Rihanna‘s halftime efficiency at Super Bowl LVII induced a ton of shock for people watching on TV … they flooded the FCC with complaints, saying her set was too massive on intercourse.
The general takeaway from the parents who felt compelled to complain about Rihanna to the feds … the lyrics and choreography have been manner too sexualized, with some viewers even evaluating it to porn.
TMZ obtained the 103 complaints made to the Federal Communications Commission — a U.S. authorities company that regulates tv — relating to this month’s Super Bowl broadcast … and virtually all of them needed to do with RiRi’s halftime present.
One viewer in California even in contrast Rihanna’s set to Kim Petras and Sam Smith‘s efficiency on the Grammys, writing … “I do not care what somebody worships however kids should not be uncovered to pornography and as an grownup I do not want to see it … Where has decency gone? How about respect for others and self?”
In Utah, one viewer bitched … “This 12 months the halftime present was so indecent I needed to flip off the TV due to the pornographic content material.”
Meanwhile, of us throughout the nation clutched pearls over the “overtly sexual dancing” and music content material heavy on sexual content material.
Rihanna was pregnant so she did not dance a lot … and a lot of the ire was directed on the background dancers, who some say made gestures that “have been patently offensive and fully inappropriate for youngsters.”
When RiRi did handle some dance strikes, they drew complaints too … with one viewer in Florida complaining, “She unfold her a** cheek on the crack. She rubbed her pants the place her labia have been 3 times.”
Of course, Rihanna’s present was a cakewalk for the FCC in comparison with one other Super Bowl halftime efficiency … keep in mind, the Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction on the 2004 Super Bowl generated 540,000 complaints!!!