Janet Jackson has now said in a video for “Vogue” that the Queen almost saw her naked bottom. It would not have been her first nude scandal.
Janet Jackson and the involuntary exposure of too much bare skin is almost a tradition. Her appearance at the US Super Bowl in 2004 is unforgettable, when Justin Timberlake pulled her top in front of an audience of millions and accidentally exposed her right breast – a huge scandal. “Nipplegate” was not the only wardrobe mishap that Janet Jackson had to deal with. The 58-year-old has now revealed another unpleasant exposure situation in a video for British “Vogue” – and in front of the Queen of all people.
According to the story, her pants burst during a live performance in front of Queen Elizabeth II in the 90s. “I just thought: ‘Oh, my God!'” she admits in the video. Jackson recalls seventeen famous outfits and fashion faux pas between 1970 and today for the fashion magazine. This one fashion anecdote was particularly memorable for Michael Jackson’s sister. After all, she almost showed the British monarch her bare bottom.
Janet Jackson’s exposure mishap in front of the Queen
Jackson was performing the song “Rhythm Nation” when the seam of her pants ripped at her butt, exposing her rear end after she had squatted down to do a dance move. The singer did not say at which event the fiasco occurred.
“I couldn’t believe it had happened. I just thought, ‘Oh my God!’ And then I felt the air back there and that’s how I knew it had really happened,” says Jackson. Today she can laugh about the situation.
She managed to cover up the mishap by performing the rest of the choreography without turning around. “I never turned my back to her,” so that the Queen of England would not have caught an unexpected glimpse of her bare bottom. This would probably have been a scandal at the time.
Source: Stern
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