Overview
- While promoting F9 in 2021, he said in Mandarin that Taiwan was the first country to see the film, prompting immediate backlash in China.
- He posted a Mandarin apology on Weibo calling it a mistake, which then drew criticism in the United States.
- On The Joe Rogan Experience, he accepted full responsibility and dismissed the idea of blaming publicists or assistants.
- He told James Gunn he would understand being fired from Peacemaker at the time, though he remained on the series and continued in related projects.
- He now avoids speaking Mandarin in public, saying he lacks cultural fluency despite roughly a decade of study.