13 Awkward And Surprising Things That Went Down During Super Bowl LVIII

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1. Donna Kelce, Travis's mom, was caught on camera sitting in the arena alone before the big game:

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2. Rob Gronkowski missed a 25-yard field goal kick for a FanDuel promotion — again:

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3. Taylor Swift and Blake Lively were caught on camera swaying to the beat of Post Malone's take on "America the Beautiful":

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4. After Andra Day performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," one of the commentators announced that they were going to "celebrate America" after coming back from commercial:

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5.There was a weird ad about Jesus washing feet:

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6. One of the commentators was singing along to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" during the commercial break, and it didn't sound great:

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7. Travis Kelce got really intense with Chiefs coach Andy Reid on the sidelines:

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8. Las Vegas's official Twitter account used a picture of the friggin' Blue Man Group to celebrate the game's first touchdown:

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9. The 49ers' linebacker Dre Greenlaw injured his Achilles tendon while jogging onto the field and got taken out of the game:

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10. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran a really bizarre presidential campaign ad mimicking an ad that his uncle President John F. Kennedy ran in the 1960s:

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11. The faux disclaimer before Usher's halftime show warned against "possible relationship issues" from watching his performance — possibly alluding to the Keke Palmer–Darius Jackson drama from last year:

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12. Alicia Keys didn't exactly nail the opening moment of her halftime appearance:

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13. And if you think all of that is strange, get a load of what was going on during Nickelodeon's coverage of the Super Bowl...

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