Another nipple has messed her up again in one of the most watched musical galas on the planet. After the Janet Jackson incident in the 2004 Super Bowl, when Justin Timberlake ‘accidentally’ removed the part of her clothing that covered one of her breasts, this Sunday a very similar scene has been relived in the delivery of the MTV VMAS Awards.
At the ceremony, which took place at the Prudential Center stadium (Newark, New Jersey) with Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny or Lil Nas X as winners of the night – Rosalía also won an award for ‘Saoko’-, there were several performances but only one will be remembered, that of Måneskin. The Italian group that won Eurovision 2021, who won the award for Best Alternative Video for the video clip of ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’, performed their song ‘Supermodel’ and at one point during their performance, bassist Victoria de Angelis ‘Vic’ had her sleeve pulled down and ended up showing one of her nipples. Vic wore an asymmetrical bodysuit that covered her right breast and left her left in the air, in which she wore a nipple shield, but the movements on stage caused her dress to come down, causing the controversial scene.
The making of the MTV VMAs quickly changed to one in which Damiano appeared singing and Thomas, the guitarist, before moving on to a pre-recorded shot of the venue with the group’s music playing in the background. When the broadcast refocused on the band, the singer turned around and then it could be seen that his pants did not cover his back, with which appeared before the cameras with his ass in the air. This further inflamed the anger of the fans, who in addition to complaining about the blatant censorship in full direct, wondered why a man could not only act without a shirt showing his nipples, but also show his buttocks, while a woman could not do the same with your breasts.
The Maneskin group after the ceremony
MTV has worked so hard to avoid the controversy generated, that even has deleted the ‘nipple moment’ from the edit of the gala that can be seen on YouTube. And it is that in these events, the organizers now have to choose who they prefer to offend: those who defend the freedom to show a body as it is, or those who defend that showing it is an offense.