I guess I really did see what I thought I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl as Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast.
Up until that point, I was wondering what Janet was doing singing Rhythm Nation. Didn't that CD come out over 10 years ago? I think I actually have that CD too. Maybe she could have sang Control too, while she was at it. The only other thing I paid attention to was Kid Rock and the American flag he was wearing. I've seen plenty of people with the flag draped on their backs to carry into soccer stadiums, but not one with a hole in the middle. And oh yeah, what could be worse than the Oh Mickey song by Toni Basil? Hearing it as an ode to P. Diddy and Nelly.
Back to Janet, I'm hearing that in fact, she may have had a flesh-colored covering anyway...whatever. As it is, I'm surprised CBS didn't have a five-second delay or anything to switch to another camera angle or something.
"CBS deeply regrets the incident that occurred during the Super Bowl halftime show," a network spokeswoman said. "We attended rehearsals throughout the week, and there was no indication this would happen. It did not conform to CBS broadcast standards, and we would like to apologize to anyone who was offended."Timberlake said he did not intend to tear the cup off Jackson's black leather bustier, exposing a nipple piercing shield.
"I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl," Timberlake said in a statement. "It was not intentional and is regrettable."
Michael Wilbon's column in the Post today about the game puts the male perspective on what happened:
The best move came from my man Justin Timberlake who committed the illegal contact-on-TV penalty. In case you were reaching for another cold one, what you missed at the end of the halftime performance was Timberlake attempting to pull Miss Jackson's blouse off her shoulder. But hey, they were moving so fast and his adrenaline had to be way off the charts, and you know, his hand slipped and caught the front of her blouse, inadvertently of course, and next thing you know.Oops. Miss Jackson was half-topless on international TV. Yeah, baby.
Seems another guy in a g-string ran out on the field and got leveled by a New England Patriots player too. The guy says he's from Liverpool and does this at lots of sporting events.
Oh, by the way, it was one of the better Super Bowls, and certainly exciting until the final seconds.
New England 32, Carolina 29.
Nice entry for something that didn't bother me too much, perhaps because I didn't quite realize what I had seen.
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