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Janet Jackson’s former stylist urges her not to join Timberlake docuseries
Janet Jackson’s former stylist Wayne Scot Lukas says she should not appear in Justin Timberlake’s upcoming Apple TV docuseries.
The four-part series is reported to be due in December and to include Jackson discussing the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
That performance became controversial after Jackson’s breast was exposed during a planned costume reveal.
Lukas says Timberlake was supposed to pull away part of her costume, but that viewers were not meant to see her breast.
He says Jackson was unfairly blamed and that the incident cost him work as a stylist.
Jackson previously called the exposure an accident and said she and Timberlake were “very good friends” in a video for her 2022 documentary.
The docuseries is expected to address the performance, but it is not confirmed here whether Jackson will take part.
Janet Jackson’s former stylist Wayne Scot Lukas urged her not to appear in Justin Timberlake’s upcoming Apple TV docuseries.
Lukas said he believes Jackson was treated unfairly after the pair’s 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
Variety reported that Jackson will appear in the four-part series and discuss the halftime show’s wardrobe malfunction.
The docuseries is due to be released in December.
Lukas also claimed the incident cost him work and disputed accounts of what happened during rehearsals.
- Who
- Wayne Scot Lukas, Janet Jackson’s former stylist, urged Jackson not to appear in Justin Timberlake’s docuseries.
- What
- Lukas said he does not think Jackson should take part in the series.
- When
- The docuseries is due in December. Lukas spoke to Page Six on Friday.
- Where
- The series is for Apple TV. The controversy concerns the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.
- Why
- Lukas said Jackson was treated unfairly during the controversy.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.
Jackson addressed the halftime show in her Lifetime docuseries.
Variety reported that Jackson would appear in Timberlake’s four-part docuseries.
Timberlake’s Apple TV docuseries is due to be released.
- Former stylist
- Wayne Scot Lukas
- Docuseries
- Four-part series for Apple TV
- Planned release
- December
- Halftime show
- Super Bowl XXXVIII, February 2004
- Jackson documentary
- Lifetime docuseries, 2022
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What people are saying
I don’t think she should do it. I think she was treated dirty during this
Janet was left hanging there, bouncing… and they pushed the blame.
The wardrobe malfunction comment was shocking, and I went to fix it, and my attorney said, ‘You can’t speak,’
Who wants to hire a stylist who’s known for doing the wardrobe malfunction — especially when it was the most functioning wardrobe in history?