Wendi Deng has in the space of a few hours become a verb, the object of global admiration and quite possibly the public relations fillip her husband and step son needed in the wake of the whole #hackgate scandal.
Deng’s lightning quick reflexes and impressive right hook as she (literally) leaped out at a man who tried to attack her husband with a foam pie during his parliamentary hearing yesterday, has inspired the romantic phrase, “ I would Wendi Deng for you ”. This Facebook page titled ‘Mrs Murdock, Wendy Deng Bitch Slapping page’ went up online a few hours ago, and began quickly gathering fans who who chipped in with comments ranging from “You go girl!”, to “now i know why I love asian women…oh yes!” and “DEEEEENNNNNNGGGG Wendy!!!”
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Minutes after the incident when a stunned, well slapped and foam-faced Jonathan May-Bowles, a.k.a. Jonnie Marbles was led away by police, the online community went berserk. Wendi Deng was a star. She had
single handedly mitigated
the frankly embarrassing performance of her husband who played the ‘confused codger’ card to the hilt during his hearing.
News media began telling a suddenly information hungry and interested public who Wendi Deng really is . And there were the usual rush of hilarious articles like this one from Gawker and this from The Telgraph .
Stand by your man? Oh yes. And because it’s just SO cool, here is the video: