Celebrities Who Turned Down Super Bowl Appearances: Gloria Estefan, Rihanna, Jay Z, More

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Hard pass. Though many musicians would jump at the chance to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Gloria Estefan just couldn’t be bothered to deal with all of the preparation involved.“I didn’t want to go on a diet in December,” the “Get On Your Feet” singer joked during a June 2022 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after confirming that she turned down the chance to perform with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira two years earlier.

Estefan’s comments came shortly after the “Lets Get Loud” singer made headlines by expressing her frustration at co-headlining the event in the Netflix documentary, Halftime.“We have six f—king minutes.

We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left. But there’s got to be certain songs that we sing, though.

We have to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f—king revue,” Lopez said in the film. “We have to sing our message. … This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl.