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(18 September) The pop-country singer Baitoey R Siam, best known for her viral hit Splash Out, admitted having performed for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Singapore and Hong Kong.
The singer, whose real name is Ms. Sutheewan Taweesin, talked to the press after attending an event at Central Ladprao shopping mall earlier today. She was addressing a report on a certain celebrity gossip magazine which had alleged the ties between the singer and the influential former leader.
Baitoey said she had indeed performed for Mr. Thaksin, but clarified that she had taken the job via the company and that she had not been personally invited by the former Prime Minister.
Mr. Thaksin has an amicable relationship with her contracted company, RS, and he has hired other singers of the company to entertain him before, according to Baitoey, the singer behind the famous song Splash Out which has gone viral due to its distinctive dance move - a Thai answer to Gangnam Style.
The singer denied rumour which suggested she is Mr. Thaksins mistress.
Ms. Sutheewan said she had performed in Mr. Thaksins presence twice: once in Hong Kong, at a banquet where a number of politicians flew in to visit Mr. Thaksin, and Singapore. The performances dated back to 2012, Ms. Sutheewan said, and other singers were there as well.
When I performed and attended the banquets, I sat on the same table with Mr. Thaksin, and we have talked a bit. From the chats, I felt Mr. Thaksin is a good man, Baitoey told the press, "He did not know any song of mine, because he had been abroad for many years
She added, I sympathised with him because he missed Thai music and wanted to return to his homeland. I did my duty to make him feel he was back in Thailand.
Asked if she has been paid 1 million baht per event as the rumour has claimed, Ms. Sutheewan said she had been paid 500,000 baht, plus other perks such as a shopping tour.
However, she insisted that she had brought the brandname bags by her own money, not Mr. Thaksins.
Mr. Thaksin remains a controversial figure in deeply polarised Thailand and connections to Mr. Thaksin have previously landed a comedian in an unwanted spotlight. The comedian, Teng Terdterng, was criticised by anti-Thaksin critics for attending a birthday party of an ally of Mr. Thaksin.
Figures in the entertainment industry also generally avoided identifying with the colour politics that has plagued Thailand for years, out of concern that the political affiliation would invite controversies.
Ms. Sutheewan stressed the point, saying she did not want the public to see it as colour issue.
It was my responsibility to make people happy. There is no colour issue here. Work is work, the singer said, If you ask me whether I want to take the job again, I have told Oak [Panthongtae Shinawatra, Mr. Thaksins son] I would love to, because it was a happy job and I enjoyed it a lot.
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Man skal nyde livet mens man er ung siges der, men jeg har nu altid nydt livet, på godt og ondt, også nu hvor jeg kan sidde og mimre til Kim Larsens optræden i Oslo:
nu kan du nyde livet med en gammel kending, på moderne manér
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