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Be careful when releasing potato chips, or this could happen to you too<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ve long chronicled the misadventures of Japanese comedian Egashira 2:50<\/strong>. For those unfamiliar, his main schtick is appearing as a shirtless middle-aged man who makes lewd comments and does rather sexually borderline-explicit stunts like sticking his arm down his tights to simulate his own stimulation. But what really makes him an interesting figure in Japanese pop culture is that, by most accounts, he\u2019s an extremely mild-mannered and generous person<\/a> off camera, having participated extensively in charitable programs around the country.<\/p>\n A few years ago, Egashira made the jump from television and brought nearly five million subscribers to his own YouTube channel, where he frequently posts a mix of gross-out stunts<\/a>, personal reflections, and typical YouTube-style eating and travel experiences. A lot of the time, he still wears his standard costume of black tights and no shirt, but due to YouTube\u2019s policy on exposed nipples for people like him, he must wear tape over them.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, when he goes on location shoots, you\u2019ll likely see him wearing regular street clothes. Such is the case when he visited T\u00fcrkiye recently to perform. It was a bit of a personal trip for Egashira as well, since this was the first time returning to T\u00fcrkiye since he was arrested for public nudity after his fundoshi<\/a> loincloth fell off and nearly triggered a riot among offended spectators in 1997.<\/p>\n \u25bc <\/span>Eigashira\u2019s return to T\u00fcrkiye<\/p>\n\n Luckily, this time his performance did not result in an arrest, but he unfortunately once again ended up offending the people there inadvertently.<\/p>\n While in T\u00fcrkiye, Egashira decided to offer people there some of his limited-edition kebab-flavored potato chips<\/strong> (which are sold exclusively through Family Mart convenience stores and can be seen at the top of this article) since in Japan kebabs are often associated with Turkish food. However, Eigashira and the people in this predominantly Muslim country were all unaware that the chips contained pork extract<\/strong>, which is in violation of the religion\u2019s dietary restrictions.<\/p>\n The video has since been pulled, and later, Eigashira posted an apology video about the incident. The spoken content of the video was very somber and sincere, with the team of a stern-faced Egashira and his sidekicks, the Briefs Gang, explaining that they failed to notice the ingredients of the chips both when filming and editing the segment.<\/p>\n They make it clear that this is no excuse for what they did and they have already set up a compliance department to ensure this kind of thing doesn\u2019t happen again.<\/strong> They also read a statement of apology from Family Mart which states they will add explanations in Japanese, English, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, and Malay to product displays, warning potential buyers of the ingredients.<\/p>\n \u25bc <\/span>The apology video<\/p>\n\n But what struck a lot of people about it as odd was that everyone was in their typical performance garb, Egashira with taped nipples and black tights, and his sidekicks wearing wrestling masks, underwear outside their pants, and T-shirts with \u201cbu<\/em>\u201d written on them<\/strong>, both as the first Japanese character in \u201cburifu<\/em>\u201d (briefs) and a common onomatopoeia for a fart.<\/p>\n I can only assume they discussed this beforehand and came to the conclusion that appearing in suits might come across as uncharacteristic of them and ironically seen more as a goof than if they wore their regular outfits. If so, I\u2019m not sure it was the best choice, but there is a kind of logic to it at least. Comments on YouTube and elsewhere on the Internet were also conflicted about this wardrobe choice while making a serious apology for offending people\u2019s religion.<\/p>\n \u201cEgashira is seriously insane.\u201d<\/em> Curious about that myself, I went in search of any Turkish language coverage of this incident and found next to none, aside from one Facebook post with a comment to the effect of, \u201cIt\u2019s fine. I forgive him.\u201d This would seem to suggest that no one in Turkey really seems to have noticed or cared about what Eigashira did, and that he probably wasn\u2019t under much pressure to make a six-minute video to apologize for it either.<\/p>\n One could argue that his appearance was half-assed because of that, but it really doesn\u2019t come through in his words and non-wardrobe-related actions. Eigashira<\/a> has always been about separating the character from the man, and this might just be another example of that.<\/p>\n Source: YouTube\/\u30a8\u30ac\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306d\u308b EGA-CHANNEL<\/a>, Real Live<\/a>, Itai News<\/a>, Facebook\/Japonya Postas\u0131<\/a><\/em> Be careful when releasing potato chips, or this could happen to you too. We\u2019ve long chronicled the misadventures of Japanese comedian Egashira 2:50. 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\n\u201cWho are they apologizing to? Surely it isn\u2019t the people of T\u00fcrkiye like this.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m a Turkish Muslim living in Japan. I rushed to buy your chips when they came out, but saw they had pork, so I gave them to a co-worker. It\u2019s great that you apologized, as I would expect from a Japanese person. There\u2019s nothing to worry about.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cIt would seem more like a joke if they wore suits.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cI asked a Muslim friend, and they said it\u2019s OK as long as it wasn\u2019t intentional. Still, you need to be more careful.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cYou should dress properly to apologize. People who don\u2019t know you think you\u2019re trying to provoke them.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s up to the Turkish people to forgive him. Hopefully the message reaches them.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cThat\u2019s not how you apologize!\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m Muslim and think it wasn\u2019t done on purpose. Eating pork is natural in Japanese culture, so it\u2019s only natural they overlooked it. I appreciate that they realized their mistake and apologized.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cWhere are these angry Turkish people? I never see them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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