A surprising moment from Chinese reality show “See You Again” has viewers confused after cameras caught celebrity husband Yang Zi secretly calling another woman in the middle of the night—while participating in a show designed to save his marriage.
The incident occurred during Season 4 of the divorce reality series, which follows three celebrity couples over two weeks as they decide whether to reconcile or separate. Yang Zi, a veteran actor and producer, appeared on the show with his wife Eva Huang, a highly respected actress who has been requesting a divorce for three years.
Despite all phones being confiscated at the show’s start, Yang Zi managed to smuggle in a secret device. Cameras even caught a suspicious glow shining through his shirt — a telltale sign that he had smuggled in a phone.
After his wife Eva went to sleep following an exhausting day of filming, cameras captured him covering surveillance equipment with boxes before pulling out a hidden phone.
Footage shows him video calling a long-haired woman wearing a V-neck, laughing and showing her how he’d concealed the cameras throughout his room.
The revelation came as no surprise to viewers already appalled by Yang Zi’s behavior throughout the series. During the initial “marriage quiz” segment where couples answer basic questions about each other, Yang Zi scored the lowest of all six participants—ranking below even complete strangers. Neither he nor Eva could recall their own wedding anniversary, her favorite color, season, or hobbies.
Eva revealed they’d been separated for years, living apart despite sharing two children. She explained that Yang Zi maintains seven separate phones with different WeChat accounts totaling 35,000 contacts, yet never responds to her messages. He admitted he hasn’t viewed her social media posts because her updates never appear on his feed due to his massive friend list.
The couple’s problems run deeper than communication issues. Eva disclosed that Yang Zi, who acted as her manager, would sign her up for multiple acting roles simultaneously without consultation, forcing her to work on just two to three hours of sleep daily for extended periods. He publicly called celebrities “uneducated” while sitting beside his actress wife and shows virtually no involvement in raising their two sons.
Throughout the show, Yang Zi demonstrated a pattern of self-absorption that left fellow cast members and viewers incredulous. He woke Eva from deep sleep at 3:30 a.m. simply because he was bored, nearly burned down his accommodations attempting to cook instant noodles, and dominated conversations with longwinded tangents while his wife sat silently staring into the distance.
The secret phone call appears to be the final straw. After two days of filming, Eva has consistently marked “yes” to wanting a divorce on her daily questionnaire. Ironically, after his nighttime phone escapade, Yang Zi also checked “yes”—though whether he grasps the severity of his actions remains unclear.
The scandal has ignited fierce debate online about narcissism, emotional neglect, and the pressures faced by women in entertainment. As one panelist remarked while watching the footage: “This is the type of middle-aged Chinese man I hate the most.”