Kei Mukai discusses relationship reports on TBS Radio

Comedian Kei Mukai of the trio Panther discussed recent reports regarding his romantic relationship with TBS announcer Yuko Wakabayashi during a live broadcast of ‘Panther Mukai no #Flat’ on TBS Radio.

Mukai revealed that he learned of the reports from his manager via LINE while waiting in line at a ramen restaurant in Atsugi, Kanagawa. He noted that the news left him so shaken that he could not even taste the food. He further clarified that the photographs published by ‘FRIDAY’ were taken as he was leaving a yakiniku restaurant in Higashi-Nakano.

Wakabayashi has also addressed the reports on various TBS programs, neither denying the relationship nor providing specific details, while describing Mukai as a tolerant person. The two have previously worked together on the program ‘Ousama no Brunch’ and currently co-appear on ‘Yoru no Brunch’.