# Janet Jackson’s designer reveals shocking truth behind infamous Super Bowl ‘wardrobe malfunction’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/janet-jacksons-designer-reveals-shocking-truth-behind-infamous-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/
- Published: 2026-11-04T17:57:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:56:34+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://pagesix.com/2026/11/04/celebrity-news/janet-jacksons-designer-reveals-truth-behind-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, World

## Key points

- Designer Wayne Scot Lukas says the Super Bowl reveal was planned.
- He says the outfit was redesigned two days before the game.
- Jackson later called the exposure an accident and said she forgave Timberlake.

## Summary

Janet Jackson’s longtime designer, Wayne Scot Lukas, says the exposure during her 2004 Super Bowl performance was planned as a reveal intended to outdo a famous 2003 MTV awards kiss. His account renews debate about an incident that brought Jackson extensive public and professional repercussions.

Lukas said Jackson’s outfit was changed two days before the game, shifting away from an earlier plan to show her buttocks, and that she was meant to be covered after Timberlake removed part of her top. He blamed producers for not cutting away and said Timberlake has not apologised. Jackson apologised the day after the performance, while later describing the exposure as an accident; in 2022, she said she and Timberlake had forgiven each other and remained friends.

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