More than two and a half years after her breast was exposed to nearly 100 million viewers during the Super Bowl, JANET JACKSON has finally spoken out about the debacle and insists she shouldn't have apologised. The ALL FOR YOU singer taped an appearance on the OPRAH WINFREY show on 7 September (06), where she discussed the fiasco for the first time. Jackson apologised for the "wardrobe malfunction" days after the event occurred, but now says she regrets saying sorry because it made her look guilty for something that was an accident.

The 40-year-old star told Winfrey she has not spoken with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE since their performance on 1 February 2004, when he infamously ripped her costume, leaving her partially naked. When Winfrey asked if she felt betrayed, Jackson would not answer directly, but said cryptically, "Loyalty comes first to me." Jackson, whose appearance on Winfrey's show will air on 26 September (06), claims she doesn't hold a grudge against the SEXYBACK singer and still considers him a friend.

interesting...

"Accident" my arse! That was planned. If it wasn't she wouldn't have had that big ole metal pastie on. Next up - Janet says Iraq had nuclear weapons.

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Krytonite said:

You know she's lying.

Oh please.

Just come clean already and say it was planned, but you didn't think the backlash would be so huge. Typical taurus--sticking to her story even though it's wrong.

sextonseven said:

Yeah that's some BS. Major points lost.

I swear there's something in the DNA of modern pop tarts that just makes them all complete fucking liars. The only one I've ever heard who doesn't sound like she's perpetrating a scam all the time is Kylie Minogue.

i've always thought it as an accident. when i had my nipple pierced i wore it whether or not i'd be on tv in front of millions of people. i still think it went further then it was intended to.

that said...who cares? shit was like 100 hundred years ago. (early morning edit)

Of couse she regrets it, she apologized and she still can't get on Mtv.

TommyRoss said:

I lost a bit of repsect for her when she made that lame apology. Who the hell was she apologising to?

Seriously, we heard of all those hlariously shielded from reality people who were "offended" by what she did, but do any of us actually know any of them?

I don't think it was an accident. I think it was planned by both her and Justin. Therefore, I don't think she should have apologized by herself. I think they both should have, at the same time during the same press conference taking responsibility for both of their actions.

Instead we had Janet apologizing, getting ridiculed and being blackballed, while Justin 'Now I wanna act like Prince' Timberfake pretended to be all dumbfounded and innocent. Which is pure bullshit, and another example of how narrow-minded and gullible the majority of the American public still is!

TommyRoss said:

Yep, I have to agree. She's full of shit.

I don't think any of us will ever know what really happened. With no evidence 2 support any arguement, all we have 2 go off of is our own theories.

BlaqueKnight said:

Please don't digress. It was Janets nipple afterall.

Shapeshifter said:

Right. What exactly was supposed to happen? What was the "accident"? I mean, Timberlake grapped her boob, pulled her clothes... did she forget to wear the "psyche!" sign underneath or what?

npgmaverick said:

No evidence? Justin sings the lyric "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song"; then rips off Janet's velcro thingy in perfect time with the music at "the end of the song". That's one hell of a coincidence.

She fucked up by apologizing. She blinked. Madonna woudn't have done shit except throw the incident in the publics face, record sales be damned. Make some good music to back up a fiasco.

Justin fucked up because it exposed him as a basic culture vulture who will drop you who he borrows from in time of trouble. Very foul.

calldapplwondery83 said:

This is what I always wanted to know. How was it an accident? How did it go too far? I wanted to see her with a damn mannequin wearing the same clothes she had on showing exactly what they intended to happen.

First of all, I'm not one of those "pure, holy than thou, classy" types. I enjoyed the hell out of looking at Janet's nipple, and women's tits and ass, period. If you don't like sexually, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ON A PRINCE WEB SITE? But I do believe it was planned, but I believe it was Timberlake's idea, Janet went along with it. What do I point the finger at him, think about it, it was his performance, he wrote the lyrics to Rock Your Body including "gonna have you naked by the end of this song". It's common sense, all Janet did was "dance" around him and wait for the moment to come for him to pull the piece off her dress. Of course Janet's not innocence, she was dumb enough to participate in that shit, but to lay the blame squarely on her is stupid. I would understand it if she did a strip tease, and took off the piece herself, but that's not the case. I still think to this day Timberlake is a punk-bitch for letting his partner, yes partner, take the blame.

But the media need to stop frontin, that moment only lasted less than 2 seconds at the most. Nobody probably saw it live, and if they did, it wasn't long enough to recognize. But the media showed the moment on TV over and over again, and played it in slow motion. But I love it. Keep it comin.

Thriller81 said:

I don't believe this theory to be true but even if it was, Janet is a strong enough woman to make up her own mind about things. She's not going to be Justin's puppet. Ultimately she had a deciding factor into the stunt as well.

I'll never get past Justin's cowardice. Maybe, just maybe his handlers warned him about saying anything more but either way I think he could and should have stepped up. There comes a time when you have to be a man and not a celebrity.

But what bothers me most about the whole thing is that Janet would even partake in something so ridiculous. I emphasize Janet because she is the elder of the two and I expect a little bit more sensibility and because she would be the one with the most to lose should things go awry. And it did.

I'm sorry to say but as black woman, she needed to rethink that whole situation. I'm surprise they didn't blame her for the missing WMDs. Oh wait, I think they did at one point.

sallysassalot said:

I agree. I'm with you: it very well could have been an accident. Just because she was wearing nipple jewelry doesn't mean that much. In fact,she may have worn her nip-shield just in case there was a mal-function, so her whole breast wouldn't have been exposed.

As far as the "illusion" or "costume reveal" if that's what it was supposed to be, I bet it was a group decision-her choreographer's and Janet's--maybe Justin had some input. But I think it was more Janet's creative team. And during that time those "costume reveals" were really popular, so it could have very well been true that the red "bra" should have remained attached.

But I also agree, the news is so old that what does it matter now anyway? The damage is done in spite of her explanation--and really even it could be proved there was a malfunction, I just don't think people would let it go.

Also, if I remember correctly Janet apologized for offending people. Didn't she say it was an accident?

It doesn't really matter now. What's done is done.
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Jesus Christ, you guys are really making Justin Timberlake look good and innocent.
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Thriller81 said:

Well, I just wish he had stepped-up--or been more vocal about defending Janet. Didn't he attend the Grammy's right after the incident on condition he apologize? Janet refused to go or something.

I don't remember exactly. But he could have been more vocal in his defense and at least accepted some responsibility for "agreeing" to do the reveal or stunt (if that what it really was) in the first place.

Isel said:

How about full responsibility? People want to talk about Janet, lets talk about him. I honestly believe it was his idea. "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song" Those aren't Janet's lyrics, it's his.

It was his song, his performance, his hand ripping the piece off. This is getting retarded, if was Janet creative team's idea, she tricked him, Janet was stupid for agreeing to do the performance, she embarrassed black women, that's bullshit.
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