On the Monday after the incident at Super Bowl Sunday, CBS had Jackson release a written statement apologizing, taking full blame for what they were now calling an unfortunate “accident”. “The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals. MTV was completely unaware of it. The Super Bowl was always weirdly conventional, but the commercials were all weirdly edgy. Two years earlier, there was that Coor’s Light Superbowl commercial that was a parody of Tom T Hall’s “I Love (Little Baby Ducks)” but the punchline is having threesome with twins (because lesbianism and incest are comparable, and both acceptable TIL after Janet Jackson's incident at the Super Bowl halftime show, Viacom retaliated by keeping her music off their properties including MTV, VH1, and radio stations. They also rescinded her invitation to the Grammys. Justin Timberlake was still allowed to go and actually picked up some awards. But that’s exactly how FCC chairman Michael Powell described the 2004 halftime show. Specifically the portion of the show that featured Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and the wardrobe malfunction seen around the world. The show’s other acts (yes, there were other performers) Kid Rock, P. Diddy and Nelly, all escaped Powell’s ire. The Super Bowl and especially its halftime show are the most-watched event on TV. That's the place to make amends for overreacting in 2004. Despite feeling as though he had been thrown under the bus by the press a decade earlier, Michael Jackson did publicly address the Super Bowl halftime show scandal in the aftermath of the incident. Speaking to Fox News' Geraldo Rivera in 2005, Michael said he gave Janet Jackson some words of advice after the incident. On February 1, 2004, Janet Jackson, then 38-years-old, and Justin Timberlake, then 23-years-old, caused a wake of mass cultural hysteria when, at the end of Jackson’s Super Bowl Halftime Janet Jackson performs at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004 in Houston. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage via Getty Images) Before the Super Bowl halftime show became the spectacle it is today, it was often a simple mix of marching bands and variety acts. Over time, it evolved into one of the most-watched musical events in the country These pictures were obviously fabricated from screen shots of the 2003 Super Bowl halftime show — given the crush of media attention resulting from one partially-exposed breast at the 2004 Super It was Timberlake, after all, who along with Janet Jackson at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show gave birth to the phrase “wardrobe malfunction’’ and together were embroiled in “Nipplegate I don't recall a Superbowl show that had zero guests whatsoever Three of the last seven did not have a guest (Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and The Weeknd.) There was also the stretch of classic rock acts after the Janet Jackson incident and most, if not all, of them didn't have guests. “On February 1, 2004, the now-infamous “Nipplegate” incident occurred at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show as Janet Jackson performed with Justin Timberlake, crescendoing to a costume malfunction/reveal that begot the aforementioned name. I mean, up to that point, the super bowl halftime show was a PG affair. Parents can't be on defcon alert 24/7 and watching TV at home just might be one of those instances when you lower your guard. Reply reply I've never seen anyone make an argument about Janet Jackson not being specifically in the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show due to sexism.. The most common argument I have seen however is Justin Timberlake, the person who actually exposed Janet Jackson's breast on live television, being allowed to come back 14 years later, while Janet Jackson, the victim, is more or less blackballed due to a double The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show takes place on Sunday, February 12, 2023, and despite rumors, Taylor Swift will not be performing at the Arizona event, TMZ and People report. According to TMZ, Swift was asked to perform at the NFL’s show, but declined the opportunity so that she can continue the process of re-recording her back On the 20th Anniversary of that famous halftime show, Swift will take everyone by surprise: singing a duet with Usher and in a shocking finale rip Usher's shirt to reveal his pastied nip. Excuse me for one moment while I check Vegas odds For the longest time, I never would’ve thought that the Super Bowl 2004 halftime show with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake would had shifted the culture from the raunchy early 2000s to the more conservative mid 2000s. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that it did changed everything. TIL that the term “wardrobe malfunction” was coined in 2004. Justin Timberlake first used it in an apology to Janet Jackson for the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, where Jackson’s breast was exposed. Media began using the term, and eventually it was added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. 1.1K votes, 455 comments. 7.4M subscribers in the nfl community. The place to discuss all NFL related things There’s a certain age divide, where people either loved this half time show, or hated it. Reddit is kind of split right down the middle on these ages, so I have a feeling it will be a lot of “best halftime ever” and “meh”. Lol
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