Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show attracts 103 FCC complaints for the performance being indecent and filled with ‘lewd content’

Fans are outraged over Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show.


Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show attracts 103 FCC complaints for the performance being indecent and filled with ‘lewd content’

Rihanna (Image via The US Sun)

Super Bowl LVII was an entertaining game as two powerhouses in the NFL battle it out at the State Farm Stadium to win the World Champions tag. In the controversial end, the Chiefs sealed their victory with a field goal over the Eagles and won their second Lombardi Trophy in four years. Patrick Mahomes was declared the Super Bowl MVP for his stellar performance of leading Kansas City back from a 10-point deficit.

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Despite the game being one of the best ever played in recent years, it had fewer viewers than Pop Icon Rihanna’s halftime show. That’s right! The game had 113M viewers whereas the halftime show had 118M viewers as reported by FOX Sports. This was Rihanna’s first live performance since the 2018 Grammys. Rihanna was paid zero dollars for her performance but made a masterstroke as she promoted her beauty brand ‘Fenty Beauty’ which skyrocketed after her performance.

While Rihanna’s performance was well-liked by the majority of the people including LeBron James, J. J. Watt, and Shaquille O’Neal, the rest of the people were outraged by her performance and even called it one of the worst halftime shows in the history of the Super Bowl.

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Rihanna’s halftime show labeled too crude by fans

Rihanna (Image via The Globe and Mail)
Rihanna (Image via The Globe and Mail)

TMZ Sports reported that Rihanna’s performance was so disliked by people that they filed complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — a US federal agency that regulates television content — for her set being filled with sex-related lyrics or dance movements. A total of 103 complaints were made to the FCC detailing how Rihanna’s performance was really close to adult cinematography.

“I don’t care what someone worships but children shouldn’t be exposed to pornography and as an adult I don’t wish to see it … Where has decency gone? How about respect for others and self?” per TMZ Sports. One viewer said in their complaint, “This year the halftime show was so indecent I had to turn off the TV because of the pornographic content.”

People on social media also pointed out that Rihanna did a couple of unnecessary sexual moves like placing her hand in her groin region. The complaints also shared that the background dancers had way too many sexual moves that were highly inappropriate to be aired on national television. Rihanna didn’t dance like her usual self as she was pregnant with her second baby with rapper A$AP Rocky, but the few moves she did were also sexual in nature.

One viewer from Florida complained, “She spread her a** cheek at the crack. She rubbed her pants where her labia were three times.” Rihanna’s music was also criticized for being filled with sexual innuendos which weren’t PG-13. Rihanna has received a lot of heat for her halftime performance, so it’ll be interesting to see how this situation develops further and what the pop star has to say about these complaints.

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