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Tokyo Olympics chief resigns after proposing plus-size body-positivity comedian Naomi Watanabe as an ‘Olympig’ for the 2020 Games
RT ^ | 3-18-21 | RT

Posted on 03/18/2021 2:18:46 PM PDT by dynachrome

The creative boss of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Hiroshi Sasaki, has resigned after making controversial remarks about hugely popular Japanese entertainer Naomi Watanabe, suggesting that she could appear as an 'Olympig'. Sasaki, who was the chief creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, said Watanabe could be asked to wear pig ears at the Games curtain-raiser.

He raised the idea last year in a group chat, but his suggestion was immediately rejected by his colleagues involved in the Olympics preparation process.

Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported Sasaki’s remarks on Wednesday, prompting the official to immediately resign from his post.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: olympics; olympig; tokyo
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To: dynachrome

I’m good with fat shaming.


21 posted on 03/18/2021 3:03:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: dfwgator

She’s so fat, you can’t see her knuckles.


22 posted on 03/18/2021 3:04:44 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

He may just wanted to get out of town while the getting was good. Saw some reports that the Tokyo Olympic are over budget by BILLIONS of dollars. There is also opposition building in Japan against allowing outsiders into the country. There is a good chance the 2020 (2021) summer games will be a complete failure.

The Olympic business model is broken and if it can not be fixed this may be the last Olympic.


23 posted on 03/18/2021 3:06:25 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: EEGator

“I’ve got fudge!”


24 posted on 03/18/2021 3:06:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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25 posted on 03/18/2021 3:08:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Fiddlstix

Poster girl for the sumo league !


26 posted on 03/18/2021 3:13:40 PM PDT by Reily
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To: dynachrome
Well...

27 posted on 03/18/2021 3:14:28 PM PDT by struggle
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To: struggle

Two tons of fun!


28 posted on 03/18/2021 3:15:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!!! sad but true...


29 posted on 03/18/2021 3:19:26 PM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: Fiddlstix

Not sure why he had to go — she clearly embraces her porcine identity.


30 posted on 03/18/2021 3:21:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Fiddlstix

She looks like an overweight Minnie Mouse.


31 posted on 03/18/2021 3:26:42 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: dynachrome

The Olympics used to have some major hotties but the new face of “hot” and what constitutes attractive is now perverted.


32 posted on 03/18/2021 3:34:06 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Saltmeat

Who knows, but she is definitely 100% obese.


33 posted on 03/18/2021 3:36:37 PM PDT by Third Wheel
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Wow! She could eat Oprah in much less that 4 hour


34 posted on 03/18/2021 3:40:45 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: struggle

If the snout fits....


35 posted on 03/18/2021 3:53:02 PM PDT by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: struggle
Well...

Ah, they're flashing the 'Spocker.'

36 posted on 03/18/2021 3:55:27 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: dynachrome
OK, I'll admit it, I truly laughed out loud at this.
37 posted on 03/18/2021 4:05:10 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason
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To: dfwgator

Looks like she has a side hustle rooting up truffles.


38 posted on 03/18/2021 4:58:06 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: dynachrome

“Olympig”

LOL!


39 posted on 03/18/2021 5:47:46 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: dynachrome

She should thank him. She’s going to be 100 times more popular after this.


40 posted on 03/18/2021 5:49:11 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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