Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake immediately after he tore off part of her clothing covering her breast at the end of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network, is notable for a moment in which Janet Jackson's right breast and nipple—adorned with a nipple The half time shows at Super Bowls have grown more and more spectacular over the years, and Super Bowl XXXVIII topped them all. As Justin Timberlake sang "Rock Your Body" onstage with Janet Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's careers seemed to go in two directions after the 2004 Super Bowl. Of all of Timberlake's blunders, this one easily stands above the rest. 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 Ahead of the 2018 Super Bowl, Apple Music's Zane Lowe asked Timberlake on Beats 1 if he and Jackson "resolved the situation" and "made peace of the whole thing," to which the singer responded 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. 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 It's been 20 years since Janet Jackson's bare breast was accidentally exposed to millions of viewers watching Super Bowl XXXVIII and everyone lost their s--t. By Billy Nilles Feb 11, 2024 12:00 PM A singularly sensational event occurs during the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 1, 2004. While performing a duet with Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake briefly exposed one of her Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" is the subject of a new documentary. Learn what really went down and what Jackson and Timberlake have said since. That moment during Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 when Justin Timberlake grabbed part of Janet Jackson’s top and tore it off, scarring children worldwide who discovered that human anatomy includes I’ve always wondered where Janets career would have been had the Super Bowl incident not have happened. We all know how bias the media is against women and especially women of color, being most evident in JT taking 0% of the blame and having Janets legacy nearly erased over 1 mistake. The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in the US, but that doesn't make it immune to the odd disaster here and there. with one bad mistake. #2 Justin Timberlake & Janet The most expensive Super Bowl halftime show of all time was Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar. Thankfully, this one was worth the money, with a massive 117 million people tuning in. Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson in Super Bowl XXXVIII before the show went off script Credit: "The sum total of my life is not defined by one Super Bowl mistake," Robinson said in 2017 The 38th Super Bowl was shown on television as it was happening on February 1, 2004 on CBS. The halftime show of the Super Bowl got controversy when Janet Jackson's breast was revealed by Justin Timberlake to everyone watching the show. This caused a big debate on broadcasting things that people might see as offensive. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform at halftime at the Super Bowl in 2004. - (Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty Images) Hasan Ay, who is a superfan of Jackson’s, agrees with her. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers at Reliant Stadium on February 1, 2004 in Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl stylist is speaking out to clarify that the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 halftime show was not his fault. “I was hired to do a job.
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