Hot in both work and family life! Actor Bie – Thassapak Chi opened up about his highly anticipated love life, including raising his children with his beloved wife Gubgib – Sumontip Chi, who has become an inspiration for many in married life. He recounted how their love, once misunderstood by society and having to overcome numerous criticisms, became the starting point for his decision to seriously start a family. He also refined his relationship to be stronger and more stable, and it’s been 10 years now. He recently released a new single , “Klin Fon,” a love song that reflects his personal memories. It’s made even more special by the fact that his wife wrote the lyrics for it.
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Bie Thassapak: How are you? I just told the team that there are candles here, like going to a spa. There’s also a song. In our country, there are only candles when the power goes out. There’s no aroma or anything like that.
And if you don’t have children, do you have any? I’d like to know, because when you were together, were there romantic candles?
Bie Thassapak: Not many. There aren’t any candles lit at all.
But the table is full of food in Gib’s style?
Bie Thassapak: Yes, she loves cooking. She’s very good at cooking. Now, she’s the one who cooks for us and our children all the time. Whenever I want clean food, I have to tell her what I want to eat that day. She’s been cooking since we first met. Since 9 years ago, I knew she was the type of housewife who could cook. That’s what won my heart because my mom is a good cook. I like to eat at Woody’s house. I have to eat at home.
Why do you have to eat at home?
Bie Thassapak: It’s like, like a moment ago, I put on makeup and just kept looking at clean food. Then, after a while, I kind of went off to do something else and forgot to order food. I’ve been doing IF a bit lately, so I haven’t eaten anything. But I’ll finish up and tell Gift that I’ll go home and eat. I’ll stop by for half an hour, eat for half an hour, and then go film another show. I’m a person who really loves home-cooked food.
Have you been addicted to eating home-cooked food since childhood?
Bie Thassapak: But actually, since I was a child, our family culture has always been about eating at home. After school, we’d eat dinner at home like Chinese people do. My dad, grandpa, grandma, and family would sit and eat together. It might have started back then, which made me feel even more grown up. Now that I’m working, I feel like when I go back home, I won’t wear any clothes at all. I might just wear boxers and shorts, lift my legs, and eat something like that. So, I feel like going back home to eat is truly relaxing. It’s a little hard to get full after eating out, so I have to eat at home.
When you go back home, what is the most memorable dish that Gib makes for you?
Bie Thassapak: The food I eat most often is curry rice because it’s Bie’s mom’s recipe. Bie’s mom said that…when Mama was downstairs, Bie really liked to eat this curry rice recipe and Gib would make it for him whenever he wanted to eat it. It’s like his mom would give him her recipe (laughs). It’s something that Bie, Mama, loves, because when I was a kid, I ate rice at home all the time.
In this life, the two most important people are M.1, mother, M.2, wife. If the two of them can be together, you can rest assured.
Bie Thassapak: Yeah, that’s true. It’s great. Right now, our family is quite large. Bie brings his parents to live with him because they speak Chinese all the time. And the grandchildren, Bao Bao and Bao Pei, are here. I want them to absorb Chinese because sometimes I forget to speak Chinese with them, but my parents come to help. And I get to be with them too. They’re getting old, almost 70, so I want to spend a lot of time with them.
He has good karma, having both children who are there to look after him and see him grow. Bao Bao is becoming more beautiful every day, clearly becoming more and more mature in her personality. Little one has the gentleness of both parents mixed together. And Yu’s parents came at a time when they wanted to take care of him, so they saw that Yu’s family organization is very strong.
Bie Thassapak: Actually, with the timing of life and Gib herself, she has good friends too. Everything just falls into place. Sometimes Bie and Gib might have to go abroad, but there’s my parents, his friends, and Gib’s family who help take care of our children. I feel like the children are always warm and happy, which is something that really fills up the time when Mom and Dad are gone.
There’s one thing that’s very special today, and it’s been 10 years since it happened. You’re sitting here alone, and you have the opportunity to be the only one to answer. So, is there anything you feel like we’ll be able to talk about today?
Bie Thassapak: Yes, it’s been 10 years since I first met P’Woody on the program “Tuen Ma Kuai” (Talk Talk). It was the program that gave Bie and Gib their first impressions of each other. And then 10 years passed. It felt so fast. There were many things that P’Woody was fond of Bie since then. And the love between Bie and Gib has been 10 years already. Because Pao Pao is 9 years old and Pao Pae is 5. Just now, while driving here, I felt that it’s already been 10 years. Time has passed so quickly. And P’Woody is like the elder to the two of us. Whether it’s your parents, P’Woody is lovely to our family. He was also an elder on the day we got married. I feel like he’s the person who confirms the two of you. I’ll let you two get married. I’ll let you two love each other. It’s so fast. Time flies, P’Woody.
Thank you for sharing this because it brings back memories for those of you who might not know that the connection was there from the first time you guys met on the show.
Bie Thassapak: Yes, yes.
Consider this a chance meeting to celebrate the past and see where you’ve come in life. Do you remember the day you weren’t sure how you two would go on? The day you decided whether to move forward or not?
Bie Thassapak: Brother Woody knows, right? He remembers.
Then Gib said, “I chose this person because I had a feeling he was the right person for my life. He Is My Man.”
Bie Thassapak: Did he tell Woody? (smiles) Since your show that brought us together, and during that time we were dating, there were things that didn’t go well with each other, and we kept adjusting to each other, until it was probably what you just told me. But it was during a time when the two of us were probably growing apart, or almost breaking up. And it seemed like there were a lot of problems that made us seem incompatible. Like we both had very different ideas, so the two of us kind of grew apart for a while, right? But we still talked all the time. We still talked, we chatted all the time. But there was a time when he was always having a stomachache.
And then, it was like he had some kind of chocolate cyst or something. And we were worried about him. We were like, let’s go to the hospital. Let’s get checked out. And then, hey, I’ll go with you. It’s okay. We’re still friends. And that day, I didn’t go with him because I had an event. After the event, I called him to ask for an update from the doctor. And he said, “You guessed it.” Then he asked, “Are you pregnant?” He said, “Yes.” And Gib said, “But Bie doesn’t have to take responsibility.” After he said that, “Wait a minute.” Right now, it’s not like it might not be related to the two of us breaking up. We might have to talk about the details of having a child together. Things in the past might have to be discussed later. Adjusting to each other right now might not be a big deal for the two of us. The really good thing that’s about to happen is that we’re going to have Bao Bao in my belly. And Bie told him, “No, Gib. Let’s do it again.” The two of us should try again.
Bie wants to marry Gib. Bie wants to take care of Gib. Bie wants to take care of the child in my stomach. Can I take care of him? If Bie has any shortcomings, Bie will try. The two of us will have to try our best to adjust to each other for the sake of this child. Then that day we met and sat down to talk about this. I remember that we talked until we cried and hugged each other. Do you know that after that day, when it was clear and we saw this child in Gib’s stomach, everything got better? It’s like because we were born in different places, it made us feel that, okay, let’s put aside all the problems of our love for now. Let’s move forward together. We move forward together. This is how we love each other to this day, 10 years since that day. When we went public, people didn’t accept us because of Thai culture. Having a child before marriage might not have been ideal back then. But for us, everything was good at that time. It was a good thing between the two of us. And I’m proud to have a child at 24, a child at 20, and even at 44, and to have a great wife. Gib is so great. I don’t know how to describe him, but other than his parents, if it weren’t for Gib, there really wouldn’t be Bie today.
I’d love to hear your perspective on what’s happened over the past 10 years.
Bie Thassapak: Gib is like a mother, like another mother to Bie. I’m a mischievous person, with a strong sense of self. That’s why he’s always commenting on me. His comments truly make me grow. His support in everything. This man wants to do what he dreams of. He never says no. And I thank him for being a mother who raised her so well, so well. To this day, my son listens to Gib more than me. But there’s a reason for that. We also spent a year in China. I understand that we didn’t have much time with our son, but every day that I was there, I always tried to give him my all, never less than my mother. I don’t know how to describe Gib as a very good woman to me.
How many lives ago did you think these two people had good deeds?
Bie Thassapak: Gib said that in the next life we don’t have to meet anymore. Enough said, “Hey! Let me switch to being a woman. Let me be tired for you.” Bie will tell him. I want Bie to be Gib.
Can you tell us what happened that made you decide to go ahead with this album project?
Bie Thassapak: Because actually, after the contest, it might have been a period in my life when I was still young, having just finished the contest, 19 or 20 years old, so I didn’t have any ideas about songwriting. After I finished the contest, the first song I wrote was probably for Bie and Gib’s wedding. At that time, it was in simple Thai because I’m not strong in Thai. But after the contest ended, I didn’t have much involvement with the song. So it’s something I haven’t done yet. Bie has been filming a drama in China for 8 years now. Lately, I’ve been going back and forth between Thailand and China, not staying there long-term. So this year, I want to make an album. I’d write all the lyrics and the melodies myself, and tell the story of my life throughout my 16 years in the industry through songs.
So you decided to write a song and had your wife write it for you?
Bie Thassapak: Gib wrote the song “Klin Fon” for me because I’ve always told him that I really like the smell of rain. Whenever it rains, Bie always calls Gib. “Is it raining? Will Bie know that I miss you?” This is a keyword for the two of us anyway. Gib said, “Then let’s write this song. I’ll write the lyrics.” He wrote the lyrics for the entire song. Gib wrote one song. I have 5-6 songs planned for this album.
