Instead, in front of some 110 million viewers on NBC and uncounted others online, she flipped the bird and appeared to sing, "I don't give a (expletive)" at one point, though it was hard to hear her clearly."The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing and we apologize to our fans," said Brian McCarthy, spokesman for the NFL, which produced the show. Had not done anything similar during rehearsals and the league had no reason to believe she would pull something like that during the actual show."The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show," NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey said. That caused the most controversy."Madonna performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giant Guardian wondered whether anyone would really be outraged.ZOOM ZOOM: Chris Johnson raced a cheetah as part of a cable television special in the offseason, and he hit the ground runnin