Duy Phuong: Famous before Hoai Linh, daughter helped pay off debt, now works as a shipper

Artist Hong To also commented: "In terms of comedy, at that time Bao Quoc was second only to Duy Phuong."

The life of the comedian born in 1953 has gone through many ups and downs, sometimes reaching the peak of glory, sometimes going bankrupt. Since the age of 14, Duy Phuong has been fascinated by the sparkling lights of the stage. Because of his passion, every night, he sat outside the theater door and asked people to come in and listen to the artists of that time sing.

Because he loved singing so much, Duy Phuong was once forced by his father to sleep outside on the sidewalk. When his family learned that their son was so passionate, they gradually agreed to let him pursue this career. Duy Phuong followed the troupe to the Central region to sing. He was paid 200,000 VND for his performances, but had to pay off his debt of 180,000 VND. After that, Duy Phuong decided to switch to modern music and enrolled in a vocal class.

His acting career initially brought him success when he met producer Duy Ngoc. From there, Duy Phuong changed his fashion style to resemble Hong Kong stars, growing his hair long. He could sing all genres of music from old music to dance music... and was once advertised as a "golden voice" to sell tickets. After that, Duy Phuong joined the Bong Hong troupe of director Minh Tri and was quite successful with his comedy roles.

In 1979, Duy Phuong was loved for his role in the play "The Driver and the Ancient Vase". In 1982, he continued to win the Gold Medal for his role as his foster brother in the play "Funny Comrades". He collaborated with singer Ngoc Tan to perform in many northern provinces, from Hanoi to Hai Phong, Quang Ninh... and achieved success.

He is known to many people as an actor in many TV series, long-running shows, and music series such as Mua bui, Trong nha ngoai pho, Tet Tet Tet.

After playing humorous roles, Duy Phuong gradually became a comedian. He and comedian Bao Quoc once formed a comedy group and "made waves" on the Saigon stage. As Duy Phuong once shared, he performed dozens of shows every night, continuously releasing CDs and DVDs..

At that time, any stage with Duy Phuong was full. The male comedian once revealed that his show fee could buy 7 taels of gold.

Many people say that Duy Phuong "counts mone.y until his hands are tired" after each performance. Quyen Linh even said he didn't dare stand next to Duy Phuong because he "drooled" watching how his senior made mone.y.

He is one of the famous comedians in the South and is known as "The Second Comedian" alongside the names "The First Comedian" Bao Quoc, "The Third Comedian" Phu Quy, Hong To, Bao Chung...

Troubled in love, hard to make a living in old age

When his career was at its peak, Duy Phuong suddenly suffered a business failure, leading to him being left penniless. In addition, he was also caught up in rumors of bankruptcy and debt. After the shoc.k, artist Duy Phuong tried to revive his career, doing many jobs to make a living.

The male artist once had to sell food and beer stalls but there were no customers, lost hundreds of millions, rented a house, lived frugally to pay off debts, had mone.y to buy a house to start over. Many viewers felt sorry and sympathized when seeing their one-time idol delivering cakes.

Comedian Duy Phuong's career has been full of ups and downs, but his personal life has also been full of ups and downs due to breakups. The artist, born in 1953, has been through three marriages. His first wife was artist Hai Ly, his second wife was artist Le Giang. His current wife is a housewife.

After difficult days, his daughter Le Loc paid off 600 million VND in debt. Since being supported by his daughter Le Loc to pay off all the debt, the life of "The Second Comedian" Duy Phuong has become more peaceful thanks to selling banh beo and occasionally performing at weddings and parties with his youngest son, participating in some suitable film projects when invited... Comedian Duy Phuong created a YouTube channel (more than 114 thousand subscribers) to interact, share with the audience and have more income because he has the monetization button turned on.

He used to be a stage star but he is not sad that he now has to work hard to make a living like other ordinary workers. On the contrary, he is always happy and comfortable when he drives his own motorbike to deliver cakes to customers like a shipper.

Duy Phuong always shows pride when talking about his children, especially his two children with his ex-wife Le Giang, Le Loc and Duy Phuoc. They are both pursuing artistic careers. They also often visit and care for their father.

Regarding his current wife, he shared with regret: "I am very upset and feel sorry for my wife because this woman has taken care of my two stepchildren, Le Loc and Duy Phuoc, and now she is also taking care of my two current children.

This woman has only cared for her children all her life, and has worked hard, so she is worthy of my love. I only regret that I don’t have a grand marriage so that my wife can be proud of her family and friends. That is what I feel guilty about, and I feel sorry for my wife.

I also want to tell my wife that I always cherish her feelings and love her very much. Many times my wife tells me: Honey, I have lived with you for so many years and have not achieved anything. Oh my god, one of my wife's words pierced straight into my heart. I felt the pai.n, the torment, I felt that sentence. I was a little sad.

Not only me, many men would also be sad when their wives said that. Everyone's life is different, sometimes when things are difficult I can't take care of my wife, children, and family, so I feel very troubled.

What my wife said made my heart ache, I felt something lacking in affection, love, family. I promised my wife that for the rest of my life, I would try my best to give her everything, without sadness. Whatever other women have, she has. I hope that the light of heaven will shine on me to have a successful business, to satisfy my wife.

I hope you understand, because of circumstances and I am poor, it is difficult to have the life you want. Well, please accept what you have now and for the rest of my life, you will accept me.
I hope you will have good things in life, live with your family, with me, with the children. I promise that as long as I am still on this earth, one day I will have a big wedding party to make you proud."