Censors catch Janet Jackson this time

Unlike the last time she appeared on CBS, Janet Jackson was bleeped by censors while talking to David Letterman - for saying "Jesus".

The exclamation, made in apparent exasperation as Letterman asked the singer about her famed Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction", was edited out for broadcast, a show spokesman said.

Jackson told Letterman that her breast-baring, when a piece of clothing was yanked off by duet partner Justin Timberlake during the half-time show, "was totally an accident. It wasn't a stunt".

Another piece of clothing was to have been in place to conceal the breast from view, said Jackson.

On the Late Show, she wore a red dress that exposed cleavage and her navel, which was adorned with jewellery.

Booked on the first of a round of national television appearances to promote her new album, Damita Jo, Jackson repeatedly told Letterman she didn't want to talk about the incident.