CBS is claiming it had no idea that a Super Bowl half-time dance routine with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake would feature the pop diva going partially topless.
But four days before Ms. Jackson assaulted tens of millions of TV viewers during the family hour with her R-rated moment, a press release by the company producing the show boasted that her dance would be "shocking."
"I don't think the Super Bowl has ever seen a performance like this," Jackson choreographer Gil Duldulao said in a press release posted to MTV's Web site on Jan. 28.
"The dancing is great. She's more stylized, she's more feminine, she's more a woman as she dances this time around. There are some shocking moments in there too."
CBS and NFL switchboards were flooded with complaints as millions of families gathered to watch what was supposed to be a wholesome family-oriented TV sports event.
But instead, a song laced with Timberlake's allusions to getting Jackson naked ended with him ripping off part of her top, exposing Jackson's tassled breast.
A statement issued by the NFL said it was unlikely that MTV would ever be allowed to produce another Super Bowl half-time show.
But despite the music network's boast that the "shocking" routine would show Jackson as "more of a woman as she dances around," CBS is calling her nudity "unexpected."
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