Not the breast of times for Timberlake

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The last time Justin Timberlake played the Super Bowl halftime show, it didn’t go so well.

That was 2004 and he ended Janet Jackson’s set by ripping off half of her leather bustier to reveal a naked right breast except for a silver nipple shield. Nipplegate ensued.

Jackson took most of the heat and 14 years later Timberlake — now a 10-time Grammy winner and married father — returned Sunday to play the Super Bowl halftime just days after the release of his new album Man of The Woods.

It was clear from the out set there would be no shocking repeat of a wardrobe malfunction of any kind.

In fact, dressed down in a black fringed leather jacket, camouflage pants and later a camo blazer, he played it so safe that his halftime performance was muted at best.

There was a notable video appearance by the late Prince performingI Would Die For U projected on a white cloth as Timber lake sang and played along on a white piano below.

But it seemed more like an apology.

“Minneapolis, Minnesota — this one’s for you,” said Timberlake, who had a Man of The Woods listening party at Paisley Park earlier in the week, riling many Prince fans.

And while most Super Bowl halftime performers know how to make an entrance, Timberlake began his performance in the bowels of Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium singing Filthy, the first so-so single from Man of The Woods.

He then climbed the stairs onto the field with male dancers behind him for Rock Your Body as he worked his way across a bridge, before taking the stage for SexyBack, My Love and Cry Me A River.