On Monday, Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan talked about his son Jaycee Chan during an Associated Press interview in Beijing. In the interview, Jackie mentioned how his relationship with Jaycee changed after Jaycee’s imprisonment on a drug charge. Also. Jaycee himself shared his experience in jail for the first time with Taiwanese media this week. Chan’s family has now made clear what has been going on in their family life.

When Jaycee was first arrested last year and imprisoned on drug abuse charges , Jackie wasn’t exactly what you would call supportive. Rather, he almost showed indifference to his son by saying: “I don’t want to help you, you have to help yourself.” Given that Jaycee was only able to see his father once a year in the past, Jackie wasn’t exactly what you would call a cuddly father figure.

Jaycee said his life in jail was boring and he didn’t get any privilege for being Jackie’s son in the tough environment, where the lights were never turned off for security reasons. He claimed this almost made him mentally ill.

While his son was atoning for his crime, Jackie was also reflecting on his own behavior. Jackie said he hadn’t spent much time with his son because he had been too stubborn, and said people these days, including himself, are too busy, and therefore especially rich people like him should spend some time in jail. Has this year’s ’s second highest paid actor worldwide learned something more important than money through his son’s scandal?

Time will tell whether Jackie Chan has learned to stop putting his foot in his mouth.

Jackie said he wants to work with Jaycee on a movie and that they may make a music album together. And, Jackie has visited Jaycee in Taipei three times after his release despite the busy schedule, and Jaycee mentioned his dad’s visit “was already very much for me”.