Madonna Calls M.I.A.’s Super Bowl Stunt ‘Out of Place,’ ‘Irrelevant’
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The Queen of Pop is unsurprisingly unhappy that M.I.A. stole her thunder by flipping off America during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show. Madonna called into “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” today to publicly share her thoughts on the controversy.
“I was really surprised,” she said. “I didn’t know anything about it. I wasn’t happy about it. I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity it seemed negative. It’s such a teenager … irrelevant thing to do … there was such a feeling of love and unity there what was the point? It was just out of place.”
It remains to be seen if the FCC will fine NBC for M.I.A.’s stunt. After Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl exposure, the FCC increased the fine for each indecent act to $325,000, which means that M.I.A.’s combined expletive and middle finger could cost as much as $650,000.
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Seems to me that NBC should not be on the hook for $650k ….. they should hit M.I.A. with the fine since she’s the one who caused the problem.
Posted by: Diane in CA | February 10, 2012, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
MIA just screwed herself. HAHAHAHAHA!!! She’s an A$$!!!
Posted by: I_Love_Prof_Snape | February 10, 2012, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black…
Posted by: Daniel De Kok | February 10, 2012, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
Who flips the bird because they are “excited and caught up in the adrenaline rush”?!?!?! I can’t recall ever being tempted to do that!! Ha Ha Ha!!!
Posted by: Lee | February 10, 2012, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
Oh, the horror. Someone flipped a bird on TV! Wow! We really know how to blow things all out of proportion don’t we. A bird flipped during a visually busy half-time show is really so offensive. Please!
Posted by: DanC | February 10, 2012, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
Well, it was not right for her to do that without the lead persons aproval. The funny thing is, I was watching the whole show and I missed!!! I didn’t even know until the next day.
Posted by: Matt | February 10, 2012, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm
She should be fined for being so low class. Keep stuff like that at her show, not the Super Bowl.
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Yeah millionare rapists and criminals deserve to have things kept it classy along with their mouth breathing fan base. Now where are those wholesome cheerleaders and bikini clad beer slingers?
Posted by: RockyV | February 10, 2012, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm
I say no one should pay big bucks as quoted in the article for this type of a flimsy offense. Life is not kindergarten so who cares if she did this behind Madonna’s back, supposedly. Poor Madonna. To scrutinize this trivial occurrence so closely by the media and us readers a week after it has longed passed is what is funny to me. Life is so silly sometime. LOL
Posted by: DanC | February 10, 2012, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
I’d say the floral commercial was much worse. Personally, I am sick of GoDaddy and selling sex for the super bowl. I’ve got my kids, my friend’s kids, a huge super bowl party, and as that floral commercial continued we had to flip the station away, the GoDaddy one we flipped away…..I want to just put on the game and not worry about it, not have 9 year old boys sitting there getting all weird… In fact, I make a point NOT to support those products ,maybe the commercials will go away. I Love a beautiful women as much as the next guy, but I’m not there just with my buddies, I’m there with my whole family and my friend’s families, it’s a huge bash, and the commercials are constantly a pain in the neck to monitor.
Posted by: Not UR Average Joe | February 10, 2012, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm
I agree with Madonna. There was absolutely no reason to act like an idiot. It was disrespectfull and took great things away from a great production. She should be banned from NBC and other networks should not give her the time of day. Unprofessional and very immature. I hope her record sales go M.I.A!
Posted by: Ron | February 10, 2012, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
Punk rock? What? MIA proved she has nothing to offer beyond pop schlock.
Posted by: Diane | February 10, 2012, 3:43 pm 3:43 pm
Madonna? M.I.A.? Which to choose? Some old gruel or some rancid possum meat? Ok, give me the gruel. Go Madonna, and buzz off M.I.A.
Posted by: Randy | February 10, 2012, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
Why did anyone expect anything different, if they know the “parties” involved? Not shocked, and that’s why I purposely went to the bathroom and listened to some real music during halftime.
Posted by: jerry | February 10, 2012, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm
I guess I’ll never understand why anyone looks up to these skanks, but at least Madonna used to be decent-looking. M.I.A. is seriously ugly, inside and out.
Posted by: lauren | February 10, 2012, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
M.I.A. is “cool” just like the Sun sets in the East and rises in the West. Few are lamer than her. Only in this braindead time period could someone like her make a bucketfiul of money “performing”.
Posted by: Truth | February 10, 2012, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
@DanC – “I say no one should pay big bucks as quoted in the article for this type of a flimsy offense.” Baloney. I get that you’re probably a fanboy of hers but it isn’t as though she didn’t know going into this what the result would be. She knew it, she did it and she should pay the fine.
Posted by: glacia | February 10, 2012, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
” such a teenager thing to do”
Just like Madonna’s barely past teenage boy toy flavor of the month she’s dating
Posted by: Nick | February 10, 2012, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm
Just another chapter in the saga of useless spectacles known as Superbowl halftime shows … who friggen’ cares?
Posted by: yeah.i.said.it | February 11, 2012, 7:53 am 7:53 am
but M.I.A flips the bird in the video for the single…. Madonna’s New Give Me All Your Luvin Video…Madonna knew about that…
Posted by: Josh | February 11, 2012, 11:17 am 11:17 am
” such a teenager thing to do”
And making out with Britney Spears onstage is not?
Posted by: Mark | February 11, 2012, 11:18 am 11:18 am
Madonna is done possesed by da evil spirits. And dat go for da trash she hangs around wit. They are alls influenced by lucifer. All dem low lifes are goings to answer some day to the way they demoralizedd society. Madonna was calling her minions into battle when done performs at da super bowels. Shame on peoples for liking such evil people. Shame.
Posted by: 100 year ol colored fella | February 11, 2012, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
I had never heard of M,I,A before the Super Bowl and have not and will not be looking her up since then. I have no idea who she is, I just think that people being all put out about this type of stuff really need to get a life. This pathetic incident is not worth handing down a fine to anyone is my point. Once over everyone should have moved on.
Posted by: DanC | February 11, 2012, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm
BTW, what happened to the video delay that was implemented after the other scandal so that objectionable things could be removed? Maybe it was the Network’s fault for not blocking this out of the broadcast. Although I’m not complaining because a little bird flip is not something I personally would be so offended by.
Posted by: DanC | February 11, 2012, 9:17 pm 9:17 pm
i agree that the person who should be fined is MIA, who was ungrateful to Madonna, NBC and the NFL for this megachance to showcase her talents and messed the whole show up with her selfish actions. The FCC can properly have her arrested for indecency on the air and make it stick. Maybe a jail term will help MIA (aptly named, at least as far as her brains and manners are concerned) think and reflect a little about her life and how she is living it. whitney houston was a good person who made bad decisions and loved a man who led her into degradation and addiction. she was coming back and had a successful album again, but all those years of bad decisions with drugs took its toll, apparently. we all need to do serious rethinking about how we sabotage ourselves. as someone once said, “If somebody else tried to do to me what I am already doing to myself, I’d have them arrested!” Change your ways before it’s too late, MIA, and everybody else who is excusing an addiction, bad habit or crummy behavior (and you KNOW who you are!), KNOCK IT OFF! RIGHT NOW! Love yourself, but also love others and treat them and yourself right. Happy Valentine’s Day. It’s a great day to be loving and kind to someone and to start your life over doing it right for a change. Love, me
Posted by: wendymaddy | February 11, 2012, 9:19 pm 9:19 pm
I think it’s awesome how she did that! I’m so proud. I also thought it was funny. Maddona can go in line with the haters.
Posted by: DREAY | February 17, 2012, 8:14 pm 8:14 pm