For the first time ever, Cheryl Wee is ready to talk to the press about her 12-year relationship with Roy Fong. The engaged couple opens up to Singapore Tatler about their courtship and their upcoming nuptials this July.
Fate plays a hand in most relationships, but particularly so in the case of actress and entrepreneur Cheryl Wee and her architect fiance Roy Fong's 12-year romance. The pair had met when they were just 17 at Victoria Junior College.
Even so, their paths would probably have never crossed, as Roy was an avid sportsman who was the star of the school’s tennis team, while Cheryl was in the dance club. Yet, fate stepped in to lend a helping hand, and each had secretly caught the attention of the other.
“I spotted Roy from afar one day at a 7-Eleven store near our school and quickly told my best friend ‘That guy is very good-looking! I must find out who he is!’” shares Cheryl with a chuckle during our conversation with the pair over the phone. At the same time, Roy was also wondering who that girl with the “charming and cheeky smile” was. Later, their strong mutual attraction led to an introduction by a common friend at the school canteen, and when that happened, the scene might as well be something out of a movie. “Sparks flew between us as we stood 30m away from each other, the day we were formally introduced,” admitted Roy.
It was only a year later that they became a couple, and their chemistry and tender love has since proven strong enough to weather challenging milestones in the years after.