‘Stunned like a vegetable’: Singapore busker’s viral encounter with ex-PM Lee

The 29-year-old acrobatics artist was performing his Circles In Circus act at Rainforest Wild Asia when he spotted Lee and his wife, Ho Ching, watching from the crowd.

In a video later posted to social media, Wong zoomed in to Lee’s face, joking: “Sir, I’m sorry, I’m going to zoom in to your face, thank you very much!” and a smiling Lee was seen waving back.

“Stunned like a vegetable,” Wong captioned the clip, helpfully reminding followers that the senior minister was also Singapore’s former prime minister.

And, no, he was not performing at an event where he had expected Lee to show up.

Wong shared that when he spotted Lee in the audience, he was internally debating whether he should acknowledge him.