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MIA has released a video statement about her controversial flick of the finger at the 2012 Super Bowl - and the subsequent demands from the NFL that she pay compensation and apologise to American audiences.
MIA performed alongside Madonna at the huge US sporting event, and stole the spotlight from the MDNA superstar when she flicked her middle finger during the show. The NFL is now asking the 'Paper Planes' rapper and singer to shell out $1.5million and make a public apology - an act MIA claims is 'corporate dick shaking'.
"The NFL thing is completely ridiculous. It’s been making me laugh for a while, but now it’s so boring I don’t even laugh anymore," she says in a video statement, where she addresses the incident - which took place 18 months ago. See MIA's video statement below.
She also questions the use of under-age girls in the performance, claiming the sexualised dancers in the show were more offensive than her middle digit.
"The frame you’re looking for has my middle finger in the foreground, and the larger picture where it zooms out is a row of 10-15 cheerleaders, young black females, that Madonna got from a local high school in Indianapolis, and they were all under 16," she continues. "If you look at them, they’re all wearing cheerleader outfits, hips thrusted in the air, legs wide open, in this very sexually provocative position."
MIA added: "So, now, they’ve scapegoated me into figuring out the goalposts of what is offensive in America. Is my finger offensive, or is the underage black girl with her legs wide open more offensive to the family audience?"
Below: MIA, Lily Allen, Rita Ora, perform at Paris underwear show
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