13 Awkward And Surprising Things That Went Down During Super Bowl LVIII
Not "Rolling in the Deep"...
1. Donna Kelce, Travis's mom, was caught on camera sitting in the arena alone before the big game:
me when i’m overstimulated at the function pic.twitter.com/u6chmC0QHN
— sam (@swieder13) February 11, 2024
2. Rob Gronkowski missed a 25-yard field goal kick for a FanDuel promotion — again:
Rob Gronkowski totally missed on purpose. I wanted my $2 free FanDuel bet credit. 😭 pic.twitter.com/Uo9x3xAXdC
— MrOverUnder (@MrOverUnder) February 11, 2024
3. Taylor Swift and Blake Lively were caught on camera swaying to the beat of Post Malone's take on "America the Beautiful":
Obsessed with this #TaylorSwift and #BlakeLively moment at the #SuperBowlLVIII 🥰 (🎥: Courtesy of NFL) pic.twitter.com/sZcl3YFzmo
— TMZ (@TMZ) February 12, 2024
4. After Andra Day performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," one of the commentators announced that they were going to "celebrate America" after coming back from commercial:
Andra performed “Lift Every Voice” and they said “when we come back from commercial, we will celebrate America.”
— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) February 11, 2024
You see how they be playing in our faces?!
5. There was a weird ad about Jesus washing feet:
View this video on YouTube
jesus confirmed foot freak
— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 11, 2024
6. One of the commentators was singing along to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" during the commercial break, and it didn't sound great:
📹 “Rolling in the Deep” tocando no comercial do #SuperBowlLVIII. pic.twitter.com/veyEltgany
— Adele Online (@adeleonlinecom) February 12, 2024
7. Travis Kelce got really intense with Chiefs coach Andy Reid on the sidelines:
Travis Kelce looked less than enthused pic.twitter.com/yncKhjtNl4
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) February 12, 2024
Bro charged up a senior citizen Lmfao https://t.co/vkZJlGwif7
— Jo (@MavsStan41) February 12, 2024
8. Las Vegas's official Twitter account used a picture of the friggin' Blue Man Group to celebrate the game's first touchdown:
Touchdown @49ers #SBinLV #SBLVIII pic.twitter.com/o2wWz7sTtq
— Las Vegas (@Vegas) February 12, 2024
9. The 49ers' linebacker Dre Greenlaw injured his Achilles tendon while jogging onto the field and got taken out of the game:
Dre Greenlaw appeared to injure himself jogging back onto the field pic.twitter.com/p3nwmTUsfO
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) February 12, 2024
10. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran a really bizarre presidential campaign ad mimicking an ad that his uncle President John F. Kennedy ran in the 1960s:
Pro-RFK Jr. group American Values 2024 ran this spot nationally during the #SuperBowl (!) -- pic.twitter.com/U8ALYmqX35
— Medium Buying (@MediumBuying) February 12, 2024
11. The faux disclaimer before Usher's halftime show warned against "possible relationship issues" from watching his performance — possibly alluding to the Keke Palmer–Darius Jackson drama from last year:
Not possible relationship issues 😂 #Usher ate with his pre-performance disclaimer pic.twitter.com/1nqSQVyMYI
— 🐝 (@beydisciple) February 12, 2024
12. Alicia Keys didn't exactly nail the opening moment of her halftime appearance:
alicia keys singing the classic ‘if i ain’t got you’ at the #SuperBowl
— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) February 12, 2024
pic.twitter.com/cS6X4JIGOt
Alicia’s first note #HalftimeShow pic.twitter.com/NBUOuJpi4v
— Lauren 💫 (@laurencoys) February 12, 2024
13. And if you think all of that is strange, get a load of what was going on during Nickelodeon's coverage of the Super Bowl...
Nickelodeon covering the Super Bowl is something else pic.twitter.com/bO77ZUmj7S
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) February 12, 2024
#Nickelodeon #SuperBowl animated stands is so neat! pic.twitter.com/oSs86rd51b
— Ashley Cummings (@Jadenfire) February 12, 2024
This is really bizarre. pic.twitter.com/mTgJb9MHXQ
— JWCartoonist (C0mms OPEN) (@JWCartoonist) February 11, 2024