Masahiro Nakai “contacted” the TV stations in advance…but the TV stations were looking the other way because of the “resolved issue” and the “special treatment” of the big-name celebrities.

TV stations regretted that they should have gone further into the issue.

When it was learned that Nakai’s “Kim Summa” cancelled the recording of the new year’s episode at the same time as the release of the Bunshun article, all the TV stations followed suit. From there, Nakai’s career spiraled downward until he retired from show business. According to a source at another TV station, “In hindsight, I think Nakai was the first to retire from show business.

In retrospect, when Nakai first explained to us that the article would appear in a weekly magazine, we should have gone into it more. At the time, Nakai was a top celebrity in the entertainment world. It is easy to imagine that the bureau, not knowing what Women’s Seven would write about him, would have said, ‘Let’s not pry too much into the matter. Moreover, the fact that a “settlement” had been reached was a “reassuring” factor for the TV station.

As is the case with Downtown’s Matsumoto Hitoshi (61), there are TV personalities who sometimes have more influence than the TV stations. The root of the series of troubles lies in the fact that such big names have been treated in a special way.

The backstage area for the bigwigs is a special room, their lunches are different from those of other cast members, and several humidifiers are specially set up in their rooms. When they arrive at the station, they are greeted by all the executives, and the post-recording dinner is paid for entirely by the station. If a big shot says, ‘I’d like to meet her,’ we do our best to cast her. The casting authority is essentially with the station. Because this kind of thing has been going on for so long, when a big name does something wrong, there is hesitation, and the initial response is delayed,” said a reporter in charge of entertainment at a sports newspaper.

Aside from Fuji TV, which was involved in the incident, and TV Tokyo, which was not contacted by Nakai, the remaining three commercial broadcasters’ responses were as follows: TBS last saw Nakai on December 9 for “The MC3” and on December 13 for “Kinsuma”. He has not appeared since the first Women’s Seven report.

Mr. Nakai’s last appearance on NTV was on the December 27 broadcast of “Nakai no Mado”. He also appeared on TV Asahi after the report, with “Saturday Night Party” on December 21.

The first was that both Nippon TV and TV Asahi had reported that the matter had been “resolved,” and the second was that Mr. Nakai was a major celebrity. When asked if these two factors influenced the decision to continue using Nakai after the report, NTV’s public relations department responded

However, there were many details that remained unclear, and we had no basis for making a decision to suspend the broadcast of “Nakai no Madoka: Nakai’s Window” Resurrection SP on December 27. After Mr. Nakai visited our office at the beginning of the year and we had a dialogue with him, on January 7, “The!　Sekai Oyoten News” on January 7 was broadcast with scenes featuring Mr. Nakai cut, based on a comprehensive judgment. After that, we decided to ask him to step down from the program. NTV will continue to take appropriate measures in accordance with our human rights policy.

NTV responded by e-mail. TV Asahi’s public relations department responded by fax

We have been closely monitoring the situation, but since the truth is still unclear, we have suspended the program for the time being from the beginning of the year, and after that, based on various opinions from viewers and the response of advertisers, we have decided that the program is not in an environment to continue broadcasting, and have terminated it. (To the question about Nakai being a big shot, I answered, “No, nothing like you have pointed out.

He responded, “No, I don’t.

Even Nakai, who is a “major celebrity,” has disappeared from the entertainment industry. The TV stations should have been a little more careful in their response.