‘Olympig’ scandal: Tokyo Olympics creative director offers to quit after offensive remark
Hiroshi Sasaki proposed a section in the opening ceremony which involved Naomi Watanabe coming down from the sky dressed as a pig, according to the magazine Shukan Bunshun.
According to Kyodo News, Sasaki accepted he had made “a very inappropriate expression in my ideas and remarks”, and vowed to offer his resignation.
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Sasaki claimed his idea had been intended as a play on the word ‘Olympic’ to ‘Olympig’, with Watanabe “wearing a cute pink costume and sticking her tongue out.”
Sasaki added to the magazine: “I thought that would make her look charming, but I was immediately reprimanded by male staff. I feel remorse.”
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