Day after Super Bowl, and no one is talking football

I am not shocked, but it is interesting to see the news stories today were not about Eli Manning and the Giants beating the Patriots. Instead I woke up to news about Madonna, M.I.A. and Gisele. If you live under a rock, here's the scoop. The general consensus seemed to be that Madonna sucked, but did okay for being a senior citizen. This real piece of work M.I.A. gave everyone the finger, cause she be bad. And Gisele is whining about how her husband's team couldn't catch a ball to save their lives (my words, not hers). 

What is wrong with people? All is right in the world; the Patriots did not win the Super Bowl. So everyone just chill. The problem is, the media didn't cover the important stuff. Forget geriatric pop stars. Forget M.I.A. Really? You didn’t see this one coming? Well, actually, I would have expected Nicki Minaj to do something crazy. Ever see her Stupid Hoe video? She’s a real class act. Just forget about the controversy and focus of what's really important. Tom Brady crying himself to sleep. 

But this isn't the first time a celeb has given the finger. How about the Man in Black? 

Nothing is going to come of M.I.A. giving the finger. There has been no comment from her, but NBC has apologized for her. "We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime," NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey said. "It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late."

But back in October, Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined $10,000 for flashing his middle finger during a televised Fox game against the St. Louis Rams.

But I doubt M.I.A. will be charged. That’s what the music biz is like. The issue just is that it was done on a mainstream level and it was done so live. 

What crossed my mind when M.I.A. gave the middle finger:

1) Is it bad I don't know who M.I.A. is? 

2) I'll be honest, I didn't even see it happen. 

3) Who. The. Heck. Cares.

4) Maybe she was so busy being a badass, she didn't realize what she was doing.

5) Pfft, yeah right. She was looking right into the camera. Shit is gettin' real. 

6) She gave the middle for less than a second. I don't see the huge deal. 

7) Oh, the Paper Planes lady. 
8) At least we didn't have to see Madonna's nipple.

*Johnny Cash photo from silberstudios.tv