Jennifer Lopez and Shakira‘s electrifying Super Bowl Halftime Show is widely considered one of the most revered in the history of Halftime Shows.
However, the lead-up to the 2020 extravaganza saw J.Lo sit less than impressed with having to share the spot.
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The revelation was made during the stage blazer’s aptly titled Netflix documentary film, ‘Halftime,’ which received its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival last night (June 8).
During a tense moment in rehearsal, a frustrated Lopez tells her sound director:
“We have six f—ing minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left. But, there’s got to be certain songs that we sing, though. We have to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f—ing revue. 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.”
Her longtime manager Benny Medina later adds:
“Typically, you have one headliner at a Super Bowl. That headliner constructs a show, and, should they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. It was an insult to say you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done.”
Elsewhere, Lopez – in a firm but assured moment – opened up about the backstage controversy surrounding cages she chose to feature in her performance:
“For me, this isn’t about politics. This is about human rights. I’m facing the biggest crossroads of my life, to be able to perform on the world’s biggest stage, but to take out the cages and sacrifice what I believe in would be like never being there at all. There was a part of me that just got very zen and I was just like, ‘Benny I don’t care what you have to do, we’re not changing the show. The Super Bowl is tomorrow and we’re not changing anything.'”
During a conversation with Shakira, J.Lo also quipped:
“If it was going to be a double-headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes,” Lopez finishes. “That’s what they should’ve f—ing done.”
‘Halftime’ hits Netflix on June 14.