Janet Jackson to Be a Grammy No-Show (Jackson is uninvited)

WA Post ^ | Feb 04, 2004

[hotpotato]

After glimpsing more of Janet Jackson than they bargained for during a notorious Super Bowl halftime show, television viewers may miss the singer altogether on the upcoming Grammy Awards broadcast.

Jackson, whose breast-baring Super Bowl performance sparked a public furor and federal regulatory investigation, will not be appearing as a Grammy Awards presenter as previously planned, according to reports Wednesday on syndicated TV shows "Entertainment Tonight" and "Access Hollywood."

"Access Hollywood" added that the CBS network, which carried the Super Bowl telecast and is broadcasting the Grammys this coming Sunday, retracted its invitation for Jackson to introduce a planned Grammy tribute to soul legend Luther Vandross.

Representatives for both the Viacom Inc.-owned network and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which presents the Grammys, declined to comment on the reports. There was no immediate comment from Jackson's publicist or her label, Virgin Records.

Jackson was conspicuously absent from a press release issued earlier in the day by Grammy organizers listing the show's lineup of celebrity hosts, presenters and performers.

But pop idol Justin Timberlake, who ripped open Jackson's black leather bustier to expose her right breast at the end of their steamy halftime duet on Sunday, remained on the Grammys' entertainment roster.

[hotpotato]

So why doesn't Justin suffer the same "repercussion?" Why does he get off?

[Revolting cat!]

Sexism, racism! Wasn't it the Timber boy who attempted to strip her? Somebody call NOW and NAACP now!

[hotpotato]

Somebody call NOW

It will be interesting to see if they get involved :-)

[Revolting cat!]

Ageism, too! Isn't she close to the retirement age? Somebody call the AARP!

[hotpotato]

Oh, and didn't you hear.... Justin was being taken advantage of by the elder Jackson.

[mewzilla]

I'm still waiting to hear how she ended up doing the halftime show. About two weeks before I'd heard it was supposed to be Gwen Stefani and an Interscope crew. Wonder how Jackson ended up doing it? I bet whoever made that decision knows more than he/she is letting on.

[dawn53]

Definitely a double standard, but I imagine that since Jackson was the one who said it was all her idea, that's why it's being handled this way.

I don't really care anyway since I won't be watching, LOL.

[hotpotato]

I don't really care anyway since I won't be watching, LOL.

Same here.

[NCPAC]

Oops! No titilation at the Grammy's this year...

[hotpotato]

Wonder how Jackson ended up doing it?

'cause she's the only one that agreed to expose herself on national tv?

[avenir]

LOL!

[mewzilla]

I rather doubt that :) I'm wondering if this was more payoff for her brother's interview...

[Revolting cat!]

Seriously though, (no, really) you can see how the commercial interests take precedence over everything else. They're throwing an old chewed over bone to the dogs, but they're not going to potentially put the millions of $$ in sales at risk by disinviting the other guilty party.

[hotpotato]

but they're not going to potentially put the millions of $$ in sales at risk by disinviting the other guilty party.

Unless this is part of the plan.... to drag out the controversy. Mark my word... we haven't heard the last of the inequality in punishment.

[Revolting cat!]

You may be right, after all, Janet's next album is not yet ready for release.

[RepubMommy]

It will be interesting to see if they get involved :-)

Let's not hold our breath waiting on that one..

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

You may be right, after all, Janet's next album is not yet ready for release.

I presume that the theory is that the sheeple are so damned stupid that the sight of her bare right hooter will somehow make her album kinder to the ears. Sad, but probably true.

[solitas]

Technically, she wasn't uninvited - she was DISINVITED. You and I are uninvited because we've never been asked; she is disinvited because at one time she was invited and they've retracted it.

[Revolting cat!]

The Grand Ole Theory is that any publicity is good publicity, never mind the details!

[hotpotato]

Completely, totally, true. :-)