With a view to the premiere on Netflix of his documentary ‘Halftime’, Jennifer Lopez added more fuel to the fire generated after the controversial statements in which, he assures, it was “the worst idea in the world” to join it with Shakira to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl LIII.
According to the Diva from the Bronx, having been in the same show with the Colombian caused that, being both great stars of Latin origin, there would be a clash of moments: “We have to have our moment. It’s not going to be a fucking dance revue. This is the worst idea in the world, for two people to perform at the Super Bowl. It was the worst idea in the world.”
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JLo’s torture behind the scenes
After that controversial moment, Jennifer Lopez explained the difficulties that they had to go through behind the scenes just one day before the show, where they threw back an idea that the Puerto Rican had as a symbolism against the anti-immigrant policy of Donald Trumpwho was the president of the United States
“It was very important to me that my daughter told all the girls in the world to raise their voices. This is not about politics, this is a human rights issue, ”explained she, the actress and singer, who planned to have girls locked in cages during her presentation.
“I got a call from Benny (his manager) and he said, ‘They want to remove the cages.’ That night, the NFL brass saw it for the first time and said, ‘Hey, you can’t do that.’ To which she replied: ‘Remove the cages and sacrifice what I think would be like never having been there.’ And she said, ‘Benny, I don’t care what you have to do, we’re not going to change the show. The Super Bowl is tomorrow and we are not going to change.”
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