MTV Boasts Janet Afterwards: "Janet Gets Nasty!"

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[GulliverSwift]

A network insider insisted that nothing like last night's bodice-ripping had happened during rehearsals, which were closely watched by CBS suits to make sure there was no hanky-panky, except of course the simulated-sex dance. "That's why the rehearsals were so closely watched," the CBS insider said.

But while CBS was protesting its ignorance and innocence, MTV -- both are owned by Viacom, remember -- was still bragging about it as of midnight.

"Janet Gets Nasty!" MTV crowed on its Web site.

"Janet Jackson got nasty at the MTV-produced Super Bowl Halftime Show," the cable network boasted.

"Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time. You know what we're talking about . . . Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and a kinky finale that rocked the Super Bowl to its core," the network enthused.

"MTV was Super Bowl central, so armchair quarterbacks, fair weather fanatics and fans of Janet Jackson and her pasties were definitely in the right place."

MTV's Web coverage goes on to say that "the organizers of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show had hoped that a surprise guest would get people talking long after the game, but they wound up with one more surprise than they had bargained for."

Bad boy Timberlake, however, apparently reconsidered the play -- maybe he got worried that CBS would uninvite him from performing at next Sunday's Grammy Awards. Timberlake said he did not intend to expose Jackson's breast, calling it a "wardrobe malfunction."

The NFL did not share MTV's enthusiasm for the halftime surprise, saying in a statement that "it's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime."

[BunnySlippers]

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[ItsOurTimeNow]

but depicting an act of violence at a woman.....yeah even such as she....

I can see the rapist's excuse now. "But...Justin Timberlake did it, and nothing happened to him!"

[Steve_Seattle]

This whole show seemed out of character for the NFL, which is usually a lot more careful with its image.

[GulliverSwift]

"Justin Timberlake did it, and he's not even straight!"

[moonman]

HEY! Get that guy at the bottom left-hand corner off the picture!! LOL

[NYCVirago]

To be sure, I am no shrink. However, I admit to speculation that Ms. Jackson was (consciously or unconsiously) enabling her other dysfunctional sibling (Michael) when she did this. In an attempt to distract people away from him, she displays her own illness. Frankly, I think the entire Jackson family should be in therapy.

I lost what little respect I had for Janet Jackson when she showed up in court to support her pedophile brother. People who enable child molestors are reprehensible. And as somebody else put in on another thread, LaToya's looking like the only sane on in that family now!

[gaspar]

I wonder what Sumner M. Redstone (nee Murray Rothstein), the world's greatest schlock merchant, has to say about this. It should have made him proud.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

You mean to tell me that you don't believe every woman enjoys wearing uncomfortable metal spiky things on their boobs all the time? Why, I never leave home without mine....

LOL!!!

My wife's reaction to this was similar.

[GSWarrior]

MTV is for perpetual adolescents.

[thesummerwind]

"Tourist Guy" has a boil on his head.

[Freebird Forever]

That face of hers looks faintly familiar, yet darker.

Where have I seen a freak who looks and acts like that?

You may be thinking of her big sister La Toya. If Janet were to add a boa constrictor to her act, they could be twins.

[lilylangtree]

Not impressed with Jackson (whose brother is Wacky Jacky--must run in the family), Timberlake (the pervert), CBS nor MTV for pulling a stunt like this. Makes me think of Roseanne playing with her crotch a few years ago while singing the national anthem. Bad taste! Porn! All involved should be penalized for indecent exposure.

[SerpentDove]

"...closely watched by CBS suits to make sure there was no hanky-panky, except of course the simulated-sex dance."<<

This sentence alone leaves CBS without excuse.

[rintense]

The biggest shock from this is that Justin is actually straight.

So was George Michael.

[wildbill]

No one yet has mentioned the guys dancing in briefs with garter belts on--I thought that was more decadent than the bumping and grinding between Jackson and what's his name.

[Jerry Attrick]

What WAS planned AND rehearsed was the "apology" by Timberlake, MTV, etc.

[Technogeeb]

You mean to tell me that you don't believe every woman enjoys wearing uncomfortable metal spiky things on their boobs all the time? Why, I never leave home without mine....

So...err...umm...what are you doing next Saturday?...

[yoe]

I do remember some garter belts - the whole talent-less act seemed stolen from Cabaret. I wasn’t going to watch the dang thing, but the game was good and when half time came, I hoped to see something other than the tasteless, music-less, pathetic acts we saw.

Was Paul Tagliabue really responsible for the entertainment?

Whoever was responsible should have had something like Up With People or some other American performers with talent; one of our many excellent bands saluting our country and our Men and Women in uniform. What an offensive, distasteful half time, when the NFL and associates could have made America look good instead as I've said before, the NFL came off looking like a Pigsty.

[Paul_B]

We've got troops halfway across the world risking their lives and the NFL puts on this demoralizing trash. America should have shown her best face at this international event. Her haters, believe me, are having a field day today, and the Islamists are gaining currency.