Wang Weiliang's English Name Is Gordon, Says He's Okay To Be Called "Oi" Too
Weiliang and his buddy Tosh Zhang were guests on a new YouTube video series that lets celebrities clarify the assumptions people have of them.
After appearing on the first two episodes of the new season of Quan Yifeng's talk show Hear U Out, Ah Boys To Men stars Tosh Zhang, 32, and Wang Weiliang, 33, were guests on
What makes this video even more interesting is that Weiliang, whom we all know is a lot more comfortable speaking in Mandarin, uses English for the entirety of the interview.
“This is one of the rare videos where you can see Weiliang totally use English, so you all must cherish this moment, laughed Tosh.
And we have to say, we're pretty impressed. As one netizen puts it: Weiliang is articulate in English! [Please] have confidence to speak more English!”
Speaking of English, when it was assumed that Weiliang will never have an English name, Tosh immediately got excited.
“He got English name! You all don’t know only (sic)” Tosh exclaimed, only for Weiliang to shoot him down. It's my question [to answer] hor, he said.
But anyway, Weiliang has “quite a few” English names, and his “favourite is, wait for it... Gordon.
“I did try a few Christian names, but they don’t fit me very well,” he said, before adding: “With my face ah, I thought: ‘William, can. David, can. Steven, can’. 'Oi' also okay.”
Tosh also suggested the name “Ezekiel for Weiliang. But Gordon is still the name that Weiliang prefers the most, since his first reaction upon hearing the name Ezekiel was ‘Wah, so cheem ah?’.
Similarly, Tosh also dropped a bombshell during the interview, revealing that he had a girlfriend. The assumption was that he's attached and Tosh's first response was to make an off-colour joke, which we won't repeat here.
But after further probing from Weiliang (thankyouverymuch), he admitted that yes, he is attached though he declined to share more about his relationship.
One thing Tosh did reveal though was that he really was “nearly homeless”.
“During my poly[technic] days, I was very mischievous,” he said, adding that he was rarely home. It eventually resulted in Tosh's mum literally throwing him a bag of clothes, and telling him to not come back, since you don’t like to come home”.
For more assumptions and anecdotes, like how Tosh “misses being mobbed” and how Weiliang was a storeman during his National Service days, check out the full video below.
Photos: You Got Watch/Instagram, Wang Weiliang/Instagram, Tosh Zhang/Instagram