Here Are Some of the FCC Complaints About Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Rihanna attends the "Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets" European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
It’s been a couple of weeks now since the much talked about halftime show and now we are seeing what a lot of viewers thought about it.
Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance only resulted in 103 complaints to the FCC, which seems low . . . especially given what seemed like MASSIVE media outrage.
Not surprisingly, those who did complain thought the performance, and the song lyrics, were too sexual.
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One person said, quote, “I don’t care what someone worships but children shouldn’t be exposed to pornography and as an adult I don’t wish to see it . . . Where has decency gone? How about respect for others and self?”
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Another said, quote, “This year the halftime show was so indecent I had to turn off the TV because of the pornographic content.”
Rihanna didn’t do a lot of dancing herself, since she was pregnant.
But at least one person didn’t like what they saw from her, saying quote, “She spread her [butt] cheek at the crack. She rubbed the front of her pants three times.”
FYI, the Janet Jackson / Justin Timberlake wardrobe malfunction in 2004 generated 540,000 complaints. (TMZ)
HOUSTON, TX – FEBRUARY 1: Justin Timberlake performs with Janet Jackson during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers at Reliant Stadium on February 1, 2004 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
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