🚨 JACKIE CHAN SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY: “Yu Menglong Was Like My Son – I Failed Him!”

The kung-fu legend collapsed in tears at a private memorial, clutching Yu’s old headshot and whispering, “I should’ve seen the wolves coming.” Crew say he hasn’t slept in 72 hours—replaying voice notes, punching walls, screaming at the sky.

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Global action icon Jackie Chan, 71, was reduced to a trembling wreck Monday night at a closed-door memorial in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district, sobbing over the death of rising star Yu Menglong and declaring through gut-wrenching tears: “He was like a son to me. I should’ve protected him from the monsters.” Witnesses described the martial arts legend – usually stoic even after 50 years of broken bones and box-office battles – collapsing into a chair, clutching a faded headshot of Yu from their 2016 collaboration on the unreleased drama Dragon’s Shadow, and replaying a final voice note on loop: “Uncle Jackie, the industry’s darker than I thought. Pray for me.”

The breakdown, captured in shaky phone footage leaked to overseas outlets like Vision Times and now ricocheing across X with 18 million views, shows Chan’s trademark grin shattered. “I taught him flips, not how to fight vipers in suits,” he choked out to a room of 30 stunned crew members, many from his Jackie Chan Stunt Team. “He called me ‘Uncle’ since he was 25. I failed him.” One longtime stunt coordinator, speaking anonymously, told Grok News: “Jackie hasn’t slept in three days. He’s punching mirrors, screaming at the ceiling, replaying every WeChat Yu ever sent. We all cried with him – grown men, 40 years in the game, bawling like kids.”

Sources close to Chan say the grief spiral began October 25, hours after Beijing police raided actor Gao Taiyu’s villa and unearthed blood-stained clothes marked with Yu’s death date. Chan, who’d been quietly monitoring the case through industry backchannels, received a late-night call from Yu’s mother – now reportedly under “protective custody” in Xinjiang – begging him to “carry Little Fish’s light.” He locked himself in his Dragon’s Heart Foundation office, poring over old texts: Yu thanking him for career advice in 2018, warning in 2023 about “agency traps,” and a final cryptic voice memo dated September 9, 2025: “Uncle, if anything happens, tell the world I never drank that much. Promise me.” Chan allegedly played it 47 times, sources claim, before smashing the phone against a wall.

The two bonded in 2016 on the set of Dragon’s Shadow, a shelved project where Yu, then 28, was cast as Chan’s protégé – a role that never saw daylight after funding dried up amid Yu’s 2020 industry ban. “Jackie saw himself in Menglong – pure heart, no ego, all talent,” recalled producer Li Wei, who worked both projects. “He mentored him personally: stunt training at 5 a.m., dim sum talks about staying clean in a dirty game. Yu called him ‘Dad’ off-set. Jackie bragged about him like a proud father.” Chan even pulled strings in 2023 to get Yu a cameo in Ride On, his meta-drama about aging stuntmen, but studio execs – allegedly linked to Tianyu Media – axed the scene. “That crushed Jackie,” Li said. “He blamed the system.”

Yu Menglong, 37, plummeted from a fifth-floor Beijing apartment on September 11 in what police labeled a drunken accident. But the narrative imploded: a 5:50 a.m. panic text (“Someone’s blocking the door 😱”), vanished CCTV, swapped window screens, and now – Gao Taiyu’s bloodied stash. Jackie’s public silence until Monday fueled rumors he’d been muzzled by Beijing-friendly studios. Insiders say he defied warnings, hosting the memorial at his private dojo and inviting only trusted allies – no paparazzi, no CCP liaisons.

The room turned funeral-raw. Chan, in a black tracksuit stained with tears, lit incense before Yu’s portrait. “I trained him to fall 20 feet and walk away,” he reportedly whispered. “Not to be thrown by wolves in human skin.” He then played the September 9 voice note aloud – Yu’s voice, soft but urgent: “Uncle, they want me at a ‘resource dinner.’ I said no. Now threats. If I vanish, check Gao Taiyu, Song Yiren, the Tianyu circle. I’m scared.” Gasps rippled. One crew member fainted. Chan allegedly roared, “I’ll drag them to hell myself!” before collapsing.

The outburst has detonated a second wave of global outrage. #JackieChanCries trended No. 1 worldwide within hours, with 2.8 million posts. Fans unearthed 2017 clips of Chan praising Yu on Happy Camp: “This kid’s the future – clean, kind, lethal on wire work.” A 2019 Weibo post from Chan – “Proud of my little dragon @YuMenglong” – resurfaced with 1.2 million reposts. Hollywood heavyweights weighed in: Chris Tucker, Chan’s Rush Hour co-star, tweeted, “Jackie’s heart is broken. Justice for Yu or we boycott every studio that touched this.” Michelle Yeoh posted an Instagram story: “Menglong was family. The truth will rise like a phoenix.”

Back in China, the memorial sent shockwaves. Weibo censors scrambled, deleting “Jackie” and “Yu” within minutes, but mirrors flooded Douyin and Telegram. A leaked internal memo from Mango TV – obtained by overseas dissident channel China Uncensored – ordered staff: “Zero mention of Chan-Yu link. Redirect to ‘accidental fall.’” Yet defiance grew: 50 stuntmen from Chan’s team signed an open letter October 28 demanding full autopsy release, vowing to “strike every production tied to Gao, Song, or Tianyu.” Avaaz’s “Justice for Yu” petition surged past 300,000 signatures, with a new section: “Jackie’s Promise – Honor the Son.”

Chan’s inner circle paints a man unmoored. He’s canceled all press for his upcoming Karate Kid: Legends sequel, holed up in his Hong Kong mansion with Yu’s old stunt harness draped over a chair. “He keeps saying, ‘I taught him to fly, not to fall,’” a housekeeper told Grok News. “He’s writing a letter to Yu’s mother – 12 pages so far. Won’t eat. Only drinks tea and cries.” Sources say he’s hired private investigators in Beijing, funneling funds through his charity to bypass official channels. One PI, anonymous, claimed: “Jackie wants the USB Yu swallowed – the one with the laundering logs. He’ll burn the industry down to get it.”

The case’s tentacles tighten. Gao Taiyu’s villa raid October 25 yielded the bloodied shirt, pants, and a note: “They won’t let me leave.” DNA pending, but field tests scream match. Song Yiren’s Thailand “amulet retreat” rumors persist; Jiao Maiqi’s concert October 26 sold eight tickets before cancellation. Tianyu Media’s stock cratered another 18% Tuesday, total losses now $2.1 billion. Mango execs face shareholder revolt; two resigned overnight.

Jackie’s grief has humanized the scandal, stripping away celebrity gloss. Fans flood his foundation with donations earmarked “For Menglong’s Truth.” A viral X thread compiles their bond: 2016 BTS clips of Chan catching Yu mid-flip, 2018 dinner photos, Yu’s autograph “To Uncle Jackie – my hero forever.” One post, liked 800,000 times: “Jackie trained him to fight on screen. Now he’ll fight for him off it.”

Beijing’s response? A November 15 media blackout extension, with “foreign influence” probes targeting Chan’s charity. State tabloid Global Times ran a hit piece: “Jackie Chan exploited by anti-China forces – Yu death ruled accident.” But the dam cracks. Lao Deng’s blog claims Yu’s mother smuggled a plea via Tuidang: “Jackie, you’re his voice now. Don’t let them silence my son again.”

As forensic labs race – blood results by November 3 – and warrants loom for Song’s Bangkok hideout, Chan’s vow echoes. In a grainy voice memo leaked Tuesday, he whispers to Yu’s portrait: “Little Fish, Uncle’s coming. The wolves will bleed.” For a legend who’s survived 100 broken bones, this fight is personal. In Hong Kong’s humid night, candles burn beside stunt pads. Jackie Chan, father to a ghost, refuses to let the fall be final.