The 14-year-old teenager who drew flak from netizens for mocking Chinese New Year as a 'senseless' rehash of New Year's Day in a video says it was meant to be satirical and an 'intelligent joke'.

The video was made by Zhonghua Secondary School student Amos Yee, who also stars in Jack Neo's latest movie, We Not Naughty. He had previously won Best Actor and Best Short Film in the FiRST Film Fest, organised by The New Paper.

When contacted, Amos told My Paper that the video was meant to be satirical and was not meant to insult anyone. It was meant to be an intelligent joke, said the secondary two student.

Amos also told The New Paper:

"To all the haters, I am open to their criticism, I'm not a racist as some people have called me. I love feedback. I feel, humbly, that feedback is good.

"The video is a joke executed well, but it attracted a lot of (unnecessary) hate.

"Most of the people are commenting for the sake of commenting. They are also commenting from other people's comments. Have they seriously looked at the video from their own perspective?

"I am Amos Yee. I don't care what people think. They can hate me for all they want. It shows that people are interested in me."

Amos' mother also said her son's video clip was done in good fun. He had uploaded it with the intent of it being a 'comical greeting card'. She says Amos is a good boy in real life and enjoys all the traditions and customs of Chinese New Year and loves going visiting.

Jack Neo also defended Amos, saying he is not to be blamed as generally, "most children these days have no idea of the origins of Chinese New Year."

STOMPer FamousAmos who read the report shared her opinion:

"First you insult until so jialat, then you come out and say it was a smart joke.

"If you want to make smart jokes in your 'American accent' about your very own culture, then you can jolly well stop celebrating CNY and go elsewhere.

"You are still quite young, but not too young to not understand the fundamentals of respect. Next time think properly before you speak."

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