{"id":17964,"date":"2022-01-31T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T02:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=208876"},"modified":"2022-01-31T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T02:30:30","slug":"janet-jackson-addresses-super-bowl-scandal-justin-timberlake","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/janet-jackson-addresses-super-bowl-scandal-justin-timberlake\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson Addresses That Long-Standing Super Bowl Scandal With Justin Timberlake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_208878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208878\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208878\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-2921074.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson Justin Timberlake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOUSTON, UNITED STATES: Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform at half-time at Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium, 01 February 2004 in Houston, TX. Credit:\u00a0 JEFF HAYNES\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans were completely divided when <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/janet-jackson-donald-trump-spotify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janet Jackson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jamie-lynn-spears-britney-justin-timberlake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Timberlake<\/a> appeared on the 2004 Super Bowl halftime stage only to be embroiled in a massive scandal. During the duo&#8217;s performance of &#8220;Rock Your Body&#8221;, the former NSYNC member was supposed to rip a portion of Jack&#8217;s bodice to reveal a red cutout. Instead, the artist&#8217;s whole breast was exposed.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission received 500,000 complaints, CBS was fined $550,000 USD and the NFL was asked to refund the $10 million fee to the halftime sponsor. The blame game ensued. If we&#8217;re speaking in 2022 terms, Jackson was wrongly &#8220;cancelled&#8221; while Timberlake was mostly unscathed by public opinion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Janet Jackson on Halftime Show Controversy in Rare Oprah Interview | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/up-353i_VNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jackson has rarely addressed the performance until now. In her newly-released namesake documentary, <em>Janet Jackson,\u00a0<\/em>the singer and actress revealed that Timberlake had reached out to her shortly after the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked, once,\u201d she said in the new four-part series. \u201cAnd he said, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I should come out and make a statement. I have something to say.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Listen, I don\u2019t want any drama for you. They&#8217;re aiming all of this at me. So, if I was you, I wouldn\u2019t say anything.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JANET JACKSON. | Extended Trailer | Lifetime\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPHFcDHJYTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Together Again&#8221; artist also added that her family was also impacted by the hysteria. \u201cA lot of it I didn\u2019t see, but I couldn\u2019t get away from it,\u201d she added. \u201cPeople wishing ill of you. Coming up to my brothers and saying things. Wishing I would be put away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 Timberlake issued a public apology to Jackson (<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/justin-timberlake-talk-britney-spears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as well as Britney Spears<\/a>) on Instagram. \u201cI am deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn, or did not speak up for what was right,\u2019 he wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLMxYbGhTno\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLMxYbGhTno\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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