Spike Lee, Katy Perry, Eva Longoria, Diddy, more tweet the Super Bowl
The micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz throughout last night's Super Bowl, with football fans across the country typing 12,233 tweets per second as the Giants bested the New England Patriots. Numerous celebrities were among those picking up their smartphones to post messages during the game.
Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted to the referees from the stands, "Dear Ref, Pass interference. That is all. Love, #NYGiants Fans Everywhere." During the Giants' final drive of the game, the "Who's the Boss?" star tweeted, "I believe in Eli. #SB46 #NYGiants Let's go @Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Katy Perry might have worn an ensemble tying together both the Patriots' and Giants' uniforms, but by the end of the night, she tweeted, "I heart Giants."
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Mayor Bloomberg also tweeted from the game. "Congratulations to the #SuperBowl Champion New York Giants!" he wrote, before echoing the Giants's Twitter rallying call. "#AllIn."
Spike Lee brought his son, Jackson, to the game and was so excited by the Giants' victory that he turned on his caps lock. "New York Is Back On Top Where We Belong," he wrote. "New York New York -- CELEBRATE,CELEBRATE,DANCE TO THE MUSIC.CELEBRATE,CELEBRATE,DANCE TO THE MUSIC."
Diddy was equally as enthused. During the final minute, as the Patriots got one last attempt at scoring, the hip hop mogul tweeted, "Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! GiANTS!!!!!! Defense!!! Thi! s is it! !!!!!" When Tom Brady and his team failed to score, Diddy added, "We did it!!!!!!!!!! GiANTS!!!!!!!"
Pop star Katy Perry initially seemed unsure of who to root for at the big game, sporting an ensemble that was hybrid of both the Giants' and Patriots' team uniforms. "SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE @ #thesuperbowl #neverthoughtidsaythat," she wrote, refusing to pick a favorite team for the first half of the game. "#BOOYAAA #stillneutral."
But by the end of the night, Perry got caught up in Giants fever, wearing a foam finger and jumping in the air as the team scored. "Okay fine.... I GIANTS!" Perry wrote.
When a fan replied, "Oh what, after they win? Classy," the "Teenage Dream" singer responded "I will cut you off!"
Late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon revealed early in the game, "I already lost $100." But the financial hit didn't seem to dull his enthusiasm. As the game concluded, Fallon typed, "New York and Indianapolis are partying right now!!! Congrats Giants!!!"
Eva Longoria also revealed on Twitter that she had placed a bet on the game. "Making a Super Bowl Scoring grid! I'm serious about football! ... Now time to start betting!" she wrote. "Me and my girl @lala watching super bowl in our sweats! ... Wow great game! Congrats NY!"
Other celebrities didn't have as much to say about the game as they did about the halftime show.
Paul Abdul wrote, "O. M. G. #Madonna #killedit BRILLIANT #HalfTime show!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPERB choreography & Madonna was FLAWLESS!"
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel' echoed her sentiment, writing, "Holy madonna balls. That was epic."
Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner also added, "Madonna was amazing!!!!!!! Perfection!!"
Meanwhile, socialite Nicky Hilton sounded a touch clueless when she wrote, "So I heard they're gonna play football at the Madonna concert tonight."
"30 Rock" actor Alec Baldwin initially seemed unenthused by the game, writing, "Two quarters of SuperBowl and the strongest performer is Madonna."
But after t! he Giant s picked up their play in the second half, he turned his focus back to the game. "Who's the King of New York? Eli's the King of New York," Baldwin wrote at the end of the night, referencing MVP Eli Manning.