Rihanna’s “Lewd” Super Bowl Show Slammed By Louisiana GOP In Letter

Politicians hope Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl LIX performance isn’t “lewd” like Rihanna‘s NFL Halftime joint. Nola.com reported that 17 Republican Louisiana legislators sent a letter to the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the Louisiana Stadium and Expo District asserting that taxpayers should have more say in what is performed at the big game on Sunday (Feb. 9).

The reason? Well, they claim that the Louisiana people are “seriously concerned” that the 2024 Super Bowl will include inappropriate acts at the supposedly “family friendly” affair. The legislators used Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Rihanna as examples of past “lewd” performances to avoid, which they claimed generated “thousands of viewer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and on social media.”

The missive pointed out that J. Lo “wore little clothing and was groped by male and female dancers on stage, while the performer made sexually suggestive gestures and performed on a stripper pole” in 2020, allegedly infuriating thousands of parents. As for Janet and Rih, the GOP politicians didn’t hold back on their past performances, stating that they “violated” laws and “offended” viewers nationwide.

“Further, who can forget the infamous 2004 halftime show with Janet Jackson disrobing? Jackson’s exposed bare breast was excused by one of her fellow performers as a ‘wardrobe malfunction,’ but it initially generated a fine against CBS from the FCC for more than $500,000,” the note read. “Had that 2004 performance taken place in Louisiana and been proven to be intentional, it would have violated Louisiana’s obscenity law (R.S. 14:106) which prohibits such public exposure.”

“At the 2023 halftime show, performer Rihanna was shown groping herself while she sang song lyrics that were so offensive that few Louisiana adults could read those lyrics before an audience without shame. The irony is that, although we (the signers of this letter) refuse to repeat these lyrics in writing in this letter because they are so offensive, the national promoters of the 2023 performance had no such qualms about allowing the singing of such lewd lyrics in front of millions of children in the stadium and on television.”

And while they didn’t mention Kendrick Lamar by name, they urged him and other performers to keep the American public’s best interest in mind. Furthermore, legislators called for future Super Bowls held in Louisiana to include contracts guaranteeing that the performer’s Halftime Show “adheres to Louisiana’s community decency standards.”

Kendrick Lamar and SZA are set to hit the stage at Caesars Superdome for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 9).