The New York Times is getting ready to release their full documentary on the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl debacle. The series titled, “The New York Times Presents Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson” will air on FX and Hulu starting this Friday at 10 pm. The documentary is set to explore different sides of the incident that took place in 2004. It seems important to point that out because something like that happening today is just called a Miley Cyrus concert. Naturally, it doesn’t get a lot of attention anymore. At the time society was seemingly not as open to nudity on national TV. Particularly not in the most-watched event of the year. Things got real bad between Janet, Justin, and the producers of the Super Bowl show that at the time were employed by MTV.
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“I was a wreck, personally, and I pretty much just lost it. I was in tears. People were crying. It was really upsetting. It’s very emotional. I felt betrayed,”
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“My instincts told me that there was a private conversation between wardrobe, stylist and artist where someone thought this would be a good idea, and it backfired.”
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“Janet never said anything to us. Here we are trying to ask the person that this has happened to … and she was gone,” Frattini then talked about Justin saying, “Then we sought out Justin. We pulled him aside one-to-one. ‘Justin, what just happened?’ He’s like, ‘That was never meant to happen. I was told you guys knew.”
Was it Janet’s idea then? Who really was to blame?