Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s raunchy WAP performance at Grammys drew more than 1,000 complaints to the FCC
- The rappers writhed around on an enormous bed during the March 14 awards show
- Dressed in glitzy lingerie, the duo enacted sexually suggestive moves
- Complaints to the FCC branded the risque routine ‘disgusting’ and likened it to pornography
- Viewers expressed concern it had been allowed to be broadcast on network TV at a time when children could watch it
- WAP, an ode to female anatomy, topped the Billboard chart when it was released last August
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s raunchy performance at the Grammys last month generated more than 1,000 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission.
Viewers expressed disgust at the duo’s provocative routine on a massive bed for their rendition of hit song WAP and likened it to pornography, according to Rolling Stone.
Complainants also described feeling ‘violated’ and branded the March 14 performance ‘disgusting’ while expressing horror that children could have watched seen it, Rolling Stone reported.
Too much? The FCC received more than 1,000 complaints about Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s sexually suggestive performance of hit song WAP at the Grammys last month
According to the outlet, one complaint read: ‘I felt violated with Megan Stallion & Cardi B’s performance. I am pro-sex-positivity and body positivity but this performance crossed the line into pornography.
Another viewer told the FCC: ‘Many kids still awake at that time, and even non-consenting adults were unexpectedly staring at pure objectification of women at its finest.
‘Objectification perpetuates violence against women, maintaining the ripple effect that causes domestic violence, human trafficking, encouraging the consumption of women and then the disposal of them.’
Risque: Viewers expressed disgust at the duo’s provocative routine on a massive bed for their rendition of the sexually explicit track and likened it to pornography, according to Rolling Stone
Offended: One viewer told the FCC: ‘Many kids still awake at that time, and even non-consenting adults were unexpectedly staring at pure objectification of women at its finest’
Explicit: Complainants also described feeling ‘violated’ and branded the March 14 performance ‘disgusting’ and ‘vulgar, deplorable trash’, Rolling Stone reported.
Another complained: ‘It is hard to tolerate much less stomach the performance of Cardi B at the Grammys. It was disgusting and the thought of young children possibly viewing it horrifies me.’
Others criticized CBS which aired the Grammys, Rolling Stone said, and told the network ‘to end the vulgar, deplorable trash that was presented on national TV called the Grammy’s. If you’re not able then just rename it to something more in line and appropriate to what it actually was…LivePorn.’
One resident of California even threatened to take legal action if CBS did not stop displaying ‘pornography.’
Provocative: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion stripped down to glitzy lingerie to perform their chart-topping ode to female anatomy at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in LA
Shocking: It was the first time the duo had performed the track live and almost immediately it garnered lots of backlash on social media
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion stripped down to glitzy lingerie to perform their chart-topping ode to female anatomy at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in LA.
They left little to the imagination as they writhed around on a gigantic bed, made suggestive moves and even straddled each other in the sexually suggestive routine.
It was the first time the duo had performed the track live and almost immediately it garnered lots of backlash on social media from viewers alarmed that such a risque show had been permitted to air on network television.
WAP, released last August, has been at the center of controversy due to its explicit lyrics and raunchy music video and this was the first time the hitmakers had performed the track live
WAP, released last August, has been at the center of controversy due to its explicit lyrics and raunchy music video.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the song ‘garbage’ and said the female rappers ‘should be ashamed of themselves.’
Right-wing commentator Candace Owens got into a very public spat with Cardi B after she branded the Bodak Yellow hitmaker’s Grammy performance ‘degenerate’ and it heralded the ‘destruction of American values and American principles’.
‘We are celebrating perversity,’ Owens opined during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the song ‘garbage’ while right-wing commentator Candace Owens said it heralded the ‘destruction of American values and American principles’.
Pornographic: An anti-porn group also attacked Cardi and The Grammys saying the performance ‘could have been cut from a hardcore pornography film,’ and it glamorized ‘stripping and prostitution’
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