?Totally Embarrassed?: A 5-Minute Chat Cost Jackie Chan Half a Million Dollars Once Due to a Bizarre Reason

Apart from being an action-comedy hero, Jackie Chan is popular for his humble nature and unpretentious gesture. But this compassion and generosity made him easygoing and cost him much. As the martial arts star decoded in his biography, frequently, he failed to comprehend the true intentions of people. Several other incidents from the legend’s life have come to the limelight.

In one such incident, Chan recalls a five-minute meeting with a director that cost him a fortune which he failed to avoid. Can you believe that the 68-year-old martial artist bought a half-million-dollar painting unknowingly? Let’s find out the real reason behind that.

What made Jackie Chan bamboozled?

Once Chan attended a TVB event to meet with one of his directors. Deliberately, he did not inform any of the hosts beforehand, “to avoid creating a hassle for the organizers.” While?talking to director Johnnie To, he caught the eyes of the hosts asking him to join in. Although he simply waved at them to be polite, it turned out that Chan had ended up buying a $50000 painting. Bamboozled, the “Vanguard” actor thought it was a joke and headed towards the exit.

Only then did the actor realize he’d, “bid five hundred thousand!” Surprised, he wrote, “People applauded, and I nodded, totally embarrassed. I didn?t say anything,? just walked away haplessly. I told one of the ushers, ‘Whatever I just bought, send it to my office later.'” This led Chan to utter disappointment and he protested saying, “Afterwards, I complained to Johnnie that our five-minute chat cost me $500,000.”?Turns out, this is not the first time this had happened.

This is not the first time

Previously, he got scammed by gamblers as he shared in his book Never Grow Up. In another incident, Chan reached a party after being invited by a director. On his arrival, he realized that there were hardly any people to call it a party. Chan started feeling something fishy when they invited him to play poker. Aware of the consequences, Chan wrote, “I gambled a lot?and lost a lot. I?d seen all kinds of scams, so I was always suspicious and on the lookout for cheats.?

Though he got out of that trap successfully, Chan’s gentle nature often got him into sticky situations. He liked to spend money knowingly on red wine, books, shoes, cars, clothes, and even sunglasses. But buying a painting of a horse by the artist Xu Beihong was never in his mind. Though he stopped regretting owning it when the visitors admired the painting and got curious about the price. It was his son Jaycee Chan who stopped his father from selling it out.

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Though Chan’s gentility cost him every time, the actor remained the same all along his life highlighting his Asian culture. Tell us in the comments how you feel about the incident.

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