

Her album Damita Jo, released the month after the Super Bowl, became her first album since 1984 not to hit No. While Timberlake’s solo career continued to flourish, Jackson faced some of the lowest points yet in her professional life. The “Mirrors” crooner agreed, but the network claimed Jackson did not.

CBS, which aired both the Grammys and the Super Bowl, later said that both musicians were told they could only appear at the awards show if they apologized on-air. Though both the “If” singer and Timberlake were scheduled to perform at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards later that month, only one of them did. When you have everyone whispering about you and the majority of it is not favorable, that can pull you to a different place.” … It can take its toll on you emotionally, so I just stayed focused on my work, stayed close to friends, stayed in touch with family and that was enough for me to pull through. She continued at the time: “A lot of it I didn’t see, but obviously, you couldn’t get away from it because it was everywhere: People wishing ill of you, people coming up to my brothers and saying things, wishing I was put away. So, I said, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t say anything.'” “I said, ‘Listen, I don’t want any drama for you, they’re aiming all this at me. “ talked once and he said, ‘I don’t know if I should come out and make a statement, and this or that, or say something,'” the Grammy winner told her brother Randy Jackson in 2018, which aired during Saturday’s episode of the documentary. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.”

“It was not my intention that it go as far as it did.

“The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals,” she said in a video statement released one day after the performance. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake Rhona Wise/EPA/ShutterstockĪt the time, Jackson shouldered most of the blame for the viral moment, which partly inspired the creation of YouTube.
