Pink Says She Turned Down The Halftime Show Because She'd 'Probably Take A Knee'

But now, Pink says that “everybody that does it gets so persecuted,” likely referring to the intense criticism from the press and from fans online.

She cited the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick after his high profile protest of police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem.

Pink did have some suggestions for the show, though, given that the interview happened before the announcement of J.Lo and Shakira's performance. "They should give it to Janet Jackson."

"There’s rumblings around J. Lo, Rihanna -- they all deserve it," she continued.

We might have missed out on an epic Superbowl Halftime Show with Pink at the helm, but we love when people stand up for what they believe in!

Pink was right about who eventually took the gig, but she was also right about someone else who was offered it.

Her reasoning was extremely similar to Pink's. When asked by Vogue if she had turned down the job because of the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick, she said, "Absolutely."

"Who gains from that? Not my people," Rihanna continued. “I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler."

"There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way," she said.

“You have to sacrifice that,” she said. “I got to sacrifice a lot of money to perform. But there’s a man who sacrificed his job for us, so we got to stand behind him.”