‘One thing goes wrong and that’s it’: how Janet Jackson’s career was wrecked in a split second
‘One thing goes wrong and that’s it’: how Janet Jackson’s career was wrecked in a split second
Paula Varjack’s theatre show Nine Sixteenths looks back at the 2004 Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ controversy and what it reveals about the pressures on black women in the public eye
Weird, I don't remember it that way at all.
Janets career wasn't doing too well before the boob reveal. And the stunt seemed highly planned as a way to create a bit of buzz.
It just didn't turn out the way they wanted.
Buuut that's just how I remember it. Very typical Hollywood shenanigans.
I always assumed it was planned , since she was wearing a sun-shaped cover underneath. Why else would you wear one?
It sucks that the pearl-clutching media ostracized her so much.
Found the entire country that grew up without Eurotrash on TV.