Squeaky clean image sullied by passion after the wake

Hong Kong soap opera actor Raymond Lam had the sort of pristine reputation that middle-aged women swooned over. Not any more. The sometime singer had his carefully crafted image of gentlemanly demeanor spoiled by getting caught in bed with young model Mavis Pan, who took photos of him sleeping and then managed to contrive to lose her phone so the pics got uploaded on the Internet.

That was unfortunate. But his latest public relations disaster is pretty much self-inflicted. Just a day after putting to rest his dear departed grandmother and spilling copious tears by the graveside, he was out clubbing. During the visit to Vol nightspot, the 31-year-old was seen swigging champagne as if it was going out of fashion and dancing uncontrollably, before getting all feely-touchy with wannabe celebrity Kibby Lau, 22, who has the nickname "Blueberry". Wouldn't it be great if she was called Blackberry?

"I was only there for a drink and didn't expect to be photographed," Lam explained the next day. "It was a mini celebration party" for his new album, LF, he added.