Tamao Akae’s “Tamamusubi” ended because she was furious at the report that she had a “date with Daikichi Hakata to sleep on the lawn.
It was announced that “Tamamusubi” (TBS Radio), in which freelance announcer Tamao Akae is a personality, will end at the end of March.
I want to spend a little more time with my child,” she said.
She said that she wanted to spend more time with her daughter, who is now 5 years old.
In the broadcast on the 18th, she revealed that it was in the fall of the year before last that she asked TBS to let her leave the show. The station took note of this, but it seems that her will was firm.
Since the program was popular and had many devoted listeners, its termination became a major topic of conversation. Numerous media outlets reported the news, but there was one article that Akae just could not let go.
Akae said in the program aired on the 16th that “some people are mean to me.
There are some people who are mean-spirited. There are some people who publish articles such as, ‘They’re going to make me quit after four years because of an alleged affair with a big-name celebrity. ‘ Some unnamed entertainment journalist or something.”
He expressed his anger at an online article that claimed that the alleged affair in the past was the cause of the program’s termination.
Incidentally, the “allegation” four years ago was a report by FRIDAY in April 2007.
The article was titled “Hakata Daikichi and Tamao Akae cuddle on a bed on the lawn during a daytime date in Aoyama.
According to the article at the time, “Daikichi Akae and Tamao Akae
According to the article at the time, Akae and Daikichi took a walk alone in a park in Aoyama (Minato Ward), Tokyo, where cherry blossoms were in full bloom. When they entered a grassy area, they must have been feeling very good, because they sat down on the grass and lay down on the grass, using their bags as pillows.
They snuggled on the “lawn bed” and occasionally exchanged glances. They lay there for about an hour.
Daikichi-san showed his tender care by brushing the grass from Akae-san’s coat with his hand. They looked like two lovers who had just started dating,” said the cameraman.
However, they are both married. Even though they did not have a “sleepover,” the intimacy between the two was so great that it was reported on wide shows and other media.
A survey was even conducted on a wide variety of TV programs asking, “Is it right or wrong for a man and a woman with families to lie down on the grass in a park?
The topic attracted so much public attention that a survey was conducted asking, “Is it right or wrong for a man and a woman with families to lie down on the grass in a park?
At first, Akae decided to keep quiet about the issue, but the high level of public interest made it impossible not to mention it, and she denied having a relationship with a man or a woman and apologized for her “misleading behavior.
Her husband, by the way, was very angry with her, saying, “What are you thinking? She must have been angry at having such bitter memories rehashed again.
(A wide-show insider) “He was angry to the end that the reason for ending the program was reportedly the ‘affair scandal of four years ago.
I’m so angry!
Akae was furious. At any rate, it is a pity that “Tamamusubi,” which had created a lot of controversy both inside and outside the program, has come to an end.
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