JANET JACKSON.

a new low for prime-time television.

the riff around the world.

The r-rated superbowl half time show.

is that good?

why are you laughing?

'cause you're making music over there.

No, I'm not.

-see? -It's crunchy!

-look at this. -hm?

Yeah. Justin and his team have been trying to contact us

about you doing the superbowl.

looking back on what happened,

I mean, would you wanna do this superbowl show?

Not really. And we have history with cbs.

Yeah, we do.

When I think about it,

would it be nice to be able to perform? Yes.

You know, our family, we love entertaining.

But on the flip side of it, it's... It's...

You know, it's dragging up the past.

Reliving something that happened over... Over ten years ago.

Who did justin first in our family?

-Was it jacky? -It...

They opened for me.

-Nsync opened for me. -Oh.

And then I got to know justin.

the first show I directed, choreographed,

was the superbowl.

It was such a great big moment for janet.

Five, six, and...

Five, six, and...

once she got that call, everything became creative.

Okay. Let's sit down every day, let's bring in our team.

Tiny, tiny, tiny. Sexy, sexy, sexy.

you wanna work with janet jackson?

You better be on your game.

Because there's no playing with her.

She's a perfectionist from beginning to end.

I'm doing this whole period, do this dating.

I was just a producer that was doing my own thing.

I want her to have fun.

no, no...

Who said that?

The set design it was these claws.

sort of looked like a spider.

try bending your knees and be, like...

careful. That's it.

Like that.

then, as a fun surprise,

we had justin timberlake performing.

we were all so excited.

tell me what it's like for you to perform

honestly, it's a dream come true really.

I've... I... This is my third time being asked,

and all the other times I was...

Unfortunately, I was out of the country and couldn't do it,

but I'm here now.

And we are so excited, we can't wait.

at this particular point

in our relationship,

I was there with her the whole time.

I was in her dressing room.

And it was like, we about to go, I gave her a hug, kiss.

Then, I said I'm gonna go watch and I went out in the audience.

by the time I could get to where I was going,

they were already performing.

With music by our side

to break the color lines

let's work together to improve our way of life

this was the biggest show and the biggest platform,

and she was amazing.

sing!

We are a part of the rhythm nation

the whole audience was clapping and going crazy,

everyone was screaming.

it was one of the greatest superbowl performances.

Oh! Guy time, but I don't mind

they had the world cheering

for how amazing that performance was.

Talk to me boy

bet I'll have you naked by the end of this song

jackson bared her breast.

shocked and outraged.

too crude for family television.

offensive.

that was like... I ran off.

I ran straight off.

I didn't even wait for the applause,

I was like, "oh, my god."

I missed the whole nipple flash.

Backstage afterwards,

there was all this chatter going on.

I'm like, "what's happening?"

two of my children were at the game

and it was horrible. Horrible.

And they told me that when it happened,

uh, janet, she left and she was crying,

the whole time. Crying.

-I was shocked. -I was shocked.

I think it was an accident.

Janet jackson's superbowl appearance

has prompted a flood of complaints to the government.

complaints the fcc

now finds valid enough for an investigation.

today ruperts says it represents 43 thousand churches

demanded that network heads roll.

To have sexualized the superbowl in the manner they did it,

is... Is just unforgivable.

People got in trouble. People were mad.

and with a potential fine of $27,500

for each cbs station, that could cost cbs millions.

like after that incident happened

-did you hear from justin? -Mm-hm.

-what did he say? -We... We talked once.

And he said,

"I-I... You know, I don't know

if I should come out and make a statement."

this and that. Or say something. I'd say...

Have something to say. And I said, "listen...

I don't want any drama for you.

They're aiming all of this at me."

so I said, just... I said, "if I were you,

I wouldn't say anything."

I was just like, "oh, my god," you know.

Is it gonna...

Ruin her mental state?

but what was her intention?

Could it be to promote her album coming out soon?

It's absolutely a pr stunt.

these are now the most searched images

in the history of the internet.

People are talking about her, what more could you want?

It pissed me off a lot when people were saying,

like, she did that to create this hype.

I'm like, what?

The way people tried to play it was disgusting to me.

Because at the end of the day, janet jackson

doesn't need to do anything like that for press.

She didn't do that.

That wasn't something done on purpose.

Janet is not like that.

I mean, well, sometimes they look for something

to stab you with, you know.

Do you think the controversy was overblown?

-Yes. -And do you think it's a jackson

related phenomena,

or is it a testament to our time socially in this country?

It's both. I, I...

It's hard to answer, really. I'd rather not answer that one.

okay, did you call her and say

not to sweat the small stuff?

Yeah, something like that.

Be strong, this too shall pass.

-Don't worry about it. -When that incident happened.

'cause I remember, I was in court with, uh...

-With michael in st maria. -mike. Yeah.

tito, I and your brother was on trial,

you know, because they thought that he was a pedophile,

so it was a really difficult time on our family,

-just dealing with that. -yeah, yeah.

It was really tough.

Like the media just wanted something to feed off of,

just to... You know, just to make this...

This whole thing bigger than what it was.

-with our family. -Oh, yeah.

And I told michael, "you know, she's taking a hit

because of what's happening in santa maria with you too."

I remember

it was very devastating.

Coming off of the superbowl should be a high.

Going into grammy should be a high.

Creating a new album should be a high.

And all of a sudden, all the hard work

that she has put in to...

Building her career to that point were all

taken away for...

For what, 1.5 seconds or whatever the heck it was.

It's, it's like...

it made no sense to me.

downtown, la.

Where they're getting ready for the grammys.

Justin timberlake is here already,

with five grammy nominations he's scheduled to perform.

But janet reportedly has been told not to come.

I was disinvited.

How did you feel about that?

Um...

I don't wanna be anywhere that I'm not wanted.

I was on the grammy board,

I felt they were disrespectful to janet,

and I resigned at that point. Because I felt like,

"how am I your boyfriend and these people treat you

like, you know, you don't exist,

but I'm still a part of it."

like it put me in a bad, weird space.

today congress holds hearings that consider raising

the penalty for indecency on the airwaves.

not only was it outrageous

and offending to children,

but is enormously degrading to women.