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Jason Momoa’s ‘disturbing’ Super Bowl ad leaves viewers in shock: ‘Please don’t ever show it again’

‘Aquaman’ star unveils a whole new physique in Rocket Mortgage ad deemed one of the funniest of the night

Clémence Michallon

New York

Monday 03 February 2020 01:22 GMT

Jason Momoa Super Bowl Commercial 2020

A Super Bowl ad starring Jason Momoa has left viewers shocked and “unsettled”.

The clip, unveiled on Sunday night during the game, sees the Aquaman star advertise Rocket Mortgage, a popular online lender in the US.

In the video, Momoa riffs off the idea that home is where he can “kick back and be totally comfortable in [his] own skin”.

As he talks to the camera, Momoa indeed gets comfortable – shedding the muscles and the impressive stature that have become a key part of his image over the years.

The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 2008

No frills, just good old-fashioned rock and roll. Tom Petty’s performance is often omitted from rankings of the best Super Bowl halftime shows, but we’re including it here because he absolutely crushed it. Kicking things off with “American Girl”, he followed it up with “Won’t Back Down”, “Full Moon Fever” and the emotional “Free Fallin’”, rounding off with a stirring rendition of “Runnin’ Down a Dream”.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

U2 – 2002

U2 had the unenviable task of trying to raise everyone’s spirits just six months after the 9/11 attacks, but they did an admirable job, with performances of uplifting tracks like “Beautiful Day”.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Paul McCartney – 2005

McCartney preceded the pop stars trying to outdo one another with extravagant stage designs and lavish costumes. Instead, he offered four beautifully played songs, of which the final one, “Hey Jude”, prompted an epic singalong with the crowd at Jacksonville’s EverBank Field Stadium.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Madonna – 2012

One of the few to outdo Katy Perry’s 2015 entrance was Madonna, three years earlier, who appeared on a giant golden chariot led by about a hundred buff men dressed as Roman soldiers. She brought out Nicki Minaj and MIA for “Give Me All Your Luvin’” and also performed hits “Like a Prayer”, “Music” and “Express Yourself”.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Katy Perry – 2015

There are few entrances as grand as standing on top of a giant golden lion with glowing eyes. Katy Perry went all out for her halftime show in 2015 with performances of “Roar”, “Dark Horse”, “California Gurls”, “Firework” and “Teenage Dream”. And who can forget the notorious Left Shark and his poor coordination?

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Bruce Springsteen – 2009

“Put the chicken fingers down and turn your television all the way up,” the Boss ordered. Springsteen’s 12-minute set started out with “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” and also included “Born to Run”, “Glory Days” and “Working on a Dream”.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake – 2004

Janet Jackson delivered a blistering, brilliantly choreographed show that ended with “Rock Your Body”. But the moment Justin Timberlake ripped away her costume, and exposed her breast for approximately half a second, overshadowed all of that. The incident, dubbed “nipplegate”, even inspired the creation of YouTube. Jackson was turned into a scapegoat for the ensuing controversy, while Timberlake didn’t receive anywhere near as much scrutiny.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Lady Gaga – 2017

One of the most outlandish halftime shows in recent memory, Lady Gaga began her performance by hurtling herself from the top of the stadium (attached to a harness, of course) – sparking a thousand memes. Once safely on the ground, she thrilled audiences with her biggest hits: “Poker Face”, “Born This Way”, “Telephone”, “Just Dance”, “Million Reasons” and “Bad Romance”.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Beyonce – 2013

Beyonce basically ties with Prince for the greatest all-time Super Bowl performance. It was bold, it was fierce, it was virtually flawless. Bursting onto the stage with “Crazy in Love” after an a capella “Love on Top”, she threw down some of her best dance moves, before moving on to other hits including “End of Time” and “Baby Boy”. Lastly, there was a hysteria-inducing Destiny’s Child reunion with Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland – a performance so powerful, the lights at the stadium cut out when it ended.

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The 10 greatest Super Bowl performances, ranked

Prince – 2007

The greatest. Of course, the Purple One wasn’t responsible for the rain that began to pour during his hair-raising 12-minute performance, which included covers of “We Will Rock You” and “All Along the Watchtower”. But the timing was so perfect, you wanted to believe he was. Following renditions of “1999/Baby I’m a Star”, Prince closed on “Purple Rain” in what has to be ranked among one of his greatest live performances of that song.

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Instead, the actor reveals a much slimmer (and evidently computer-generated) frame.

At the end of the clip, he even sheds part of his long hair, leaving him with a balding head instead.

He’s joined at the end of the clip by his wife Lisa Bonet, who rescues him from an ill-fated fitness session.

Viewers reacted strongly to the ad on Twitter, with one person writing: "This Jason Momoa Rocket Mortgage commercial is really disturbing please don’t ever show it again.”

“Lisa Bonnet is the only thing that saved that weird a** Jason Momoa commercial. I’m honestly unsettled [sic],” another person tweeted.

Some, however, found the ad hilarious, with one person commenting: "So Jason Momoa is in the lead with funniest commercial.....”

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