The spotlight goes rushing back toward Janet Jackson. (Seriously, name one down that happened in the 3 rd quarter.) The New England Patriots win. No one remembers the second half of the Super Bowl. Timberlake, red lace in his left hand, looks appalled as producers cut away to a distant long shot and firework display. Although a natural righty, he watches as his left hand makes the crucial grab toward Jackson’s wardrobe and pulls on the cue “.by the end of this song.” For 9/16ths of a second, millions of viewers see Janet’s bare breast and its strange star-shaped nipple shield before Jackson realizes what has happened and covers herself up. However, on the closing “Bet I’ll have you naked.,” you see his approach to Jackson’s bustier is stilted and unsure. Throughout the performance, Timberlake’s moves were fluid, as if they’d been rehearsed a million times. There wasn’t much choreography leading up to the moment Jackson just follows Timberlake around the stage while he sings “Rock Your Body.” They briefly dance together as they make their way back toward center stage for the grand finale. The video can be rewatched frame-by-frame and scrutinized like the Zapruder film. Sexually suggestive dance moves courtesy of fellow halftime performers Nelly and Diddy also helped put prude viewers on edge before the Nipple-gate opened. Many viewers complained to the FCC that Rock’s wardrobe constituted desecration of the American flag. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue says in a statement at the time, “We are pleased that a star like Janet Jackson will join the roster of entertainers who have made the Super Bowl Halftime so special.”Įven before the Janet incident, Kid Rock riled up the TV audience by wearing sleeveless stars-and-stripes poncho during his portion of the halftime show. Rob Sheffield ranks all the Super Bowl halftime shows ever, from worst to bestįor the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show at Houston’s Reliant Stadium, MTV – producing their second straight halftime performance – recruits a lineup that includes Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Diddy, Kid Rock and Janet Jackson. Here now, a timeline of the Super Bowl’s most controversial performance, from the planning, to the moment itself, to the current, still-going legal wrangling. But the scandalous event has had a life long beyond the split-second during which Janet’s breast was bared. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Janet Jackson‘s infamous “ wardrobe malfunction” Super Bowl halftime show.
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