Ya Hui Played Basketball After Her Booster Jab & Was Sent To The A&E On The Day The Star Awards Nominations Were Announced

The day that Star Awards 2022 nominations were announced was supposed to be a day of celebration for Ya Hui, who is up for Best Actress for her role in CTRL.

Instead, the 33-year-old, whose last nod in the same category was in 2016, felt “heartache”. Literally.

Ya Hui on the set of CTRL

In an interview with 8world, Ya Hui shared that on the morning the list of nominees was released, she was sent to the hospital for chest discomfort and had “no time to care about anything else”.

As it turns out, she had just gotten her COVID-19 booster jab, so you can probably predict where this is going.

“I knew I shouldn’t engage in strenuous exercise for two weeks after that, so I just played a bit of basketball with my nephew,” she said. “I never expected that I would experience such indescribable pain in my chest two days later.”

Yikes

According to Ya Hui, it hurt so much that she “couldn’t swallow or speak”.

“At first I just went to a clinic, but the doctor immediately arranged for me to go to the emergency department, but they couldn’t find the cause during the examination,” she recalled. “It could have been very strong side effects from the vaccine.”

Fortunately, Ya Hui is now feeling much better after a few days of rest.

Cheers to that

Despite not being able to “care about anything else” when she was in the A&E (which is understandable), Ya Hui added that she was still “surprised” when she found out about her nomination from her manager.

However, she had to “suppress her emotions” in order to prevent her chest pain from potentially getting worse.

When asked who she thinks has a good chance of bringing home the trophy, Ya Hui admitted that she has only seen snippets of the other nominated performances on social media, so she isn’t really qualified to answer that question.

“But I selfishly hope that Desmond Tan can win Best Actor ‘cos he’s the only one I worked with the most last year,” she chuckled, referring to their dramas CTRL and Home Again.

All the best!

Ya Hui’s new drama Truths About Us airs Tuesdays, 8pm on Ch 8. It is also available on demand for free on meWATCH.

Catch the Backstage LIVE event of Star Awards 2022 from 3.30pm - 10.30pm on meWATCH or Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel on April 24 (Sunday).

The Walk Of Fame will be from 5pm - 6.30pm, on meWATCH, Ch 8, Ch U, and Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel on the same day.

It will be followed by the main Star Awards 2022 Awards Ceremony from 7pm - 10pm on meWATCH, Ch 8, Ch U, and Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel.

The repeat telecast for the Walk of Fame and Award Ceremony will air on Ch 8 from 2pm - 6.30pm on May 1 (Sunday).

Photos: Ya Hui/Instagram