Singapore-based Chinese American actor-host Allan Wu leads a jetsetting life.

Just 48 hours before he was seated with TODAY for this interview, he had just wrapped up a month-long, 10-country shoot for The Amazing Race — China Celebrity Edition.

He then travelled 17 hours from the final destination of Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles to pick up his daughter from her grandparents’ (Wu’s parents are based in LA) before flying another 17 hours back to Singapore.

Then, in less than half a day, he was back on the plane again, this time to attend the press launch of The Amazing Race Asia Season 5 in Jakarta.

He has also been up since 2.30am that day, no thanks to a severe case of jetlag.

Except for some shadow under his eyes, he still manages to look amazing, spout hilarious quips, and sport an absolutely Greek god-like bod. Did we also mention that he is 44 this year?

“Contrary to popular belief, I do get tired, and I am definitely tired right now,” exclaimed Wu. “While Allan Wu feels and acts young, his knees are definitely not.”

There is no rest for the weary, though. In less than a week, he will be back on the road — travelling to a new set of 10 cities — to host the fifth edition of the AXN reality series The Amazing Race Asia (TARA). The new season is slated to air in October and pre-production and filming will begin this week.

It has been six years since the last season and Wu knows that he faces a new set of audience, and with that, a new set of challenges to stay relevant to the current generation.

“TARA started in 2006, before Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Weibo came along. Things are monumentally different now compared to six years ago. You have this whole new frontier with social media,” he mused.

“Previously, anything we do for this show would have been completely top secret. Now, it’s going to be an immersive experience. Instead of the polished one-hour, well-edited episode every week, there’ll be elements on social media where the audience can interact with me and the contestants.”

That means one thing: More work and more stress. “The feedback will be immediate. You’ll be able to see from the comments what people like or don’t like, or what they want to see more of.”

Wu is also honest with us about his fear of being out-of-touch with this new social media-surfing, content-saturated age.

“If I weren’t in this industry, I probably wouldn’t care to have social media accounts. But it comes with the territory and I just have to adapt,” said Wu, who has some 20,000 followers on his Instagram account, @wulander.

“If TARA is just starting now in 2016, I would instantly get tons of ‘follows’! Obviously I wish it’d happened during the height of my career when things were really busy. I would have been able to ride on it. But I see this show as a symbolic renaissance for myself too in becoming relevant to the audience again — like a phoenix rising from the ashes,” he said, before bursting into laughter.

Beyond work, the past six years have spelt plenty of changes for the host on a personal level as well.

“In six years, I’ve moved to Shanghai and moved back without a wife. I’ve gone from a husband and a father to just being a father with a singular goal of making sure my kids are provided for,” he said.

When asked if he was attached, Wu was evasive, saying “That’s a whole other story there” before changing the topic altogether.

Wu was married to former actress Wong Li-lin for nine years before they announced their separation in 2013. They have two children, Sage, 12, and Jonas, 10.

“As long as my kids are well cared for, nothing really matters. Of course, I wish I could be around for them and not have to travel so much, but on the other hand, I’m happy that they understand why I have to be away for them. ”

Now that his children are fast approaching teenagehood, Allan tells us he’s feeling the jitters.

“I’m bracing myself for it. How bad is it?” he asked with a laugh.

“But I’m just going to embrace their changes and be open-minded about it. It’s inevitable. You can’t hold on too tightly to them.

“Until they start dating and meeting other people, I’ll just enjoy the fact that I’m still the coolest guy they know now.”

The Amazing Race Asia Season 5 is slated to premiere on AXN (Channel 511 for StarHub TV and Channel 304 for Singtel TV) in October.