A performer who was a part of Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present was detained by safety after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flags along with the phrases “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them towards the top of the efficiency, the NFL stated.
The NFL recognized the particular person, who was wearing black like different dancers on the sector, “as part of the 400-member field cast.”
“We commend security for quickly detaining the individual who displayed the flag,” the league stated. “He was a part of the 400-member field cast. The individual hid the item on his possession and unveiled it late in the show. No one involved with the production was aware of the individual’s intent.”
A consultant for Roc Nation, which produced the present, stated “The act by the individual was neither planned nor part of the production and was never in any rehearsal.”
A consultant for Apple Music, which sponsors the halftime present, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The incident appeared to occur over the last music, “tv off.” Photographs and video of the second confirmed the particular person holding the flag up whereas he stood on the again of a black Grand Nationwide automotive that was featured all through the efficiency.
He then jumped off the stage and jogged across the discipline for about 20 seconds earlier than he was tackled and detained. After the lights went again on, he was walked off the sector.
The incident comes a day after one other spherical of prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas amid a weekslong ceasefire of their battle that has thus far seen the discharge of various Israeli hostages and tons of of Palestinian prisoners, in addition to and much-needed support being despatched into Gaza, and as a bloody civil battle continues to rage in Sudan.
Emilie Dorn, Katie Distler and Maria Piñero contributed.
