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The backlash over a post by Tomomi Itano showing photos taken in a hotel changing room took a fresh turn when entrepreneur Takafumi Horie weighed in with defending remarks like “What’s wrong with that?” and “Just poor people’s jealousy.” Shortly after, the hotel denied ever granting permission for the photos, leading many to say his defense had missed the point entirely. On 5ch threads, opinions split less over the substance of his defense and more over Horie’s way of putting things, with many posts likening it to his long-running habit of taking contrarian stances.
9/8 (Tue) 18:50
Entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, known as “Horiemon,” is stirring controversy after fully defending former AKB48 member Tomomi Itano amid her ongoing backlash.
“He brushed off criticism of Itano’s everyday posts as ‘poor people’s jealousy,’ and on the controversial hotel changing-room photos, simply said, ‘What’s wrong with that?’ It’s classic blunt, assertive Horie — but this time it’s stirring up fresh controversy of its own” (entertainment reporter).
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
That's why he always ends up a laughingstock…
Did he say anything after that?
Isn't it basically true that almost all criticism in the world boils down to poor people's jealousy?
Feels like nothing he says would ever land in a real conversation.
He probably thinks 'that's just poor people's jealousy, case closed' every time.
Is that actually okay?
Then maybe she shouldn't put herself out where ordinary people can see her.
If you do, of course you're gonna get some reaction.
Says the woman who makes a living off ordinary people watching her — talk about not knowing how the world works.
Background and Key Points of This Story
It’s easy to overlook that the Itano controversy started with her own social media post, and shifted from a simple pro/con debate into a separate dispute with the venue once the hotel denied ever granting permission to film. Some in the thread pointed out that Horie’s remarks are just a personal opinion, and that him saying “what’s wrong with that?” carries no real weight over the actual facts of whether filming was authorized. Opinions in the thread split less over whether the defense itself was justified, and more over how to judge his dismissive “poor people’s jealousy” framing — some read it as consistent with Horie’s long history of contrarian remarks, while others saw it as simply stoking conflict for its own sake. It’s a textbook case of a celebrity-defending comment ending up shaping perceptions of the defender more than the person being defended.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Takafumi Horie fully defends Tomomi Itano’s ‘changing room backlash’ with ‘what’s wrong with that?’ and ‘poor people’s jealousy’ — hotel’s denial pours fuel on the fire.”
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