「大見得を切った後に『性行為を目的として飲み会をセッティングした事実は一切ありません』というコメントが続きますが、これが最悪の一手でした。『性行為を目的として飲み会をセッティング』って、何のためにそんなコメントを出したの？ ずばり後ろめたさがあったからです。
本来であれば『飲み会をセッティングしたことはありません』と言えればよかったのですが、そうは言えないために、『性行為を目的』という余計な言葉を使ってしまった。小沢サイドも言葉で自滅したのです」
かくして強気な態度はみるみるしぼみ、すぐさま活動休止を宣言する羽目になってしまった。
「松本の活動休止は裁判闘争のためという大義名分があり、裁判が終わるまでは復帰しない、と受け取ることができますが、小沢の活動休止は、活動再開のきっかけが見えない。
松本はいつ引退しても余裕ですが、小沢クラスの芸人はそこまで裕福ではない。松本以上に、苦しい日々になると思いますよ」（前出・スポーツ紙記者）
松本も小沢も、活動休止を宣言し、舞台裏に引っ込んでしまったため、
「新たなコメントを発表する可能性は少ないでしょうね」
After the "grand gesture," he followed up with the comment, "There is absolutely no fact that we set up drinking parties for the purpose of sexual activity," which was the worst move he could have made. What was the purpose of such a comment, 'setting up a drinking party for the purpose of sexual intercourse'? It was because I felt guilty.
He should have said, "I have never set up a drinking party," but he couldn't say that, so he used the superfluous phrase, "for the purpose of sexual intercourse. Ozawa's side also destroyed themselves with their words.
Thus, Ozawa's tough attitude quickly faded, and he was forced to immediately declare a suspension of his activities.
Matsumoto's suspension was for the sake of the court battle, and it can be taken as a statement that he will not return to work until the court case is over, but with Ozawa's suspension, I don't see any opportunity to resume his activities.
Matsumoto can afford to retire at any time, but comedians in Ozawa's class are not that wealthy. I think he will have a more difficult time than Matsumoto.
Both Matsumoto and Ozawa have announced that they are suspending their activities and have retreated backstage,
I don't think there is much chance that they will make any new comments.
「私もそうですが、芸人はいつも自分がピエロになった様を、特に落語家がその最たる者だが、人生の一番恥ずかしい部分を見せて笑いに変えるのが稼業。私の場合はモーニングショーのグッとラックが低視聴率で一年半で打ち切りになったとか、映画監督になって駄作というジャンルの映画ばかり作ったとか、M1の審査員も勇退と言う名のクビになったとか、無知のくせに政治を語りのべつ炎上しているとか、還暦なのに幼い子供の馬鹿親ぶりを世間に知らしめているとか、似合わないのにヒステリックグラマーを着ているとか」と続け「Xで書く文章がいつも長文とか、これもだね」と締めた。
I am one of them, but comedians always make a living by showing how they have become clowns, especially rakugo storytellers, who are the best at it, and turn the most embarrassing parts of their lives into a laugh. In my case, the morning show "Good Luck" was cancelled after a year and a half due to low ratings, I became a movie director and made nothing but movies in the genre of "bad movies," I was fired as a judge of M1 in the name of courage, I am talking about politics even though I am ignorant, I am on fire, I am a foolish parent of a young child even though I am 60 years old. He is also known to the world as a foolish parent of a young child in spite of his 60th birthday, and wears hysteric glamour even though it doesn't suit him.
