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Actress Kii Kitano (35) appeared on Nippon TV’s “Ueda to Onna ga DEEP ni Hoeru Yoru” (“The Night Ueda and the Women Howl DEEP”) on the 29th, and during a talk segment themed “The Reality of Single Fathers,” looked back on her childhood. She revealed that after her parents divorced when she was 3, she grew up in a single-father household, went through a period when the gas was cut off and she couldn’t bathe, and was told by her kindergarten teacher, “You’re filthy, don’t come back.” She said her father remarried when she was 17, giving her a new mother and siblings. On 5ch, opinions split between those skeptical she could recall childhood memories so vividly, others countering that shocking experiences stick with you into adulthood, and those pointing out how thin public support for single-father households was back then.
Kii Kitano: “My teacher said ‘You’re filthy, don’t come back’” — the childhood when the gas was cut off and she couldn’t bathe
Actress Kii Kitano (35) appeared on Nippon TV’s “Ueda to Onna ga DEEP ni Hoeru Yoru” (Tuesdays, 11:59 PM) on the 29th, looking back on her own childhood.
The day’s theme was “The Reality of Single Fathers.” Kitano revealed about her own family, “My parents divorced when I was 3. My younger brother went with my mother, and I went with my father, so it became a single-father household,” and added, “From age 17 it was like he remarried — a new mother came into our home, and I gained siblings.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Really drives home how tough it is to survive in this industry.
Why's she lying?
Kind of sad, in a way.
They're hungry and can do anything —
anything, that is.
"Anything, that is"
LOL
Yeah, in showbiz you can't make it to the top unless you'll do anything.
Or maybe her dad was just busy and forgot to go pay the gas bill —
this whole story's probably only about a 3-week stretch anyway, right?
Not sure about now, but back then single fathers weren't eligible for subsidies like that, I believe.
I've lived almost half a century and I still remember stuff like that.
Yeah, the stuff that shocked you, you remember.
That's exactly why I make sure never to say things like that to kids.
"Hashi Monogatari" ("Bridge Story") is good.
Maybe he kept meaning to pay it at the convenience store and just forgot.
Single-father households only became eligible for benefits starting in 2010 —
that's only 16 years ago, so single mothers could get by, but single fathers would've struggled.
You can't just leave a small kid alone either, so your working hours are limited too.
does just not bathing actually get you called "dirty"?
She was presumably still washing her face and hands.
Not bathing alone shouldn't make you look dirty.
Something about this story doesn't add up.
I'm about 10 years older than her, but there was usually one unkempt girl per grade.
Probably what we'd now call a neglect case.
"Something smells" → look closer, "oh, she's dirty."
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Child-rearing allowances for single-father households weren’t established until a system reform in August 2010, so at the time Kitano was a child, there was essentially no public support for single-father families. The thread split mainly into two camps. One was skeptical, arguing it’s odd to vividly recall memories from kindergarten age; the other countered that shocking events stick with you well into adulthood. The second point of debate was whether, between her signature bullied-character role in “Life” and past reports about her relationships, she’s been made fun of more than she deserves — sympathetic voices were notably common too. Worth noting: the only basis for this story is her own remarks on a talk show, with no corroboration offered regarding her father’s circumstances or the household’s finances at the time.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Actress Kii Kitano: “My teacher told me not to come back because I was filthy…” — looking back on the childhood when the gas was cut off and she couldn’t bathe.”
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