Talent Becky appeared on Nippon TV’s “Itte Q! The Ends of the Earth” on September 27, marking her first appearance on the show in 10 years. This is her first comeback to the flagship program since the 2016 affair scandal broke, and co-star Miyagawa Daisuke reportedly burst into tears, while Uchimura Teruyoshi admitted, “I couldn’t sleep [the night before].” On the 5channel “Entertainment/Sports News+” board, threads buzzed with surprise (“Has it really been 10 years already?”) alongside debate over why Becky alone was frozen out of showbiz for so long. Opinions split over where to draw the “forgivable vs. unforgivable” line compared with Saito Yuki, whose affair was reported around the same time, and Tegoshi Yuya, who also has a history of suspending his activities.
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[September 27, 2026, 21:07]
Talent Becky (42) appeared on Nippon TV’s “Itte Q! The Ends of the Earth” (Sundays, 7:00 PM) on the 27th, her first appearance on the show in 10 years.
Source: sponichi.co.jp / Original article here
Has it really been 10 years since that happened?
Bunshun's been losing steam and getting bashed lately, so I guess she figured now's her chance to come back.
Still, wild that it's been 10 years since Becky gave that dying rag Bunshun a new lease on life.
Wait, are you talking about the host?
Who cares, it's fine, isn't it?
Exactly.
At this rate they'll probably have Dewi (Dewi Sukarno, the Japanese-Indonesian socialite/tarento) back on eventually too.
Probably just image. Saito Yuki always seemed like the type who'd do that, but Becky was marketed as the model-student type, so the backlash hit way harder.
Being with Toho counts for a lot, plus she's got a real track record as an actress, and her personality just gets her forgiven — Becky was just a mixed-race variety talent who had low likability to begin with.
There are plenty of people who had affairs and are still working just fine. Becky was just hated so much that the second she showed up on TV, people would happily file complaints — so no one could use her.
It's been going for like 15 years now.
That was the perfect chance to cut Miyagawa Daisuke loose, and instead they turned it into some heartwarming comeback story — it was gross to watch.
They'd already been separated for a while by then. The ex-wife's lawyer was sharp — figured they could get more in damages out of Becky given her income, and that's who tipped off Bunshun.
Uchimura's pulled similar stuff himself.
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
In 2016, weekly tabloids reported that Becky was in a relationship with a married man, and she indefinitely suspended her show-business activities afterward. She made sporadic comebacks in dramas and other projects, but this marks her first appearance in a while on “Itte Q,” the flagship show she once co-hosted. The thread’s central debate was the gap in “how quickly they got to come back” compared with Saito Yuki, whose affair was reported around the same time, and Tegoshi Yuya, who also has a history of suspending his activities. Posters pointed to factors like Saito Yuki’s career as an actress and her agency’s backing, and the fact that Tegoshi’s suspension was framed as “a response to COVID protocols, not an affair” — but none of this was ever officially explained by the people involved; it remains speculation on the viewers’ part. Exactly how the show’s producers arrived at the decision to have her appear this time is also not made clear in the original article.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “【4ch】Becky in Tears, Returns to Itte Q! After 10 Years — Miyagawa Daisuke Also Sobs, Uchimura Teruyoshi: “I Couldn’t Sleep”.”
