HONG KONG, Sept 8 — Love him or loathe him, it looks like Edison Chen might have won over some new fans.

The Hong Kong-based singer-actor, who has kept a low profile since his sex-photo scandal rocked the Hong Kong entertainment scene seven years ago, has made headlines once again — but in a good way.

On Saturday, Chen was photographed reprimanding a middle-aged queue-jumper at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Airport and almost coming to blows over the faux pas.

According to the South China Morning Post, Chen called the bespectacled man out after he tried jumping ahead of the singer at a check-in counter.

ThePaper.cn reported witnesses as saying that Chen had stepped away from the counter briefly to attend to something, but returned to find the middle-aged man had taken his place.

Things got ugly when Chen tried explaining that he still had unfinished business at the counter, but his reasoning fell on deaf ears.

In a video posted by ThePaper.cn, the confrontation can be seen quickly escalating after Chen, in the green T-shirt, threw the unnamed passenger’s ID on the ground.

Witnesses reported that the two men bumped chests a few times. — Screen grab from ThePaper.cn video

This caused the man to grab Chen by the collar of his shirt as fierce words were exchanged and chests were bumped. The singer also lost his sandal in the melee.

Staff with Juneyao Airlines confirmed to SCMP that a fight occurred between two check-in passengers on Saturday at around 1pm local time.

Witnesses said the two were then escorted to the airport police station and went their separate ways after a settlement was reached. It is believed no charges were filed.

China Internet users have applauded Chen for standing up for his rights and appearing like he was trying to avoid a physical altercation, despite being visibly enraged.

“Chen shouldn’t have thrown the other man’s ID card, but he should not be punished for stopping someone who jumped the queue,” Ding Jinkun, a lawyer, said on his Weibo microblog. “Another question worth thinking about is how to stop queue-jumping.”