NBC has apologized for airing footage of M.I.A. flipping off the cameras while delivering the line “I don’t give a shit” during Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show. “The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show,” NBC said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. “Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.”
The
NFL have also issued an apology for the incident, but placed the blame
on NBC’s censors. “There was a failure in NBC’s delay system,” spokesman
Brian McCarthy said in a statement. “The obscene gesture in the
performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we
apologize to our fans.” According to McCarthy, M.I.A. did not use the
gesture in dress rehearsals for the show.
