Dubbed the "Chinese Kim Kardashian" by American Vogue, Angelababy boasts more than 100 million followers on China's Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo. Her behavior is often the subject of online debate.

While appearing on variety show Keep Running she allegedly got "special treatment" from other contestants because she was on her period. She was criticized online, and the BBC even published an article titled "Actress gets China talking about periods" on the incident.,

In 2015 she played the lead role in period drama General and I. Despite the drama's popularity, she was labeled as koutu, for her allegedly poor work ethic.

The term koutu refers to actors who shoot primarily in front of green screens rather than real-life settings. This cuts down on the amount of time actors have to spend on set.

Due to a number of negative news stories, it's possible that people's tolerance of Angelababy is declining.

Gracing the cover of American Vogue is something to be proud of, but it seems Angelababy faces an uphill battle to gain respect as an actor.