Sunday, 7 August 2011

Nicki Minaj Suffers Nip Slip During GMA Gig

Nicki Minaj had a wardrobe malfunction on live television Friday morning on ABC’s Good Morning America that slipped through the censors even with a five-second delay. The incident in question occurred while Minaj was singing her verse from David Guetta’s Where Them Girls At to fans at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield and suddenly her breast was accidentally revealed. She and ABC immediately received criticism and complaints from viewers, forcing ABC to apologize.

“Although we had a five-second delay in place for the Nicki Minaj concert on GMA, the live East Coast feed of the concert regrettably included certain fleeting images of the performer that were taken out of later feeds of the broadcast in other time zones. We are sorry that this occurred,” the ABC statement said.

Although it was later edited out for the west coast, Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, was outraged by the occurrence. “For the umpteenth time in recent memory a morning news show has included inappropriate content for children and families,” Winter told TMZ. Regarding ABC’s apology, he wasn’t having any of it. “Instead of asking for forgiveness, they need to stop apologizing and implement the five second delay that so many Americans have been calling for.

While it's doubtful to turn into the next Boobgate, the incident has sparked the ire of the conservative media watchdog, the Parents Television Council.

"For the umpteenth time in recent memory we have a morning news broadcast airing explicit content when millions of families are starting their day and are looking to get caught up on the news. With so many such instances, the network apologies are beyond hollow," PTC President Tim Winter tells E! "Today we call upon the executive producers of the Today Show, Good Morning America and the CBS Morning News programs to meet together and establish best practices to prevent these sucker-punch moments. If the networks are sincere about their apologies, they will work together to implement meaningful solutions."

Then again, Minaj's malfunction probably wasn't the most inappropriate content on this morning—perhaps the PTC folks missed that Roseanne for president segement on Today. Now that's truley scary.

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