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Pride still rocks Justin's granddad By Yolanda Jones Justin Timberlake called the Super Bowl halftime show that exposed more of Janet Jackson than expected an accident, and his grandfather who lives in Millington agrees. ''If you dance the way they dance in those garments an accident can happen, because the garments are thin,'' said the pop star's grandfather, Bill Bomar, in a telephone interview Monday.
''I am as proud as a man can be,'' Bomar said. ''I am so proud sometimes that I could bust the buttons on my shirt. I love my grandson and I think the entire thing was an accident.'' In a statement Timberlake made through his record company, Jive Records, he apologized for the incident. ''I am sorry if anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl. It was not intentional and is regrettable,'' Timberlake said in the statement. The incident occurred as Timberlake and Jackson performed a duet of his song ''Rock Your Body.'' Timberlake reached over and tore a piece of Jackson's black, cat-looking costume, exposing her right breast just as he belted out, ''I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song.'' The lights went out and CBS cut away from the stage, and afterward, no one discussed the brief performance on-air. But Monday was a different story. WREG-TV Channel 3 in Memphis, which broadcast the game on CBS, said Monday they fielded about 50 phone calls and E-mails from angry viewers about the halftime show. ''Most people just thought it was inappropriate,'' said WREG's general manager, Bob Eoff. Eoff, who was at the Super Bowl, said he didn't see the incident that has made headlines. ''I was sitting in seats more on the opposite side of the field near the 40-yard line and with the fireworks and strobe lights, the people where we were sitting didn't see a thing,'' Eoff said. He said CBS asked all its affiliate stations Monday to have viewers call CBS headquarters in New York with complaints. MTV, which produced the show, and CBS, which broadcast it, have apologized for the incident that they claim was ''unplanned'' and ''unre-hearsed.'' The Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation into the performance that FCC chief Michael Powell called a ''classless, crass and deplorable stunt.'' Jackson's official Web site was bombarded with angry postings about the incident. Her spokeswoman, Jennifer Holiner, said a red lace garment was supposed to remain when Timberlake tore off the outer covering. She said she was not sure whether Jackson's medieval-looking nipple decoration was meant to be seen but added that the singer does wear such jewelry. She said the incident was not planned, even though Jackson has a new album coming out soon. And on the MTV.com Web site an interview with Jackson's choreographer days before the Super Bowl promised there would be ''shocking moments'' during the performance.
- Yolanda Jones: 529-2380 The Associated Press contributed to this story. Copyright 2004, commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN. All Rights Reserved. |
