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JACKSON MAKES A CLEAN BREAST. AGAIN: Janet Jackson has fessed up that the 'whoops, hello breast' incident was - gasp a stunt.

"The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals. MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended — including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL."

On the other hand, Justin's apology suggests that he wasn't aware that the "it was all a mistake" line was going to be abandoned in the light of the screamingly obvious set-up nature of the event - he's basically been made to look a liar for his "not intentional" plea.

MTV are trying their best to manage the fallout which has already cost them the gig organising superbowl halftimes and may yet find them up to their necks in trouble with the American equivalent of Ofcom, the FCC. "Blame Janet" seems to be the corporate line:

"MTV was as surprised and shocked as anyone last night. Janet Jackson acknowledged that we had no prior knowledge of her plans. We will continue to investigate the circumstances.
Our goal with the Super Bowl Halftime show was to produce an entertaining stage experience with a positive message about empowerment and voting. We are disappointed that this message has been overshadowed by the unfortunate incident.
MTV apologizes again to anyone who was offended.

Although, judging by the message our logs are telling us, more people were delighted by the incident than were offended. Sheesh. You spend hours honing a witty line about the deletion of an early part of The Chesterfields back catalogue, and what gets the traffic? Janet Jackson's breast photo.