‘Shocked’ Marlee Matlin slams CBS for not showing ASL performers during Super Bowl 2024
nypost.comSuper Bowl 2024 pre-game show. “I am absolutely SHOCKED at CBS for introducing the deaf performers at today’s Super Bowl and then not showing even one second (or more) of their performance . . .
as has been tradition for the last 30 years,” Matlin, 58, wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “WHY,” added Matlin, who served as the American Sign Language interpreter for Garth Brooks when he performed the national anthem at the 1993 Super Bowl.
The Super Bowl pre-show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which aired in the run-up to the game’s 6:30 p.m. kickoff time, featured three performances from Grammy winner Andra Day, who sang a moving rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing;” as well as Post Malone, whose folksy rendition of “America the Beautiful” left the audience divided.
Country music icon Reba McEntire closed things out with a stirring version of the national anthem.Each performer was accompanied by their own ASL interpreter, including Matlin’s own “CODA” co-star Daniel Durant, who accompanied McEntire, 68, during her performance.
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