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Posted on 02/03/2004 1:17:15 AM PST by kattracks
Janet Jackson apologized last night for her breast-baring bungle at the Super Bowl - but it did little to stem the growing tempest in a C cup.Nipplegate, which started as a halftime stunt, became a full-time national obsession yesterday - hitting even the highest reaches of government.
The head of the FCC decried Jackson's breast-baring end to her Super Bowl act with Justin Timberlake as "classless, crass and deplorable" - and kicked off a probe that could cost CBS big bucks.
As the controversy raged on, the superstar singer insisted the Super Bowl slip-out was simply an accident.
"It was not my intention that it go as far as it did," she said in a statement. "I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL."
Jackson said the stunt - seen by 89 million Super Bowl XXXVIII viewers - was a last-second decision she kept secret from CBS and MTV, which produced the half-time show in Houston.
Justin Timberlake was supposed to end their duet by tearing away Jackson's leather cup to reveal a red lace bra, according to an explanation by a spokeswoman for the singer.
But he ripped off Jackson's 36-C cup to unveil a sun-shaped metal ring crowning her nipple, as he sung, "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song."
Timberlake - who blamed the snafu on a "wardrobe malfunction" after the show - hardly seemed sorry last night. "Hey, man, we love giving you all something to talk about," he laughingly told "Access Hollywood."
No wonder most people were not buying the accident claim.
FCC chief Michael Powell was one of them and vowed to launch a "thorough and swift" investigation, which could lead to massive fines against CBS.
"That celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt," declared Powell, who watched the halftime peep show with his family. "Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better."
The White House weighed in, too - although President Bush did not see Jackson. "I don't want to admit it, but I missed it," the President said. "I was preparing for the day and fell asleep."
A White House spokesman said, "Our view is, it's important for families to be able to expect a high standard when it comes to programming."
Even Howard Stern was shocked. "I got fined more than a million bucks for talking about breasts. She showed one, on national TV," said the radio host, who called what Jackson did "just sad ... sort of desperate."
Meanwhile, an alphabet soup of apologies continued to pour forth from CBS, MTV and NFL.
CBS boss Leslie Moonves said the network was caught off guard by the MTV-produced halftime show. MTV and CBS are owned by Viacom.
"We are angry and embarrassed that this happened during our superb broadcast," Moonves told CBS employees.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue swore it would not happen again. "We will change our policies, our people and our processes before the next Super Bowl to ensure that this entertainment is far more effectively dealt with," he said.
Many radio talk-show hosts and parent groups said the excuses rang hollow.
"Is it another example of how our culture is going downhill?" said Sean Hannity of WABC Radio. "Of course it is."
Traditional Values Coalition executive director Andrea Lafferty fumed, "MTV's halftime show would have played well in an S&M strip bar - not on national TV during a sporting event seen around the world."
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If the first sentence is true, then Timberlake stripped her against her will in front of a national t.v. audience. But then she apologizes, instead of being outraged... I guess the first sentence isn't true... you think?
"Give us a couple steps Spider"
because of crap-tv's debacle a great football game will be overshadowed by this incident
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When HOWARD STERN thinks you've gone too far, you've gone too far!
Maybe if the FCC changed the fines so they were assessed on a per-unit basis (individual TV viewers, CD buyers, moviegovers, etc.) they would be able to levy fines that actually had a deterrent effect.
As it stands now, the fines are nothing more than very cheap publicity for sagging pop careers.
Howard does worse all the time, but his stuffs gets cleaned up before it goes on TV. Howard is more in shock that they managed to get it on TV, not in the stunt itself.
I think he's partly peeved (he's paid over a million in fines for violating the FCC's rules.) But he also said the strip show was "just sad ... sort of desperate", which doesn't sound like approval to me.
from what ive heard,MTV isnt allowed to do anymore super bowls im hoping its true
It's just part of the cutesy-Hollywood process. They pull a desperate-for-attention stunt and then follow it up with remarks to make sure it stays alive in the news.
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