Jennifer Lopez and Shakira brought their simmering moves and some powerful socio-political statements
to the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 2, 2020.
The crowd loved it, but what did Twitter think?
We've got all the hot takes from this sizzling show.
Fellow celebrities were agape at Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's performance.
Actress Olivia Munn tweeted:
"I could watch Shakira + JLo perform this halftime show forever."
JLo's Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria captioned a moment from the halftime show with a simple
"amen," while Ryan Seacrest was beside himself, writing across two separate tweets:
"Still recovering from that halftime show.
Amazing job @jlo @shakira!
[...] The choreo ... the throwback songs ... the production ... Emme's surprise appearance."
Emme Muñiz is Lopez's eleven-year-old daughter, and sang with her mom in the show.
Even Lady Gaga, who made headlines for some feisty lip-sync comments lobbed the day before
the Super Bowl, was quick to praise Lopez and Shakira after their performance, saying:
"What a fun halftime show I danced and smiled the whole time.
Such powerful sexy women!!!!
On camera and off!!!!!
Love you beautiful sexy talented women."
Actor Nick Wolfhard said the show was one of the best in years and "genuinely fantastic,"
while Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus wrote that if Blink ever did the halftime show,
he wanted to do the same moves.
But perhaps no one fangirled harder than Lopez's fiance, Alex Rodriguez, who filmed himself
dancing and singing along with the crowd.
A-Rod tweeted:
"AMAZING!
She ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED IT!
Wow, that was so fun!
I'm so proud of you, Jen!"
Jennifer Lopez dancing on a pole didn't leave every viewer with a good taste in their mouths,
suggesting that the relatively skimpy garments and pole work were much more sexual and potentially
revealing than the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" from 2004 - the one that got Janet Jackson
blacklisted from radio stations.
Others, including comedian Paul F. Tompkins, wondered hilariously where the heck Pitbull
was, considering he's worked with J.Lo multiple times and the Super Bowl took place in his
beloved home of Miami.
Others seemed irked by the Puerto Rican flag's prominence, perhaps forgetting that the island
is actually part of the United States.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira made a serious statement during their performance at the
Super Bowl halftime show.
One segment of the show featured caged children onstage, and Lopez rocked a Puerto Rican flag
and an American flag as her daughter, Emme, sang from Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the
USA."
It didn't go unnoticed.
At a press conference ahead of the big game, Lopez said:
"Two Latinas doing this in this country at this time is just very empowering to us."
Shakira added:
"Also going to be a reminder of the heritage of this country, which is one of diversity,
and that's what we will be celebrating."
Singer Ally Brooke tweeted,
"This is what history looks like.
This is what inspiration looks like.
This is what Latina looks like."
Another fan tweeted:
"Watching JLo, Shakira, Bad Bunny [and] J Balvin kill it on that stage tonight had me
feeling so many emotions.
I'm so proud to see Latinos on the world stage, doing what they did."
Shakira's tongue-rolling was the viral moment we all expected it would be, with one viewer
summing it up on Twitter:
"If I ain't seen anything ever that's more meme-worthy, I give you Shakira tongue lol."
Some connected it to feral Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys, while others compared Shakira
to Spongebob Squarepants going jelly-fishing.
[Spongebob tongue]
Another Twitter user cracked that Shakira made his new wakeup alarm.
Those were just the clean takes, but you get the idea.
However, for some, the schtick got old quick.
One prominent tweet about the viral moment reads:
"The Shakira tongue meme needed to end before it even started."
As if Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's actual work wasn't impressive enough, the entire
internet is now obsessed with the fact that Lopez is 50 and Shakira is 43, despite looking
significantly younger than their years.
Reality star Khloe Kardashian wrote:
"Shakira and J Lo both did incredible in their performances in my opinion!.
But can we talk about how both of these women do not age whatsoever!
I am captivated by [their] dancing and their stage performances Wow!!
Congratulations"
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong tweeted:
"That's it!
I'm going to work out and miss the rest of the #superbowl2020."
Another user wrote:
"If I don't look like Shakira or J-Lo when I'm in my 40s I'm pressing charges."
One Twitter user called out the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for snubbing
J.Lo for Hustlers, noting:
"In a divided nation the one thing we can all agree on is J. Lo deserves an Oscar nom
just for looking like this at 50 #SuperBowl."
Shakira is the Super Bowl MVP.
As of the making of this video, she is trending higher on Twitter than the Super Bowl, the
Kansas City Chiefs, the San Francisco 49ers, and, yes, Jennifer Lopez.
One user posted a clip of Shakira dancing with a rope surrounded by pyrotechnics, writing:
"Shakira said 'I have to leave them shik shak shoook.'"
Another noted,
"Shakira kicking off a Super Bowl halftime show with 'She Wolf' is a bolder display of
queer allyship than most of her pop contemporaries would ever dare to attempt."
One music critic posted a GIF of Drake applauding with the caption,
"Shakira gave us vocals and moves and guitar and drum skills."
For her part, Shakira definitely enjoyed the big night, which happened to fall on her birthday.
She tweeted:
"The best birthday gift has been the support of all my fans and the most amazing and hardworking
team an artist could wish for.
We Latinos climbed Kilimanjaro and made history tonight and we couldn't have done it without
all of you!"
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