Okay guys, I can see that I am going to have to do the education on things not vanilla once again. There is no debate as to if Janet had a "tassle" or "pasties". The answer is none of the above. What she was actually wearing was a "nipple shield". She has stated in the past that she has various body piercings, nipples being one of the many. In this case, the only way to really keep nipple sheilds in place is with some sort of ring.
Don't believe me? Let's expand the photo in Photoshop (don't you love investigatvie reports?)
In this photo, I have cropped an mangified the area in question. I then sharpened it a bit. As you can clearly see, that is a nipple shield (and a nice one at that!). Her nipple can be clearly seen in this shot.
Nipshields can come in many styles. You might want to check this link out if you would like one yourself:
http://www.thechaingang.com/nipples/nipples.html
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Mark Saleski
dang, you learn something new every day.
first, ayn rand is the most important philosopher or the 20th century...and now this.
2 - Drakkus
This moment could have been a LOT worse than a costume "malfunction". Imagine if her boobs were as fake as her brother's nose......
It would have popped right off! :)
3 - Eric Olsen
Vic, you rule! How totally cool is your Ms. Tech ability!
4 - BRICKLAYER
I need to get me set of those. Shields, I mean.
I wonder if the will rub uncomfortably under my t-shirt...hmmmm, one can only hope.
5 - buggy d
Great, now I get to see Janet's boobs plus get an education on body piercing and all its accouterments. My penalty for watching the "Stupid Bowl." Next year I will just watch the Discovery channel.
6 - Ms. Tek
Well, I told you they had hairy elephant cock getting jerked off on PBS at the same time for the sake of science and education. It was very touching, actually. I cried.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/urbanelephant/index.html
7 - anonymous
The most boring, can't-catch-the-words-to the music, half-time Superbowl I've ever seen; should've turned the channel. Never should MTV be hired again!
8 - Linda
Desperate for entertainment these days, aren't we??
9 - Ms. Tek
Actually, no. The elephant thing was really good and had a happy ending. It made me cry because it was very touching and made one think.
10 - el-jefe
Justin Timberlake intentionally grabs Ms. Jacksons boob and pulls at it ripping off the "boob cover". Looks like sexual harassment in the work place to me, or that it was planned. and why didn't she "cover up" afterwards? hmmmmmm...
11 - Al Barger
OK Victoria- Ya got me on this. I did not spend enough time blowing up and analyzing exactly what was going on at the end of Janet Jackson's titty.
"Nipple shield" doesn't really mean much to me as a phrase- not ever having heard of such a thing before. Also, the nipple seems to be showing, and thus not SHIELDED. How far off from proper would I be to simply describe the accoutrement as a "nipple ring?"
12 - skitzoart
rock and shock ? so whats the big deal. it's just a boob!
13 - Ms. Tek
Al,
Way off if you said "nipple ring". Anyone who is into body mods would assume just a nipple ring, a barbell, or a doorhanger. A sheild is more specific. Then we know it encircles the whole nipple as well as has some sort of ring to keep it in place.
I have heard of nipple shields being held in place with "o" rings. That is more of an S&M thing, however.
14 - mike
Friend told me that with the added weight of nipple shields they just make breasts sag more - BOY she must wear em a lot - she is saggin already - ROFL
15 - lady luck
I thought that was the best part of the whole halftime. Well, the only part that was slightly entertaining, anyway. It most certainly appeared planned.... Of course with the age difference, maybe Justin was just getting hungry.....
16 - Lee Bartholomew
I don't think they are sagging. lol, She's got a wire shoving her tit up. Either way. She's pretty damn hot at 37. Might have to get this new album of hers.
As for whether it was intentional ornot. I'm thinking not. Though I think Justin intended to rip it off. I think that's obvious.
Guess it's a wait and see.
17 - Cyber Bum
Why are we as Americans so hung up on nudity. And sex. And drug use. And religion. And homosexuality. We are self-destructing as a society, and I'm glad I am watching from the outside, not the inside of this mess of humanity that we call 'American Society'. It's no wonder that the rest of the world laughs their asses off at us.
What a great country we live in. :(
18 - Thrillhouse
Ms. Tek,
I also watched (stunned, and with mild amusement) the elephant hand job. Actually, it was the reaction of the veterinary team that made me chuckle. A room full of people, overjoyed by a bag of elephant sperm...
The reunion of long separated friends was genuinely touching. I had no idea elephants could be so affectionate, or remember one another so well, after more than two decades apart. I'll take that over a cheesy, "shocking" publicity stunt any day.
19 - Sh0ck3d
I thought it was pretty entertaining and a definite shocker. I think it was probably A) A pubilicity stunt focusing on Miss Jackson's sexuality -- a big underlying driver of her up-and-coming album or B) Justin was supposed to rip off only the outer leather cover, and was supposed to leave the thin red bra underneath (based on what MTV/CBS had to say about an undergarment that was supposed to be there).
Either way, not bad! I think that overall the halftime show was completely overdone and I would have rather seen someone from the show Jackass setting himself on fire or the like (Maybe next year?).
20 - Adam Rumpke
Breasts at the Super Bowl and Elephant Masterbation in a blog ... Another reason for Al-Quida to hate America.
21 - Janet Lovee
I'm starting to believe that it was an accident. When I saw the "shield", I thought it was a pasty, but clearly it's not. Here's the full resolution video, for those who missed it:
Janet Jackson Oops video!
That certainly fits into the oops video category, I'd say. The claim is that there was some sort of sheer material that was supposed to be there, but which tore away. I guess the FCC will work that bit out.
Save us from our prudish selves, egh?
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22 - joe flabeets
the best part about tits is that you 2 of them
23 - Dew
I'm sure this has been said, but it seems like it was an accident. The rip was intentional the boob was not. Justin was only supposed to rip the black bustier and leave the red bra sparklin'. As we know he ripped too much.
24 - Morgan
I agree that if our society wasn't so backwards, this would be no big deal. We are taught that sex and nudity are bad. If we'd get our heads out of our asses and teach the young that they should be proud of their bodies and sexuality we'd probably end up with alot less rape and violent (sex related) crime.
25 - Name Anonymous
I heard the red lace covering was supposed to remain when Justin ripped that part of her outfit off (see how on the other side in the picture, there is red lace under the top. That's what her spokeswoman says. And look at their reaction in the animation - it's very likely that the red thing was not supposed to come off and that surprised them and that's why they called it an accident/malfunction.
Either way, it's NOT A BIG DEAL! Get over it. Britney is NAKED in her new video, and Lil Kim has done the exact same thing. Nothing new people!