Jennifer Lopez could not contain her feelings about sharing the Super Bowl 2020 halftime scene with her Latin pop star colleague Shakira in her new Netflix documentary “Halftime”, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on Wednesday night. . In a scene that spanned halfway through the show with music director Kim Burse, Lopez said it was “the worst idea in the world” for two people to share first half, according to Entertainment Weekly. “We have six fucking minutes,” Lopez told the film, according to Entertainment Weekly, noting that it gave her very little time to sing a good part of any song, although she had some hits to include in the show. “We have to have our moments in the song. It’s not going to be a dance inspection. We have to sing our message.” “This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl. It was the worst idea in the world,” the “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” singer continued. Shakira and Jennifer Lopez during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV halftime press conference on January 30, 2020. Rich Graessle / PPI / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In another scene of the film, Lopez’s longtime manager Benny Medina supported his client’s feelings. “Usually, you have a headliner in a Super Bowl. That headliner creates a show and, if they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice,” Medina told Entertainment Weekly. “It was an insult to say that you need two Latinos to do the work that an artist has historically done.” Entertainment Weekly noted that when artists such as Madonna and Lady Gaga won the Super Bowl in 2012 and 2017 respectively, they were each given over 13 minutes to play solo. Shakira and Jennifer Lopez appear on stage during the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images In the first scenes of “Halftime”, Lopez and Shakira appear in the early stages of planning their show. Lopez said unnamed NFL parties told her they would have about 12 minutes to appear together, but that the duration could likely be increased by a minute or two. The 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show ran for about 14 minutes in total, giving Lopez and Shakira about seven minutes each to perform a selection of their biggest hits. “If it was going to be a double, they should have given us 20 minutes,” Lopez said. NFL officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Some viewers were also unhappy with the 2020 halftime show for a different reason
Jennifer Lopez Receives MTV Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022. Kevin Winter / Getty Images
According to CNN, there was controversy in the aftermath of the show. According to the network, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received 1,312 complaints after the show from people who said the show was “inappropriate, especially for children.” Some of the complaints noted that “Lopez was dressed so casually” and some viewers disagreed with the fact that the singer of “Jenny From the Block” was dancing on a pole during her portion of the show, CNN reported. Lopez is constantly involved in the struggles she faced throughout her career as an actress, dancer and Latin pop star. In an interview published in February, he told Rolling Stone, “I think I’m an underdog. I always feel like I’m thinking down. Always.” “I always felt that I was not the one who should be in the room,” continued the mother of two. Netflix documentary “Halftime” follows Jennifer Lopez’s career. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images for the Tribeca Festival) The “Hustlers” star was honored with a Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022 on Sunday. During her speech, she identified the people who made the road to success more difficult. “Since you can not create the truth if you have not really experienced it, I have a different kind of ‘thank you’ list tonight,” Lopez said. “I want to thank all the people who gave me this life. I want to thank the people who gave me joy and those who broke my heart, those who were true and those who lied to me. I want to thank true love, and I want to thank the way I lied to myself because that’s how I knew I had to grow up. “ “I want to thank the frustration and failure that taught me to be strong and my children that taught me to love,” the Selena actress continued. “Halftime” is available to stream on Netflix on June 14.