Why was Jennifer Lopez mad at the NFL for her Super Bowl Halftime Show with Shakira?

Jennifer Lopez had some choice words for the NFL after they announced she and Shakira would only have 12 minutes for the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show. During one scene in her upcoming Netflix documentary Halftime, the singer and music director Kim Burse discuss how to map out her performance and share the stage with Shakira. "We have to have our singing moments," she insists. "It's not going to be a dance revue. We have to sing our message." She then goes off on the NFL, saying, "This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl." In another scene, Shakira expresses concern to Jennifer about the timing, noting that the NFL organisers want their respective songs to be "weaved" into the performance. To this, Jennifer says they will divide their 12 minutes equally, but adds, "If it was going to be a double-headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes." Her manager, Benny Medina, shares the same frustrations over the decision, explaining in a separate interview that he felt it was limiting both of the singers' performance abilities.

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