Natalie Tong (唐詩詠) and Kenneth Ma (馬國明) can’t seem to shake off the intense public scrutiny on their current relationship.

Following weeks of dating rumours, tabloids recently claimed the 38-year-old actress is currently pregnant with Kenneth’s child.

It didn’t help that Samuel Chan (陳思銘) posted a cryptic message saying that he was dumped because of another man. Netizens immediately assumed that the education consultant was referring to Kenneth and Natalie.

Natalie decided to address the escalating issue on her own Instagram story. “I rarely read the news nowadays, so I don’t know what nonsense was written. I’m not interested in knowing, and I don’t want to respond. I will continue to work hard and live life. Rumours have been written about me since I’ve debuted; can’t I get some peace?” she wrote.

In her next post, the Hong Kong beauty indirectly dispelled the bun-in-the-oven speculations in a clever way. “By the way, I recently got to know a good Chinese medicine doctor who has been helping me to take care of my body. My menstrual cycle has been very regular and I no longer feel discomfort when I’m on my period. If you want, you can PM me for more details!” she added.

Frustrated, Kenneth also took his opportunity to clear the air during an event. “I hope the media will let us off and stop spreading such rumours. I didn’t comment on it before because I thought, ‘It’s fine. I’ll treat it as promotion for ‘Big White Duel (白色強人)’. But now my character is defamed,” the 46-year-old expressed.

The Hong Kong actor also insisted that doesn’t know Samuel personally, nor have they met in person before. He also asked for people to quit associating him with “the person with the surname Chan”.