What breed does this specimen belong to?
Singaporean Singer Kurt Tay Gets A Double Breasted Job
He's been mocked by the media, ridiculed by the public and shunned by his family. But for Singaporean wannabe pop star Kurt Tay Foo Wei, plonking down RM10,000 on bust implants for himself has been the greatest double breasted adventure of his 27-year old life.
His bosom augmentation surgery, a painful 90-minute procedure that he endured in Bangkok last April, has already boosted his self-esteem and given him the sort of infamy he's always fantasised about.
Though Singaporeans have attacked him with names like ah gua (lady boy) and laughed at his broken English and heavy "Singlish" accent (he pronounces breasts as "bests")—Kurt has defended his controversial decision and gone on a media blitz to gush about how shiok (fantastic) he feels about his boob job.
Kurt told local Chinese-language daily Lianhe Wanbao that he laid out S$4,100 for his 395cc implants because he wanted more confidence in himself, after years of disaster in both his professional and personal life.
He got his first taste of fame in 2006 when he took a shot at Singaporean Idol, singing the oldie Long, Long Ago. His mispronunciation of the lyrics, however, led to derision from viewers who dubbed his rendition "Nong, Nong Ago".
Undeterred he set up a website, KurtTay4ever.com, and a Twitter account (@Kurt_Tay), and he recorded a Mandarin song called Li Ni Er Qu ("Leaving You") in 2012, followed by a music video that cost S$20,000 to produce.
He embarked on a self-managed publicity crusade and took out a full-page magazine advert that declared his debut CD the "most anticipated album for this year", and proclaimed himself, among other titles, as the "Prince of Love Songs".
Once again the Singapore public tore into his problem with diction, his lack of emotion on his song, and the cheesy, tacky music video that has since raked up more than 26,000 views on YouTube.
Not one to take anything lying down, Kurt hit back saying, "Jay Chou is also like that!" referring to some complaints that the Mandopop singer is sometimes indiscernible himself. "So when an A-list singer does it, it's called a unique trait. When we independent singers do it, it's annoying," he fumed.
Since his operation, Kurt has posted a series of homemade videos on his YouTube channel, KurtTay4ever, in which he calls himself a "busty superstar".
Flaunting his new jugs, he makes several attempts to prove they are genuine and not just man boobs, including removing his top while bashfully hiding his nipples behind his fingers.
Kurt says that before getting his set of knockers, he had
courted over a hundred girls to no avail. The blow to his ego led him to consider "turning bisexual" in his quest for love. But he says
allegations about his sexuality are wrong because he's "into women" and insists he's not going for the complete chop.
He says he wants to get married and he's giving his hooters two years to find him a wife, after which he'll just pay for a bride from Vietnam.
A daughter-in-law could be welcomed by his family although marriage would only add to the confusion between his parents, who found out their son "is now like a girl"—according to their statement—by reading about it in the papers.
Unfazed by the insults, Kurt—who once ran an escort service but now works as a night-shift security guard—says, "You can't give up dreams due to criticism. You would still get criticised even if you are Zoe Tay or Fann Wong."