However, one person who was not exactly excited about the halftime show before it took place was J.Lo. In an upcoming Netflix documentary, Halftime (to be released on June 14) about her career, the Super Bowl LIV halftime show is extensively covered and reveals that Lopez had many problems with the NFL during the series. For a start, Lopez was disappointed that she could not have the concert alone. “This is the worst idea in the world for two people to do the Super Bowl,” Lopez told her music director. “It was the worst idea in the world.” Much of Lopez’s frustration was the time constraints caused by the need to do the show with another performer. “We have six f —— minutes. “We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we have five left,” Lopez complained. “But there have to be some songs that we sing. We have to have our singing moments. It is not going to be a dance inspection ——-. We have to say our message. “ Lopez’s manager Benny Medina also expressed frustration at the documentary with his client sharing the spotlight with another artist. “Usually you have a headliner in a Super Bowl,” Medina said. “This headliner creates a show and if they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. “It was an insult to say that you need two Latinos to do the work that an artist has done historically.” “If it was going to be a double headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes,” Lopez said in the documentary. “That should have been done by f ——“. The singer / actress / dancer also clashed with the NFL over a part of the half that included kids in cages. As soon as the NFL realized this night before the Super Bowl, they asked Lopez to remove the cages. “We left the rehearsal and I noticed that everyone was scared, but I do not know why,” says Lopez. “Benny called me and said, ‘They want to pull the cages.’ That night, NFL executives saw it for the first time and said, “Well, you can not do that.” In a rare NFL defeat, Lopez refused to pull the cages and showed her the way she wanted to – other than doing it solo. 2. A brand new SI Media Podcast was released today and includes an interview with Bryan Curtis of The Ringer. Topics discussed include: Scroll to continue – Drew Brees on NBC Sports – The future of Pat McAfee’s NFL show – ABC / ESPN NBA Finals studio show – Is LeBron getting a podcast? After the conversation with Curtis, Sal Licata from WFAN / SNY in New York comes with me to the weekly section “Traina Thoughts”. This week, we take a deep dive into Kevin Durant who responds to Sal on Twitter and says that sports radio “makes him nauseous”. You can listen to the podcast below or download it from Apple, Spotify and Google. 3. Draymond Green, after a brutal game against the Celtics last night, made it clear that he will podcast after games no matter what. I know fans want and believe that after a game, players return to their hotel rooms, put on their pajamas, drink a glass of milk and watch some Netflix before bed. Newsflash: They do not. Some players play video games all night, some players go to a restaurant, some players enjoy a gentlemanly club, etc., etc. So stop worrying about Green making a podcast after a game. Not a big deal. 4. Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Guillermo did his annual track going to media day in the NBA Finals, and he was as good as ever. 5. Pat McAfee got a call from an 8-year-old on his show on Wednesday and no one could have predicted how the conversation would end. 6. After 13 consecutive defeats, each Angels beat used a Nickelback song as his walking music last night in hopes of changing the mojo. The Angels lost to the Red Sox, 1–0 and the losing streak is 14. 7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Happy Birthday to Michael J. Fox’s 61st Birthday. Be sure to check out previous releases of Traina Thoughts and take a look at the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
