Reality bites
Sex bloggers facing consequences over risque online postings
After a week’s euphoria of being in the limelight, the sex blog couple is now facing the hard reality. Alvin Tan has as been summoned by National University of Singapore to a disciplinary hearing on Oct 31 and may have to pay backack his scholarship while Vivian Lee (pic) has been given an ultimatum – marry Alvin or get thrown out of the family house.ouse
PETALING JAYA: They have become outrageously famous in a week but the consequences of having a scandalous sex blog are starting to set in for Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee.
Lee, 23, may be kicked out of her family home after “Sumptuous Erotica”, the blog she shared with Tan, 24, made the headlines in several newspapers here and in Singapore.
“My mother gave me an ultimatum – marry him or move out within a month,” she said, adding that she was “a little scared” about the prospect.
She had just graduated with a marketing degree from Multimedia University and is living in Johor Baru with her mother and elder brother.
Tan has been spending leave of absence from the National University of Singapore (NUS) by being with his parents here and his rented apartment in Kuala Lumpur. This leave is unrelated to the sex blog.
Lee said with the slim probability of marrying Tan, as both considered themselves young and not committed to each other monogamously, she might just end up moving in with him.
“I think she can depend on me. I think I can provide financially,” said Tan during a lengthy interview with The Star Media Group here yesterday.
Both said that Lee’s distraught and widowed mother had been trying to contact Tan to rebuke him but he did not answer her calls.
“My mother also scolded me and pleaded with me to not give any more press interviews,” said Lee. “But I guess I’m going against that, too.”
As for Tan, an Asean scholar reading law, he faces possible expulsion from NUS besides having his expensive scholarship revoked after his and Lee’s nude pictures and sex videos hogged the headlines in the republic.
But he said he did not see it as a “big thing” if the university sacked him and instead, appears to have set his sights on gaining more infamy.
Both Tan and Lee want to break into show business and did not rule out the possibility of becoming actors.
They also revealed that sharing the intimate photos and videos on the Internet were “a mutual idea”. It was Lee who coaxed Tan into capturing the nude clips of each other.
“We started taking the nude shots the second time we met up,” said Tan. “We were fooling around in a hotel in Penang while on holiday and she was totally naked.
“She asked me if I wanted to take her picture and I was game for it,” said Tan, who said he had not gone as far in sexual experimentation with his past girlfriends.
“Most are cowards. OK, I take that back. They are unadventurous,” he said, adding that calling oneself “adventurous” was self-serving.
“Doing things like bungee-jumping or skydiving is pretty standard stuff,” he said. “I want to hang out with people who have done things that are unprecedented.”
Catch the pre-recorded interview with the couple on Red FM (104.9) and Capital FM (88.9) at 2pm today.
Listeners in the Klang Valley can also tune in to Chinese station 988 FM (98.8) at 7.30am on Tuesday.