Half-time show will be the Islamic call to prayer.
Posted on 10/22/2017 7:05:02 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Justin Timberlake has been confirmed as the headliner for this year's Super Bowl LII halftime show — but not everyone is firing the confetti cannons.
Folks haven't quite forgotten Timberlake's role in the supposed "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 halftime show with Janet Jackson, and how her career took a major hit while his star continued to rise.
The incident, referred to often as "Nipplegate," occured when Timberlake exposed Jackson's breast, which was adorned with a nipple pastie, during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVII. The planned nature of the performance was broadly debated, though Jackson's team said it was "unintentional."
Jackson was blacklisted by the NFL, and she and CBS were heavily fined by the FCC (later voided). Timberlake got off pretty unscathed, offering a short apology while accepting a Grammy Award at the very same ceremony Jackson had also been banned from.
Now, with Timberlake set to take the stage at the Super Bowl next year, many commentators have called for a Jackson cameo or a total change in billing.
Ray Rahman ✔ @RayRahman If Justin Timberlake doesn't bring out Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl halftime I'm gonna take a knee 8:18 PM - Oct 22, 2017
shauna ✔ @goldengateblond Congrats on getting the Super Bowl halftime show, @jtimberlake. Invite @JanetJackson for a duet. You, uh. Kinda owe her. 8:32 PM - Oct 22, 2017
Ashley Spencer ✔ @AshleyySpencer JUSTICE FOR JANET 8:24 PM - Oct 22, 2017
Tyler Dwiggins @T_Dwiggs Janet Jackson should get Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl Half Time slot. 8:49 PM - Oct 22, 2017
Oak•LAD•GSW @legendary_hoe Why is Justin Timberlake being invited to perform again when Janet Jackson is banned for life for something that was entirely his fault🙄 8:35 PM - Oct 22, 2017
A Definite Maybe @Pic_Nikk If Janet Jackson can’t ever perform at the Super Bowl again then Justin Timberlake shouldn’t be able to either 🤷🏾♀️ 8:13 PM - Oct 22, 2017
Crystal Methanny @RafiDAngelo Unless Justin Timberlake starts his set by introducing Janet Jackson with an apology and then continues watching quietly while she does 12 minutes of her catalog solo, the Super Bowl can keep this halftime show. 8:39 PM - Oct 22, 2017 23 23 Replies 580 580 Retweets 998 998 likes
The Super Bowl is set for Feb. 4, 2018 in Minneapolis. Yeah, we don't think this chat is over yet.
Sigh...i guess no musical talent was available...
Janet Jackson is a Muslim.
The NFL could announce that it is going to let Janet Jackson perform, and that Colin Kaepernick is going to be hired, his salary to be paid on a pooled basis by the league.
That’ll bring ‘em back, Roger.
Excellent - another No Fans Left scandal. Hopefully Justine will be playing to an empty house.
Obviously a racist decision.
Just so long as they don’t have Colon Kaeperdick do the NFL halftime show with a “wardrobe malfunction” of his own!!!! eeewwww
We could almost expect the NFL leftards to try something like that.....
Yup. And hopefully the ratings will be an all time low for this year’s Super Bowl.
Some would say clueless decisions are racist. It's funny beyond anything in MAD Magazine of my youth.
Half-time show will be the Islamic call to prayer.
If it was accidental and unplanned why was she wearing a pasty over her nipple? Anyways her nipple is ancient history these days and the NFL could have anyone they want to do the halftime show and I doubt many here on FR would care at all.
I think she divorced him and the main reason was that she didn’t particularly care for his religion.
I’m not going to watch.
Janet better hurry, I don’t think there will be very many more Superbowls.
2004 eh? So THAT’S when I quit watching pro football. My Sundays have been fabulous ever since. I haven’t missed any of it.
Is there ANYTHING the Left doesn't politicize these days?
10, 9, 8.......
Leni
Excellent question.
Nah...it's because she's a woman.
I am still in full boycott mode of the NFL. I refuse to watch until 99% of the players stand respectfully during the anthem. A few oddballs like Kaepernick I can overlook. Being on cable, Comcast knows all the time which channels my TV is tuned to.
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