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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 03: Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

60SecondBuzz: Super Bowl Halftime Show Leads To Cries Of Double Standards–And Jussie Smollet Playfully Announces He’s The Gay Tupac!

Kiss FM Detroit February 4th, 2019

Jussie Smollett strikes emotional chord: Attackers won’t win…

Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional and defiantly determined Saturday night at a Southern California concert.

Hetold the crowd before singing a note that he had to go on with the show because he couldn’t let his attackers win.

“The most important thing I can say is ’thank you so much, and I’m OK,” said the “Empire” actor and R&B singer from the stage at the Troubadour in West Hollywood in his first public appearance since he reported to police in Chicago on Tuesday that two masked men had assaulted him and put a rope around his neck while using homophobic and racial slurs.

“I’m not fully healed yet,” said Smollett, who is black and openly gay, “but I’m going to be, and I’m gonna stand strong with y’all.”

“I had to be here tonight, y’all. I couldn’t let those (expletives) win,” he said to screams and cheers from the packed room of about 400 people. “I will always stand for love. I will only stand for love.”

His small band then launched into an upbeat song and he broke into dance, wearing a simple white buttoned shirt, white sneakers and black jeans, shuffling across the front of the stage and at times standing defiantly with a fist in the air.

Smollett told the crowd he wanted to clarify a few things…

He said he was bruised but his ribs were not cracked.

He went straight to the doctor but was not hospitalized, and physicians in both Chicago and Los Angeles cleared him to play but told him to be careful.

“And above all, I fought the (expletive) back,” he said to cheers.

Then he paused and said, emphatically but with a laugh, “I’m the gay Tupac.”

Bravo Jussie…

We stand behind you.

 

So Adam Levine Can Go Shirtless During the Halftime Show but Janet Jackson Gets Blasted?
Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 03: Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Well besides the lackluster performance from Maroon 5 during Sunday night’s halftime show, viewers took to social media to question why it was okay for Adam Levine to go shirtless during his performance while Janet Jackson was blacklisted back in 2004 when Justin Timberlake accidentally exposed her nipple during the halftime show.

Jackson missed out on the Grammys that year because she refused to apologize to CBS for the nip slip, and she’s never been invited back to perform.Timberlake, on the other hand, performed during halftime in 2018.

Criminal Minds actress Aisha Tyler tweeted, “Why is it okay to see Adam Levine’s boobs and not Janet Jackson’s? Asking for a friend.”

George Takei tweeted, “Hey Superbowl people: Many of us actually ONLY tune in to see the halftime show. So going with Beyoncé, Janet and Lady Gaga increased your audiences, and by a lot. This year? Sorry. Straightforward Adam Levine wasn’t going to do it, even with two nipples showing.”

Do YOU think there’s a double standard when it comes to men bearing their chest and women doing so?

Should Janet be invited back to perform for a halftime performance?

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