Designer Says Jackson’s Super Bowl Reveal Was Planned

Fashion designer Wayne Scot Lukas says Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl halftime outfit was altered to create a planned reveal, an account that conflicts with Jackson’s description of the breast exposure as accidental. Lukas’s remarks do not establish that Jackson agreed to the exposure, and the supplied accounts do not resolve what the performers and production staff understood would happen. Lukas told TMZ that the original concept was for Jackson to reveal part of her backside. He said the plan changed shortly before the performance, with the outfit redesigned to expose her breast during the finale with Justin Timberlake. Lukas connected the change to a desire to stage a more provocative moment after Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera kissed at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. According to Lukas, the production was supposed to cut away from the performers and turn the screen black as Timberlake pulled away part of Jackson’s bustier. He said neither safeguard occurred during the live broadcast. The sequence exposed Jackson’s right breast for a fraction of a second. The incident took place during the closing moments of the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII in...