So apparently the rock star, who is also part-owner of the Arena Football League's Philadelphia Soul, got angry during last night's game and gave a double middle-fingered salute to the officials. After the game, however, he apologized profusely, explaining that he misunderstood the call, and that he has nothing but the utmost respect for the officiating crew, as well as the other team.
Now JBJ happens to be my soon-to-be-wife's all-time favorite musician/cultural figure, so on this matter I tread very carefully. There are two things wrong with this story: One, Bon Jovi is a rock star, and being a rock star should mean you should be able to do much, much worse things than give the finger without having to apologize. Two, it's only the Arena Football League. It's a fun game to go to, sure, but not really quite getting worked up over. Not even Philly fans get all that angry at the games.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 10, 2007 05:15 PM