J Lo and Shakira absolutely slayed their Super Bowl half time show yesterday. They didn’t just slay it. The slayed it, and then brought it back to life, and then slayed it again.
The Latina pop sensations gave the gays everything they wanted and more with a dazzling spectacle of hits that included fireworks, sequins, fringe, a stripper pole, and who-knows-how-many male backup dancers.
The 14-minute performance, which oozed sex, celebration, and female empowerment, also included a few political statements, including J Lo unfurling a large Puerto Rican flag while singing “Born in the U.S.A.” and children appearing in illuminated cages.
Naturally, the performance outraged many conservatives for a myriad of reasons. But who cares about them?
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The minute the performance ended, Gay Twitter™ came alive. Their verdict? Well, let’s take a look…
Gays running to the living room to watch the halftime show after ignoring the TV for the entire first half of the game #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/t1XGFSzoXZ
— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) February 2, 2020
Super Bowl slowly merging with Gay Pride and I’m very here for it.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 3, 2020
J.Lo bringing back the “Waiting For Tonight” lasers 20+ years later for the #PepsiHalftime show is gay rights. #HalftimeShow pic.twitter.com/nHIlt3uPd1
— Gibson Johns (@gibsonoma) February 3, 2020
That was every gay fantasy I've ever had #HalftimeShow
— Will Distl (@froodsbag) February 3, 2020
All the gays when JLo entered the Halftime Show on a giant stripper pole: pic.twitter.com/VB1VV4ntao
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) February 3, 2020
The fact that the entire gay population skips the Super Bowl and only tunes into the halftime show if it’s a female performer.. our minds… our power
— amaury (@acidhunk) February 3, 2020
Shakira showing the gays how to eat ass. An LGBT icon pic.twitter.com/YzbZQhiXDt
— Anthony (@PlantDadAnts) February 3, 2020
this tweet is for the homosexual backup dancers in the superbowl halftime show and the homosexual backup dancers in the superbowl halftime show only
— Minna ? (@minnascule) February 3, 2020
me and my gay friends after jlo and shakira’s halftime show: pic.twitter.com/KWJoyZgoVb
— dump the puck or big time rush (@the_good_trader) February 3, 2020
The Shakira and J-Lo half-time show is a refreshing display of unity between gay and straight men #HalftimeShow
— Steven Tomastik (@tomastiks) February 3, 2020
Gays leaving the living room after the halftime show like pic.twitter.com/LqWOAWOfts
— ? (@heyjaeee) February 3, 2020
that halftime show was for the gays and latinos and gay latinos only
— no (@karadykers) February 3, 2020
Gays hurrying home after watching the halftime show pic.twitter.com/89KUiRcgT7
— ???? (@Brotamins) February 3, 2020
just decided that I am no longer straight or gay, my sexuality is actually just Shakira playing the drums
— carly butler (@ylrac) February 3, 2020
Me, still, hours after Jennifer Lopez gave me gay Latino Christmas pic.twitter.com/wNUkJuUN98
— Jose A. Del Real (@jdelreal) February 3, 2020
All the gays after Shakira and Jennifer Lopez finished the halftime show pic.twitter.com/UuftAtypvQ
— spheven (@spheven) February 3, 2020
Related: Jennifer Lopez and Shakira wouldn’t be anywhere today without this legendary gay icon
ShiningSex
THEY SUCKED!!! If you like them, girl, you have worse problems on your hands…..TASTE.
J.Ho is so untalented and Shakira good in Spanish music but English music sucked big time and her fake blonde hair is hideous.
j41005
I thought I was the only one who thought this. I was very disappointed with the entire half time show.
RoughRugger
You must be really fun at parties…
CityguyUSA
Gotta say if this article was supposed to impress me color me NOT. Just stupid antics it seems to me. However, if this is what the masses aspire to I’ll never be part of the masses.
j41005
Just to clarify….”All the gays” didn’t think this half time show was great. THIS gay thought it sucked.
Bubbleandsqueal
Has IKEA reported a precipitous drop in sales yesterday?
ScottOnEarth
I love them both, especially, JLo, but, frankly, Beyonce and Madonna reign supreme for best half-time shows, ever. JLo is talented and gorgeous but she does the same routine all. the. time. Beyonce and Madonna upped their game to astronomical levels for their respective half-time shows and remain the best. BUT, they’re all supremely talented and huge superstars.
JED08
That half-time show was spectacular, off the charts good.
Kurtcz
Agree. Not impressed and I’m gay
unreligious
In an era of me too and calling out men for treating women as sex objects, I fail to see how this performance can be called female empowerment. Acting like strippers is furthering the woman as sexual objects image that they claim they don’t want.
TheAbsoluteTRUTH
The same one’s who shame melania for her provocative pics are the same one’s who love this, such a double standard
Topman60640
You do realize this whole hot mess was singularly designed by the NFL to attract Latin/hiapanic viewers to their bloated ranks by being “inclusive”
Except, of course, when it comes to hiring…
Dymension
Love it!
Manchester
That halftime show was freakin’ awesome! The trolls on here wish they had half as much talent and probably half as much @$$. It was fun, made a statement and had the hits!