Kid Rock says Super Bowl act is not remembered due to

Kid Rock blamed Janet Jackson for his Super Bowl performance not being memorable. 

The controversial singer appeared on Fox News‘ The Ingraham Angle on Monday, February 9. During his look, he spoke about Super Bowl LX and headlining Turning Point USA’s various halftime present. Laura Ingraham talked about that he carried out at the Super Bowl in 2004 and requested him about the NFL’s transition from him performing to Bad Bunny.

The Puerto Rican artist was the halftime performer at the current Super Bowl, amassing 128.2 million viewers and breaking NFL social media data. The NFL’s top three most-viewed social posts all got here from Bad Bunny’s performance. According to The New York Times, Turning Point USA garnered 6.1 million concurrent viewers on its YouTube channel.

“Well, first of all, no one remembers I played the Super Bowl cause that was when Janet Jackson showed her boob,” Kid Rock said, as he and Laura laughed. “No one even remembers I was on that thing.”

The 55-year-old then answered Lauren’s query, claiming the transition occurred in 2016 when former NFL participant Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest racial injustice and police brutality in America.

Kid Rock said that the transfer acquired plenty of people’s “panties in a bunch,” him included. He added that while he did not agree with Colin, he had the proper to communicate his thoughts.

Kid Rock went on to say that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had a “real problem on his hands” again then, and he was questioning how to “get out of this” while persevering with to make the “tens upon millions” he makes in a “predominantly Black league.” Kid Rock additional said that Roger noticed Jay Z as the answer.

Kid Rock said he respects Jay Z for his “hustle and music,” however then said it looks like the rapper was a “DEI hire.” He proceeded to say that Jay Z, in his NFL place, was going to “do right by his base” and named Kendrick Lamar as the halftime performer for instance.

Kid Rock said they “doubled down” this 12 months with Bad Bunny, claiming it was “another middle finger” to MAGA, conservatives and his base.

Kid Rock carried out at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime present in 2004, together with Janet, Justin Timberlake, Diddy, Nelly, and Jessica Simpson. While Justin and the All for You singer had been performing, he went to rip her bodice that was supposed to reveal a crimson lacy bra beneath. Things did not go according to plan, and Justin ended up exposing her proper breast on the broadcast.

Both artists had apologized for the incident. Janet said, “The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals. MTV was completely unaware of it. MTV, CBS, [and] the NFL had no knowledge of this whatsoever and, unfortunately, the whole thing went wrong in the end. I apologize to anyone offended, including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.”

“I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl. It was not intentional and is regrettable,” the Rock Your Body singer said.

While each artists had apologized, Janet was the only one who acquired fined and blacklisted by MTV and US radio. Over the years, many people have talked about the double requirements in how the two had been handled.

For instance, CBS revoked Janet’s invitation to current at that 12 months’s Grammy Awards while Justin was permitted to attend.