TV Industry Expected Shintaro Morimoto from Tontsukatan to Discipline Fuwachan During Their Trip

In response to the huge uproar caused by Fuwachan’s offensive comments about Yasuko (25) on social media, Shintaro Morimoto (34) of the comedy trio Tontsukatan who is one of the central figures in the controversy, has finally spoken out.

Morimoto was traveling with Kanou (35) from A Masso when Fuwachan made a reposted comment saying, ＜You are not important, so please die. You’re out in the preliminaries.>

In the apology posted after the offensive comments caused a major scandal, Fuwachan explained the circumstances leading to the offensive posts as follows.

＜At the time of the post, I was talking about anti-comments, and when I happened to see Yasuko’s post, I wrote something to the effect of ‘If there are anti-comments on this,’ and showed the screen with the content of the post to those present. I mistakenly ended up posting it.>

In the apology, Fuwachan stated that neither Morimoto or Kanou were ＜not involved in the post>, but there were voices asking, “So, who is ‘the person present’?” “If they were traveling together, isn’t it natural to assume Morimoto and others were involved in the ad-libbing?”

On August 24, Shintaro Morimoto, who appeared on the YouTube channel Hairdresser Comedian Komori Garçon ch, said, “I can clearly say that I was not involved” in the controversy. He further insisted:

＜Being accused of something I didn’t do is definitely hard to take. But on the other hand, I’ve never been involved in something that caused a scandal. It makes me think how people distort the facts.

 

To protect the “gem of the entertainment world,” Yasuko, Roshan also sealed his sharp tongue and provided support.

This statement quickly drew responses on the internet, such as ＜What exactly wasn’t done?> and ＜With whom was she ad-libbing during the trip?> However, there was also disappointment from within the television industry.

It is said that Morimoto was expected to fulfill “a certain role.”