Madonna says she "wasn't happy" after rapper M.I.A. flipped her middle finger at a camera during their Super Bowl halftime show.

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The NFL and NBC immediately apologized for M.I.A.'s behavior and for the network's failure to keep it off of television.

USA Today said Madonna called in to Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Friday morning to give her perspective on the incident.

"I didn't know about it until I left. I was really surprised. I didn't know anything about it," Madonna told Seacrest.

"I wasn't happy about it. I understand it's punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity. It seemed negative. It's one of the those things, it's such a teenager, irrelevant thing to do…there was such a feeling of love and unity there. What was the point? It was just out of place," she said.