NFL makes Maroon 5 skip regular pre-Super Bowl press conference, critics say to dodge controversial questions
Maroon 5 will not be holding a pre-Super Bowl press conference despite other acts historically doing so. Critics say the move is to dodge questions about a slew of controversies since 2016, like the National Anthem protest movement sparked by former player Colin Kaepernick.
Behati Prinsloo showed love for husband Adam Levine and Maroon 5 as they prepared to perform the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday.
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In an Instagram post, Prinsloo, 30, showed Levine, 39, and his bandmates walking onto the field, captioning the snap, "Once in a life time....so proud of these boys @maroon5 #superbowl53."
Levine previously revealed that Prinsloo would be in attendance, but that their daughters Dusty Rose, 2, and Gio, 11 months, would be watching their dad on TV from their Los Angeles home.
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"The little, little kids, they are going to stay home. It is a little bit of a fiasco out here, it is a little crazy, so we are going to keep them home... but they are going to watch on TV and I am going to wear daddy bracelets so they can see that I am representing them well," Levine said. "They get to watch on TV, I am sure they prefer that too, instead of the chaos."
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Levine also posted behind-the-scenes photos from Maroon 5's rehearsals leading up to the halftime show, including their final dress rehearsal, featuring pyrotechnics.
He captioned the shot, "Lift off," adding a rocket emoji.
Levine and Maroon 5 have been plagued with backlash for performing at the Super Bowl in light of the NFL's treatment of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, with numerous stars boycotting football's biggest night altogether.
However, Levine insisted that he'd taken everything into consideration before signing the dotted line with his band, who will be joined by Big Boi and Travis Scott.
"You know, I think when you look back on every Super Bowl halftime show, it is this insatiable urge to hate a little bit," Levine said in a sitdown last week. "I am not in the right profession if I can't handle a bit of controversy. It is what it is. We would like to move on from it and speak through the music."
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"No one put more thought and love into this than I did," he added. "I spoke to many people, most importantly though, I silenced all the noise and listened to myself, and made my decision about how I felt."
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