M.I.A. gives America the finger during Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show

The eagle of halftime show infamy has landed - rapper M.I.A. flipped "the bird" to American audiences at the Super Bowl.

The Paper Planes' singer joined Madonna during a gilded and gladiator-filled halftime spectacular on Super Bowl Sunday in Indianapolis, and gave pyrotechnics a run for their money with a special gesture of her own.

While sharing the stage with Madonna and Nicki Minaj during the song "Give Me All Your Luvin," M.I.A. -- in Cleaopatra gear and black stiletto boots -- gave the middle-finger insult directly to a camera for a full second.

Janet Jackson's 2004 "wardrobe malfunction" in which her breast, with a nipple guard, became exposed during her halftime show with Justin Timberlake has been a difficult-to-top moment in TV history.

Jackson’s indiscretion resulted in a $550,000 fine levied by the FCC against CBS for airing the uncensored, highly controversial moment.

Rapper M.I.A. gives America the finger during Madonna

[MrCee]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzOEijWdr6o]M.I.A Flips off camera in super bowl half time show - YouTube[/ame]

[gifted chick]

u know i was watching and didnt notice.... and i thought the scrambled screen was jus a camera issue haaaaaa .. ma girl MIA

my chain hits ma chest when im bangin on the dasboard!


madge did her thing still

[MrCee]

she was trying to get some publicity with that skirt flash too. Lets see how this turns out. I'm monitoring her twitter....lol Twitter

[gifted chick]

her background is threatening to give me a seizure

[gifted chick]

MissyElliott Missy Elliott @ @MIAuniverse I c ya Bad Girl! My chain hit my chest when I'm banging on da dashboard! Yup!

but yo.. what'd i say bout that line... ish cray

[MrCee]

Originally Posted by gifted chick but yo.. what'd i say bout that line... ish cray

Missy said it? Oh wow.....somebody better trademark it quick

[MrCee]

The NFL and a major television network are apologizing for another Super Bowl halftime show. There was no wardrobe malfunction, nothing like that glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple eight years ago that caused an uproar and a government scrutiny. Instead, it was an extended middle finger from British singer M.I.A. during Sunday night's performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin.'" In front of some 110 million viewers on NBC and uncounted others online, she flipped the bird and appeared to sing, "I don't give a (expletive)" at one point, though it was hard to hear her clearly. The NFL and NBC wasted little time in responding. "The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing and we apologize to our fans," said Brian McCarthy, spokesman for the NFL, which produced Madonna's halftime show. The risque moment came during the biggest TV event of the year. The screen briefly went blurred after M.I.A.'s gesture in what was a late attempt — by less than a second — to cut out the camera shot. "The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show," NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey said. "Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers." M.I.A. is best known for her 2007 hit "Paper Planes," a Grammy nominee for record of the year that memorably features a sample of the Clash song, "Straight to Hell." It was featured on the soundtrack to the movie "Slumdog Millionaire." After the incident, McCarthy said that M.I.A. had not done anything similar during rehearsals and the league had no reason to believe she would pull something like that during the actual show. M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show - Yahoo! News

[Mz K]

Why are people so uptight about the middle finger? it's not like most children didn't know about it by 1st grade...

[T.r.i.n.i.]

I didn't notice that at ALL. it was so quick.... I did noticed Janet's nipple though... live. It was FANTASTIC

[gifted chick]

Originally Posted by MrCee Missy said it? Oh wow.....somebody better trademark it quick

and both ur girl riri and kanye endorsing it... so ye.. and ciara if anyone cares

[MrCee]

Originally Posted by gifted chick and both ur girl riri and kanye endorsing it... so ye.. and ciara if anyone cares

they probably like the car action not that chain hitting chest phrase

[gifted chick]

Originally Posted by MrCee they probably like the car action not that chain hitting chest phrase

u jus mad cuz ur chain aint long enough to hit ya chest when u banging on ya dashboard

[MrCee]

Originally Posted by gifted chick u jus mad cuz ur chain aint long enough to hit ya chest when u banging on ya dashboard

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