This article was originally posted November 25, 2018.
The Detroit Lions hosting a Thanksgiving matchup at home is a tradition dating back several decades. And with a national television audience tuned in before carving up their turkey, the team in recent years has tried getting headline musical acts to perform during halftime.
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The choice for this year’s halftime performance was Detroit native Mike Posner, known for his US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single “Cooler than Me” as well as the top 20 single “Please Don’t Go”.
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However, viewers didn’t exactly embrace the selection. In fact, many reactions from the Twitter-verse were downright rude! Take a look at what some people had to say about the Detroit native performing at halftime during the Lions annual Thanksgiving game, including several jabs at his new shaggier look.
What is @NFL @Lions & @NFLonCBS thinking with this halftime noise? The legendary who? Michael Posner? Come on #Detroit! #KidRock #BobSeger #Eminem or a MoTown act are your legends…not this "poser".
— Dennis P. Shea (@DSHEAVALHALLA) November 22, 2018
Michael Posner is killin’ my football buzz
— Liz Gonzales (@TheLizGonzales) November 22, 2018
Michael Posner looks like the mud from the sixth sense all grown up. pic.twitter.com/KXAB9z0jes
— Maester Magoo the Compassionate (@Maestermagoo) November 22, 2018
Mike Posner looking like a geico commercial pic.twitter.com/BatGuyzhWK
— Daddy Long Legs (@jillwones) November 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/keithcampbell48/status/1065685620763369472
https://twitter.com/JamesStDenis_/status/1065685172836806657
Hearing “the legendary Mike Posner Band” might be one of the greatest lies I’ve heard on national television
— Sister Mary Clarence from Sister Act (1992) (@ScottLammert) November 22, 2018
Mike Posner looks like he should be playing more cowbell #DetvsChi pic.twitter.com/nRcU9mSJnn
— Brandon Bell (@Brandon18Bell) November 22, 2018
“We now take you down to Michael Posner and the legendary Michael Posner band!” #Thanksgiving #CHIvsDET pic.twitter.com/jBvBwTV3Jd
— Cody Fincher (@Cody__Fincher) November 22, 2018
