PUBLISHED ONJuly 16, 2025 5:00 AMBYYeo Shu HuiJet Li, who was frequently plagued by rumours of his own demise, got candid about death in an interview recently.
In a video interview with Chinese magazine Sanlian Lifeweek published on July 10, the 62-year-old China-born action star, who has been Singaporean since 2009, was asked if he ever felt "sad and regretful" about the death of a friend or senior.
He responded: "Why should we feel sad and regretful? I think this is something that only avatars in games would feel."
Jet, a staunch Buddhist, added that a lot of times in dramas, characters would often express regret about not meeting someone for the last time or fulfilling their wishes before they died.
"For people around me who have died, those who know me would know that I wouldn't attend their funeral. There are others who said that I am heartless and too unpretentious, and I would tell them there's no one whose kin doesn't die," he added.
Jet also shared that his youngest daughter Jada, now 22, had suicidal thoughts when she was 19 years old, and when she stepped out of it, both of them sat down to talk about afterlife arrangements.
He said: "We had an honest conversation, because [death] is inevitable. Why should we avoid it? We had a good conversation about it.
"A lot of people live with regrets and a life where they are not honest in facing situations. Because we are born, we will inevitably die. But we often said that death is not auspicious and shouldn't be talked about."
Jet believes that rather than agonising about death, people should live their life well.
He added: "Knowing that I will die, should I still worry about it every day till the day it happened, or knowing that it would happen someday, I should treasure the way I live every day? I think living well every day is more important."
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