A few days ago, Taiwanese news website CTWANT reported that Andy Lau and Chapman To had fallen out after Andy refused to invest in a sequel to Chapman's 2006 movie Isabella after it performed badly at the box office.

According to the article, the Hongkong stars became close while working on 2002’s Infernal Affairs together. At that time, there were also rumours that Andy had offered his house for Chapman to live in as the latter was still a struggling actor then.

Also, the Heavenly King was the best man at Chapman’s wedding to Kristal Tin in 2005.

However, the famously outspoken Chapman has since come out to deny the reports in his usual no-holds-barred way of addressing things.

Posting a screenshot of the article on his Facebook page, the 49-year-old, who is currently based in Taiwan for work, called CTWANT out for “taking an old piece of fake news from over 10 years ago and reporting it as ‘new’ news” and questioned if they were trying to avoid responsibility by quoting Chinese media reports.

“Do you have evidence? Did you speak to the people involved? What! He lent me his house? 20 years ago, I paid HK$30,000 (S$5,200) a month in rent, is that considered particularly cheap? Have I asked him to invest in me? At that time, my boss was [Hongkong billionaire] Peter Lam. Is this person with the surname Lau richer than him?”Chapman went on to clarify that he “has never been against” Andy, whom he just kept referring to by his surname.

Or at least, he wasn’t until the 59-year-old Heavenly King decided to “support the Hongkong government in building trillions of artificial islands, going against the Hongkong people”.

“That’s when I started having my differences with this person,” Chapman revealed.

But Chapman, who has always been very vocal about his anti-Beijing sentiments, wasn’t done yet, and proceeded to go on a vulgarity-filled rant slamming inaccurate reports against him.

“If you’re seeking out fake news as an attempt to attack me ‘cos of our opposing political stances, [expletive], I have zero tolerance for that! I have an indomitable spirit and I’m not afraid of power, and I’m especially not afraid of lackeys!”

Photos: Chapman To/Facebook, Sohu, PBE Media