A New Year in Bad Behavior
Feb. 5 -- This column would've come out sooner, but after what transpired at the Super Bowl halftime show, the world was officially put on a delay.
As it stands, CBS has decided that the Grammy Awards broadcast Sunday will be on a 10-second delay just to make sure that if anything does happen like, say, someone losing their clothes, the viewing public will not be privy to the faux pas.
This network's resolution, of course, is a direct result of Janet Jackson's behavior since, invariably, as things have progressed, she has now taken full responsibility for her breast-baring stunt, in essence saying it was a "bad choice" on her part.
To quote the lyrics of one Grammy-winning artist, "I'm sorry, Miss Jackson."
A bad choice is when you pick heads and the coin comes up tails. Having someone rip off your top to expose your medallion-clad nipple to the largest television audience of the year is not a bad choice. It's just plain idiotic.
Of course, CBS' caution at the Grammys may not be necessary, since Jackson was told Wednesday that she wouldn't be part of the show. Jackson had been scheduled to take part in a tribute to Luther Vandross. The reason given was that Vandross himself would not be attending.
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My instincts tell me Miss Jackson made the decision to show a viable body part to take the heat off her brother, Michael, whose body parts, starting with his proboscis, seem to have caused him nothing but trouble.
It is a new year and already the boorishly wild events that have taken place are unprecedented.
We started with an intoxicated Britney Spears and her 55-hour marriage to her high school buddy Jason Alexander. A wild night in Vegas turned into a media hailstorm as the overtly sexed-up chanteuse turned her back on reality and walked the publicity death plank instead of the Little White Chapel wedding aisle.
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