ZOE Tay's absence at MC King's wake and funeral has not gone down well with some people.

Readers have written to Shin Min to express their disappointment, asking if Tay thinks she is too big a celebrity to bother about such things.

Also, they question why she was at a party to celebrate her birthday during that period.

But Tay's manager says the actress could not cancel the party and had asked a colleague to make a donation at the wake.

Read the full story in Life! in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.