His Super Bowl ad got Roland Martin all fired up, but the CNN commentator isn’t the only one making headlines for an incident involving David Beckham.

He may be the most famous soccer player in the world, but that didn’t stop a referee from giving the 36-year-old a red card at a children’s match in L.A.

Before his son Romeo took the field, “there was a penalty given” to a young player from another team, Beckham recalled on The Jonathan Ross Show.

“The kids are 7 years old and [the referee] sent the kid off. And I was like, ‘Come on, he’s 7 years old, referee! You can’t send him off,’” Becks said.

“And he looked at me and was like, ‘Yes, I can.’”

Beckham grew defiant and fought back, arguing: “You can’t – he’s 7 years old!’ And [the ref] came over and he gave me a red card,” the L.A. Galaxy star said.

“He told me to get out of the park. For real.”

The British superstar/underwear model “went to the other side of the gate” for the duration of the game, “and I came back when my son’s game was on.”

Beckham’s presence is usually welcomed at local sporting events: “The dads like seeing me there,” David admitted, “and I coach the kids at times.”

Tell us: Would you give David Beckham a red card if he were questioning your calls as a referee? Or stare in awe and ask him for an autograph?

[Photo: WENN.com]

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She may not have been dating one of the game’s starting quarterbacks, but Jessica Simpson still made her presence felt at last night’s Super Bowl.

The pregnant singer Tweeted a photo of herself and a friend from their box at Lucas Oil Stadium, showing off her ample…. rooting interest in the following Twit pic:

Earlier in the week, Jessica had explained her support of the Patriots by saying fiance Eric Johnson was from Boston and: “I’m a Cowboys fan, so I cannot root for the Giants!”

Fair enough. But we all know why Simpson is a Cowboys fan, right? Not sure if Johnson would really want to hear that.

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Exposed body parts from the Super Bowl continue to stir up controversy across the Internet.

With M.I.A.’s immature finger flip causing both NBC and the NFL to apologize, GLADD is now up in arms over comments made last night by CNN contributor Roland Martin.

While watching the Giants victory over the Patriots, Martin Tweeted the following in response to David Beckham’s underwear ad for H&M (below):

GLADD noticed and wrote back: “Advocates of gay bashing have no place at CNN,” to which Martin then replied:

“You’re clearly out of touch and clueless with what I tweeted. Way to assume, but you’re way off base.”

The gay rights organization has since sent around an online petition that pushes for to Martin be fired. It has collected approximately 2,000 signatures so far.

What do you think of Martin’s comments? Homophobic? Or just lame and unfunny? Should he be fired?

David Beckham Super Bowl Ad

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GLADD wants Roland Martin to be fired for his comments related to the David Beckham H&M commercial that aired during last night’s Super Bowl.

Conversely, Karl Rove and a few other Republicans are afraid that a different Super Bowl ad was created with the aim of getting President Barack Obama rehired.

The spot in question is narrated by Clint Eastwood and touts both Chrysler and the turnaround of the auto industry in Detroit, with the actor saying via voiceover: It’s “halftime in America and our second half’s about to begin.”

Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial

Might this be a veiled reference to a second term for Obama?

Rove believes so, pointing to Eastwood’s claim that Detroit “almost lost everything, but we all pulled together” and “now Motor City is fighting again” as support for the administration’s bailout of various companies in the area.

“I was, frankly, offended by it,” Karl Rove told Fox News this morning. “I’m a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”

Michelle Malkin also took issue with what she referred to as an “auto bailout ad,” which is interesting only because Eastwood has typically been known as a strong conservative.

He even told the Los Angeles Times last year: “We shouldn’t be bailing out the banks and car companies. If a CEO can’t figure out how to make his company profitable, then he shouldn’t be the CEO.”

Watch the commercial above and decide: Great ad? Or great ad… with an agenda?

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It didn’t get the attention of Kelly Clarkson’s national anthem or Madonna’s halftime show (both great), but Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton performed a beautiful rendition of “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl XLVI last night.

The married country stars did justice to the classic, often overshadowed by “The Star Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America,” but a wonderful tribute to our nation.

Watch their duet below:

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton – America The Beautiful

After the Giants pulled off an insane comeback, Blake Shelton ran it back as one of the coaches/judges on NBC’s hit singing competition.

Follow the link for our recap of The Voice Season 2 premiere!

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What would a Super Bowl halftime show be without a little controversy, right?

While all boobs remained in place, and no wardrobes malfunctioned, during the Madonna-based performance tonight, rapper M.I.A. – who joined The Material Girl and Nicki Minaj on stage for a rendition of “Give Me All Your Luvin” – is making headlines for the exposure of another body part.

She raised her middle finger to a NBC camera.

In a couple hilarious statements, the NFL first wrote of the gesture and image above:

“There was a failure in NBC’s delay system. The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans.”

This, naturally, led to a response from NBC, which reads: “The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show. Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.”

So, should M.I.A. get fined for the move? Of course. Not because it’s especially lewd, simply because it’s such an incredibly lame cry for attention.

[Photo: Getty]

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Gisele Bundchen thinks her husband needs a handful of prayers in order to win tonight’s Super Bowl.

In related news, the prayers of men across the country have come true: this super duper model is topless in a new ad for Versace!

The Brazilian beauty is the face – or body, really – of that label’s spring/summer collection and posed for this black and white shot in Borrego Spring, California.

A denim jacket, sadly, is covering Gisele’s most important body parts, which brings up the most important question: Will the Patriots cover their spread over the Giants?

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It’s official: Simon Cowell has not completely cleaned house on The X Factor.

With Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and Steve Jones all out of the Fox singing competition, the network announced today that iconic music producer L.A. Reid would be back for season two.

The question, of course, remains: who will join Reid and Cowell on the show’s panel? Mariah Carey has been a rumored name for weeks, with the latest chatter surrounding Beyonce and a ridiculous offer Simon supposedly made to Blue Ivy’s mom.

WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE JUDGING THE X FACTOR?

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The venerable host-pimp of ABC’s guilty pleasure reality franchise says he deeply regrets what unfolded on Ashley Hebert’s season of The Bachelorette.

Chris Harrison learned a key lesson from the Bentley Williams debacle and that’s why he’s intervening in a big way on The Bachelor tomorrow night.

Bentley’s deceit about his intentions, not to mention his being a complete d!ck, eventually led to heartbreak for Ash. Chris takes part of the blame.

“I didn’t go far enough in talking to [Ashley Hebert] about Bentley,” he says. “I warned her and I took some steps. But I don’t think I went far enough.”

Sometimes a pimp’s gotta step up to the plate and reprimand his employees.

Tomorrow night, Harrison takes firmer steps to prevent a repeat with current Bachelor star Ben Flajnik, as teased in a preview of this week’s episode (below).

Harrison arrives in Panama City, Panama, where Ben is wooing the remaining women, to drop a bomb that evidently leaves Casey Shteamer bawling.

“There’s something that happens with Ben in Panama, where I got to kind of, you know, rectify that situation and do the right thing,” Harrison said.

“In that speech to him and the girl that’s involved, I actually said, you know what, I made a mistake [last] season, so I’m not going to do it here.”

The Bachelor spoilers we’ve read have hinted at this for weeks now, but it looks like the show is full-on admitting it early. Its Facebook page teases:

“Soon it will be revealed that one bachelorette still has a boyfriend … Who do you think it is?” We’re gonna guess Casey S. Just a thought …

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Look out, music world. Lexi Sullivan is coming.

The young singer stars in a new video for a track titled “Hot Stuff,” which is produced by Ark Music Factory, the same company that made a star out of Rebecca Black.

And, no offense to Lexi, who may be perfectly nice and innocent in all this, but the song makes Black’s “Friday” sound like a Grammy winner.

In it, Sullivan appears to be singing about some cute boy who isn’t very nice, so his glasses break and some other stuff happens and, really, you just need to watch for yourself. But do it with ear plugs, folks. You’ve been warned…

Lexi Sullivan – Hot Stuff

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