Madonna performs at the Super Bowl. Photo credit: Beacon Radio
Over 100 million Americans watch the Superbowl and advertisements cost as much as $4 million for a 30-second spot. But judging by Brits Twitter reaction to America’s Greatest Game it still has some way to go to win to truly capture sports fans’ hearts this side of the Atlantic.
Those who stayed up through the night to watch the New York Giants edge out the New England Patriots in the final marvelled at the close game on the field but were less impressed by the heavy helpings of razzmatazz. Here are a selection of the somewhat bitchy tweets that came out of Blighty during the spectacle.
“In the final three minutes of the Super Bowl tonight, there were an average of 10,000 Tweets per second,” tweeted, err Twitter, which added that, “the highest Tweets per second #SuperBowl peak came at the end of the game: 12,233. 2nd highest was during Madonna’s performance: 10,245.”
Madonna’s fanny. Queens Park Rangers’ relentlessly outspoken skipper Joey Barton took to Twitter to express his distaste. Although he kicked off with “you have to admit the Americans do know how to put a show on” he soon grew weary of the razzmattaz. By half-time he was deeply unimpressed. In reference to Madonna, he promised “If she’s got her beaver out in a leotard, am going to bed. Its not right at her age.” Before he turned in, he sighed, “Great tunes but its not right or sexy madge. Get ur fanny away…….going to bed. She’s not even pretending to sing properly!!!!” His final pop was towards “The very pretentious and almost laughable ‘World Peace’ at the end. Its u f*ckers that are at war with everyone…..#cheekygits.”
Homoerotic sport? “I can’t help but think if they legalised homosexuality in America, these men would have no need of this game,” tweeted Caitlin Moran of The Times, in possible reference to the player’s figure-hugging outfits. Caitlin did take time to defend Madonna: “Amazed at the amount of people saying Madonna is ‘too old’ for pop any more, to which the correct feminist response is: fuck off you giblet.”
Steady on, America. “Hold up. World champions?” tweeted The Times US-based reporter Nico Hines, in reference to the fact that wining America’s National Football League doesn’t necessarily mean you are champions of the whole wide world.
Home comforts. ”(New England Patriots quarterback) Mr Tom Brady must be feeling pretty bad right now, but, let’s face it, he still gets to go home to Gisele,” noted leading London menswear site Mr Porter Live.