Erika Sawajiri reflects on her "betsu ni" statement: "I can sincerely say now that I'm sorry about that"

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Actress Erika Sawajiri (27) was on Shuukan BS-TBS Houdoubu (Sunday-9pm) on the 17th and talked about her "betsu ni" incident in 2007.

At the presscon for her movie Closed Note, she was visibly upset as she answered the host's question with "betsu ni" (not really) as it turned into a PR disaster. For this show, she was interviewed by TBS broadcaster Koji Matsubara (52), and she reflected on her actions back then, stating: "No matter what situation I was in, the things I said up there onstage were not words that are supposed to be heard from a professional. I didn't consider what the children who held dreams as they wanted to watch the movie back then would've thought about that statement".

 

"I was still immature then, and I even thought that the actions that I took at that time were 'fine as they were'. Now, I can sincerely say that I'm sorry about that incident. This is really how I feel." When she was asked about what led to her responding that way onstage, she replied: "I just got fed up with it all. There were predetermined values which I had to abide by, such as 'this is how I should be' or 'this is how an actress should be', and 'I must act like this or that', and I just burst. I think that was one huge reason. I forced myself too much".

Sawajiri played the leading role in TBS' special drama Tokeiya no Musume which aired on the 18th.

 

 

u can read 2ch comments here

 

http://majide2ch.blogspot.com/2013/11/erika-sawajiri-reflects-on-her-betsu-ni.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mirrorpurple ���ムラサキ]

sigh...

[Darling]

Goddess

[ImJustASlyFox]

I loved her in 1 litre of tears :O

[kinjiki]

She shouldn't apologize. She became a HBIC and a bad bitch on that day.

[sane]

Good on the interviewer for being able to continue seamlessly after that...

[DocumentaLy]

Iconic. People still talk about it how many years later?

[KQI88]

I loved her in Ichi Rittoru no Namida and the drama version of Taiyou no Uta and then I saw her completely different a few years back, married and stuff

[Someone actually]

wow :o they'll never let it go, huh.

[gayness]

Iconic. People still talk about it how many years later?

YUPP. She was ranked #5 most hated actress this year. 

[Weez-]

I loved her in 1 litre of tears :O

She's Ayu? or is it Aya :-o I couldn't recognize her.

[Ash Ketchum]

At the presscon for her movie Closed Note, she was visibly upset as she answered the host's question with "betsu ni" (not really) as it turned into a PR disaster. 

 

wtf did she say this in response to tho?  

[ImJustASlyFox]

She's Ayu? or is it Aya :-o I couldn't recognize her.

Aya such a great drama :3

[His Majesty Robosexual]

It wasn't even that bad of a statement. -_-

Unprofessional, maybe but harmless still.

[Darling]

YUPP. She was ranked #5 most hated actress this year. 

they how much of a goddess she is.

[Haus of Tzu:Lai]

Jiyeon wishes she was as badass as Erika. 

[Virgin Mary's Vagina]

what a queen

[tamar braxton]

that is one hideous wig

 

Erika lost her HBIC title when she married a monkey

[SEWER RAT]

I love you Erika sama.

[Little Eight]

This is still going on? 

[alterna]

It's sad something so small becomes such a big deal but i'm glad she pointed out the pressure to act a certain way etc.

 

Goddess right there 

[masakio]

girl just needs to rock that bitch image. the haters are never gonna forgive her because they're dumb like that.

[Bom]

She's flawless so idgaf. 

[fishball]

I really liked her in 1 liter of tears...

[shymoon]

The world needs to get over this shit already and move on. This was like in 2007 for god's sake and the media is still dragging this on as if she killed a human being or smth.