. The king of Vietnamese music recalled that in his high school years, the thing he wished for the most was a white outfit to sing at an event. Knowing that wish, his mother saved up the meager money from a pot of Hue beef noodle soup, despite her poverty, to buy him a bundle of white fabric. That love made him accept all his mother’s mistakes and try to repay his parents in the most complete way.

“You have to be in pain to know how to love others” - Mr. Dam strongly spoke about the reason for announcing the recent events to the public. Until now, Dam Vinh Hung is still afraid to face his mother. After each performance, he still quietly wipes off his makeup and avoids meeting his mother because he is afraid of facing the obsession that has haunted him for more than 30 years./.

According to VOV