One of Singapore entertainment's ugliest friendship breakups exploded into public view when celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee unleashed an hours-long livestream tirade against his former best friend, television host Quan Yifeng, and her daughter, actress Eleanor Lee.
The headline accusation, splashed across entertainment coverage: "After earning $300K, she threw a tantrum." Lee, once so close to Quan that the pair were fixtures of each other's lives and businesses, accused mother and daughter of ingratitude and betrayal after years of loyalty. The livestream ran for hours, a raw, unfiltered airing of grievances that ricocheted across Singapore and Malaysian Chinese-language social media.
The feud's roots run deep. Addy Lee built his name as the hairstylist to the stars, with Quan Yifeng long counted as his closest friend in the industry. Eleanor Lee, Quan's daughter, has in recent years become a rising actress in her own right — including high-profile work in China — which has only magnified every twist of the family drama.
Eleanor Lee has separately spoken about the strain of being constantly compared to her famous mother, calling the comparison a compliment and describing Quan as "a strong woman" — a poised contrast to the livestream's fury.
The saga is pure Singapore showbiz: a friendship forged in the industry's small, overlapping circles, a spectacular falling-out, and a livestream as the courtroom of last resort. Neither Quan Yifeng nor Eleanor Lee has engaged with the tirade on Lee's terms. In an industry where reputation is currency, the episode is a reminder that the most damaging scandals are rarely about strangers — they're about the people who once knew you best.
The roots of the feud stretch back years. Addy Lee built his reputation as one of Singapore's most sought-after celebrity hairstylists, his salon a fixture for the entertainment industry's elite. Quan Yifeng, a veteran television host with multiple Star Awards for Best Programme Host to her name, was for years his closest friend and most visible supporter — the pair's bond was showbiz legend, forged in an industry where genuine friendships are rare and publicly performed ones are currency.
Eleanor Lee, Quan's daughter, has carved her own path as an actress, including prominent roles in Chinese productions that made her one of the few Singaporean performers with genuine regional traction. Her recent reflections on being compared to her mother — calling it a compliment, describing Quan as "a strong woman" — read now as an attempt to stay above a fray she did not start.
What turned friendship into livestream warfare remains contested, with Lee's hours-long broadcast offering his version and the other side offering silence. In Singapore's small entertainment ecosystem, where everyone works with everyone, such public ruptures are costly: today's tirade is tomorrow's awkward awards-show seating plan. Whether the feud burns out or escalates further, it has already secured its place among the defining showbiz sagas of the decade.