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Jackson Wang's Parents Thought He'd Get Kidnapped If He Pursued Music

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    - So originally you were like
    an athlete from Hong Kong?
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    - Yes, yes, yes.
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    - [Kelly] Like, fencing?
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    - Yeah, I was a fencer.
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    I was a fencer.
    - Cool.
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    - That's cool.
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    - My parents, they were Olympians too.
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    - [Kelly] Yeah.
    - Yeah,
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    my dad is a fencer and my mom's a gymnast.
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    - Wow, so I guess it
    would've been a let down
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    if you didn't do something
    in that category.
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    (all laughing)
    - Yes, I mean,
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    I was prepping for
    London Olympics back then
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    and then while prepping
    I just told my parents,
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    "Hey, you know what,
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    I always had this dream about music.
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    Let me do my thing and-"
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    - How did that go over (laughs)?
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    - I mean, they want me of
    course to go to the Olympics,
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    you know, do my thing.
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    And it took me seven
    months to persuade them.
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    - Wow, but you were persistent.
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    That's a lot of months.
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    - Yeah, they were really against me.
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    And then they're like,
    "You're outta your mind."
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    My principal told me that,
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    this is the worst,
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    worst decision you're gonna
    ever make in your life.
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    - [Kelly] Have you sent him a letter?
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    - No, no, no.
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    - I think he knows by now he was wrong.
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    - [Kelly] Or like a signed headshot.
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    - Then after I debut as a singer
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    and I went back to have a
    concert and I invited him.
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    And then he said, "Jackson,
    we believed in you."
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    (all laughing)
    Hey, we believed in you.
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    - This happens, it happens.
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    That happened to me.
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    I was like, "What?"
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    People were totally like,
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    "That's never gonna happen,
    everybody has a dream."
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    And then they were like, "The whole time,"
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    you'd see them on news and they're like,
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    "We believed from the beginning."
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    And I'm like,
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    "You are a liar."
    - We knew you were the one.
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    - Yeah, yeah.
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    So, wait, were your parents
    worried about you guys
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    in the entertainment industry?
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    Were they worried?
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    - Yeah, at first I said,
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    "Hey, I passed this audition in Korea.
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    I'm going, I'm leaving."
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    And then they're like, "You know what..."
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    They told me about this, like,
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    "Entertainment, no
    they're gonna kidnap you
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    and put you in a cave and-"
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    - (laughs) Wait.
    - What?
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    - They're gonna do this,
    yeah, like, parents.
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    - Yeah.
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    - And then they're like, "No,
    you're not gonna do that.
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    We're not gonna see you again.
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    You're gonna be MIA."
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    And I'm like, "No, let me live my dream."
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    And, yeah, seven month of persuading them
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    and they're supportive.
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    - That's amazing.
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    - Do we have to sit this far?
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    (Natasha laughs)
    - (indistinct) Sit here.
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    You're just so cool,
    we're giving you room.
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    - We wanna adopt him.
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    (audience laughing)
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    - Come here, come here.
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    - [Kelly] We're giving you room.
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    - Nobody's gonna kidnap you, son.
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    - [Kelly] You are not-
    - There's no caves for you.
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    - [Kelly] You are not going-
    - You made it, kid.
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    - [Kelly] To a cave.
    - You made it, kid.
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Jackson Wang's Parents Thought He'd Get Kidnapped If He Pursued Music
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