Marriage relies on mutual compatibility rather than child bondage. Both Ge Tian and Liu Xiang have walked out of their respective life paths after past disputes.
During the live stream, Ge Tian stared at the scrolling comments and suddenly said she was glad she hadn’t had a child with Liu Xiang back then. As soon as she finished speaking, the comments in the live stream exploded.
No
one will ever forget this couple who sent shockwaves through the entertainment and sports worlds in 2014. At the time, as top stars in their respective fields, they made a high-profile announcement of their marriage and officially registered their marriage—only to rush through the divorce proceedings just nine months later. Back then, rumors of a “fake pregnancy to trick him into marriage” caused a huge uproar,Their breakup left not even a shred of dignity intact. For nearly eleven years afterward, both parties went out of their way to avoid mentioning each other, but those long-buried old stories were suddenly brought back into the spotlight by a single remark from Ge Tian.
Ge Tian explained that if they had actually had a child back then, all three of them would have been trapped in an inescapable and tangled web of complications after the divorce. Whether a marriage lasts,has always depended on whether two people are compatible—never on using a child to tie them together. She also took the opportunity to clarify the various false rumors that circulated at the time, stating that she has never wanted to use her private life to gain attention. She admitted that she does love children, but simply hasn’t found the right person yet.
When Liu Xiang is
mentioned, the public’s memory immediately turns to the track at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The moment he crossed the finish line, he broke the long-standing monopoly of European and American athletes in that event; when the Five-Star Red Flag was raised on the podium, nearly the entire nation was cheering for him.Later, the controversy sparked by his injury-forced withdrawals from two consecutive Olympic Games thrust him into the eye of the media storm. Yet few have noticed that he has long since made peace with all the past controversies and entanglements.
Having long since accumulated sufficient wealth, Liu Xiang has been living a stable and peaceful life in recent years and has started a new family. On September 1, 2026, at the age of 43, he completed the procedures to buy out his contract with the state-run sports system and received a compensation payment of 494,000 yuan.The very next day, he publicly released his salary records spanning the past 11 years; he donated his entire cumulative salary—nearly one million yuan—to disaster-stricken areas. He also spoke out publicly on behalf of retired grassroots athletes, calling for clear rules regarding athlete resettlement. He carried out these charitable efforts quietly, without ever issuing a single press release to publicize them.The couple who were
once the center of public attention have long since gone their separate ways, with their life paths no longer intersecting at all. Some say Ge Tian has her priorities straight, while others call her heartless; the debate rages on.
The essence of
marriage has always been the mutual harmony between two people.
Clarity, dignity, freedom from constraints, avoiding sensationalism, and the ability to reconcile—these lessons hidden within this old story are, in fact, the principles ordinary people should hold dearest in their daily lives. There’s no need to constantly fixate on the drama in others’ lives; finding a compatible partner and living a steady, down-to-earth life is what truly matters.
