A single line TV personality Atsushi Tamura posted on X (formerly Twitter) — “Jealousy is pathetic” — went viral, and after Weekly Jitsuwa turned it into an article, it was picked up on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports News+ board as well. Since the post didn’t name anyone specifically, leaving its target unclear, speculation ran wild in the thread: was it a warning shot at anonymous critics online, a jab at some particular celebrity, or a sign of frustration over his stalled political ambitions? Some read it as “just stating the obvious,” while others dismissed it as “the condescending view of someone who’s already made it” — reactions to the post were sharply divided.
Atsushi Tamura’s “Jealousy is pathetic” post goes viral! “Condescending, coming from a success story” vs. “No, he’s got a point”… speculation swirls over who it’s aimed at | Weekly Jitsuwa WEB
2026.09.11
A personal take on “jealousy” that Atsushi Tamura posted on X (formerly Twitter) is making waves on social media.
Source: weekly-jitsuwa.jp / Read the original article here
It's "reveling in it" (悦に入る), not "basking in it" (悦に浸る) — you botched the idiom.
Japanese social media only ever runs on jealousy.
Since when did pointing out someone's lack of common sense count as jealousy!?
It's because ordinary criticism sounds like jealousy to him that he never developed any common sense.
That right there is a textbook cognitive distortion.
Exactly this. He's just chalking it up to jealousy to keep his own peace of mind.
You do that all the time online yourself lol
Using it to calm yourself down and shut off further thinking, fine — but saying it out loud hoping others will agree with you? That's just dumb.
Damn it, I actually clicked on this trashy "kotatsu article" (a lazy piece phoned in from the couch, no real reporting).
Some people just can't learn, huh.
Same goes for the old guys on 5ch.
Though how well you keep it in check is another matter.
Looks like something some baseball manager would use.
Atsushi Tamura, jealous of DaiGo (the mentalist-turned-YouTuber) who rakes in ¥400 million a month.
must look pretty ridiculous from the outside.
Assuming this is about the whole Tomochin thing [Tomomi Itano's nickname] — if he genuinely believes people are "kicking up a fuss out of jealousy," then celebrities really are out of their minds.
No, it's contempt, dude.
Does anyone actually go check the source?
Then just say it to their face, coward.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
In recent years, Atsushi Tamura has increasingly commented on current affairs and made no secret of his interest in a political career, and it’s hardly unusual for a celebrity who’s faced criticism to fire back with the word “jealousy.” What split opinion in this thread was the fact that the post never named its target. Several replies agreed with the point that “when you can’t actually refute what someone’s saying, it’s common to just chalk their motive up to jealousy,” echoing a shared discomfort with dismissing criticism outright using the single word “jealousy” instead of engaging with its substance. Some posts speculated it was a jab at DaiGo, who has publicly claimed to earn hundreds of millions of yen a month, but such claims never went beyond guesswork on 5ch, and Tamura himself has offered no explanation of what he actually meant.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[♪(´ε｀ )] Atsushi Tamura’s “Jealousy is pathetic” post goes viral… speculation swirls over who it’s aimed at.”
