That didn't work from a staging perspective, they all concurred.
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A police escort assured swift passage to the stadium.) Originally, Jackson was going to be wearing a tearaway skirt and at the end of "Rock Your Body," to go with the line "gonna have you naked by the end of this song," Timberlake was going to rip that off, under which she'd be wearing a full jumpsuit. (He also flew to Los Angeles after rehearsal and returned to Houston that Sunday morning, landing 20 minutes before the halftime show started. They had very little individual time with each artist, "especially Justin, because he was flying in from Europe," Frattini says. Diddy's lyrics and the NFL's worry that Kid Rock wearing an American flag might offend people, in a he's-disrespecting-the-flag-by-wearing-it way). Steeg recalls drawing up about two and a half pages of notes of concerns and recommended changes-and Frattini remembers receiving all sorts of notes from the NFL and CBS (including concerns about some of Nelly's and P. McCarthy-Miller says they only had access to the field on the Thursday night before Super Bowl Sunday, so they ran through several full dress rehearsals at that time. Steeg, former MTV Senior VP Salli Frattini and Beth McCarthy-Miller, director of the Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show paint a picture of a tight squeeze to get everything ready for game day. At a press conference, Diddy promised "some surprises I think, maybe, y'all will have to see," and an MTV release stated there would be "shocking moments." In an interview, Jackson teased that there'd be "a special guest" joining her onstage. So when someone suggested adding Timberlake, Steeg thought it was a great idea-and they decided to make it a surprise. He spoke to CBS' then-chairman and CEO Les Moonves, who assured him everything would be fine, he'd make sure the show would be "first class and there'd be no problem," Tagliabue shares. Tagliabue, too, remembers being on his guard due to the "misogynistic lyrics" in hip-hop. Timberlake was a late addition to the halftime show lineup, a response to concerns-spelled out in a letter to then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue from Houston Texans owner Bob McNair-about the proposed talent, which at the time included Jackson ("the least concern," recalls Jim Steeg, director of NFL Special Events), Nelly, P. "Yeah, she's fine in the video too!" he exclaims. Kirkpatrick begins, "We love Janet for a whole lot of reasons," and his mate cuts in again with, "Yeah, like she's fine."Īnd when Kirkpatrick extols the "coolest, most laidback groove" in the video for "That's the Way Love Goes," Timberlake can't help himself.
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"When things were first starting out for 'N Sync, Janet took us with her on the Velvet Rope Tour and taught us what being professional is all about," Kirkpatrick says. But nowhere does he seem more outclassed than when he and Chris Kirkpatrick are presenting Jackson with the inaugural MTV Icon honor in 2001 and Timberlake is comfortable playing the lascivious goofball. Timberlake is seen in multiple interviews from that time fanboying hard over Jackson. Jackson's association with Justin Timberlake dated back to 1998, when she tapped up-and-coming boy band 'N Sync to join her on The Velvet Rope World Tour. Michael Musto, a former columnist for the Village Voice, recalls Jackson telling him when he interviewed her in 1984, "'I wouldn't mind doing a video with Michael, if they have any parts for chubby girls.'"įrank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images Syncing Up And in a separate chat on Larry King Live, she reveals her childhood nickname "Donk" (which her brothers called her) was short for donkey, from supposedly having "a body shaped like a donkey." Jackson says, "I got teased a lot as a kid." In old interview footage, Jackson talks about going into wardrobe on Good Times at the age of 11 and having her chest taped down, and soon after was told to lose weight. Janet Jackson, the 10th and youngest child of Joe and Katherine Jackson, was born into the entertainment business and got her first taste of solo success as an actress, starring on Good Times and then finding roles on Diff'rent Strokes and Fame. But that didn't mean the path she'd chosen was easy, even if she had a few brothers blazing the trail ahead of her.Īs a Black performer, "there is a double, triple standard that she had to live up to, at a very impressionable age," notes Cathy Hughes, founder and chairwoman of media company Urban One Inc.
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