The Skater Who Fell Off Stage At The Super Bowl Halftime Show - A Wild Story Debunked

Louisa Melcher's name isn't likely to ring any bells for your average football fan. However, if one mentions a skater who fell off the stage during Usher's halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII, they'll likely recall her. Melcher posted on her TikTok account about her experience, sporting a shiner and a broken wrist. Calling the incident a "cautionary tale," she explained that she lied on her resume about being a skater. Melcher admitted that she isn't sorry she did it — the job paid $20,000, and she got to appear with Usher at the Super Bowl.

There's just one problem: There's zero evidence Melcher was at the Super Bowl. She's a TikTok content creator known for the viral cringe comedy post "New York Summer," and has since graduated to making satirical posts about media events. In the past, she has claimed she's a red carpet coordinator with inside knowledge of the Golden Globes drama between Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, and Timothée Chalamet and that she has a brain chip implant (which sounds suspiciously similar to Elon Musk's Neuralink endeavors). In the videos, she plays the stories completely straight. But if you watch enough of them, the dubious nature of these tales becomes evident — making the joking nature of her TikTok channel's bio — "Honesty, integrity, truth" — pretty funny. Fans have already pointed out Melcher's Super Bowl post online. "I truly love her commitment to lying more than anything in the entire world," @_faithao commented on X. 

While Melcher had no part in it, the skating mistake wasn't the only notable blooper in the halftime show, as the NFL later edited out Alicia Keys' vocal crack during her performance. Previous Super Bowl halftime shows have had their share of drama, as well –  as anyone who remembers the saga of Left Shark can testify! 

Normally, however, celebrities are the ones who tend to be at the center of gossip and controversy after such incidents occur. Whether it's the say-no-more worldshaking backlash that enveloped Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson or the time M.I.A. flipped the bird during Madonna's performance and put her career on ice, there's been no shortage of shockers.

Sometimes, there's the rare halftime show that never even makes it to the viewing public — through no real fault of the celebrities involved. When New Kids on the Block performed at Super Bowl XXV, the appearance was preempted by a briefing from then-President George H.W. Bush on the Gulf War. Network announcements suggested the halftime show would air after the game, but some affiliates simply cut to other programs, leaving NKOTB fans disappointed. The full performance eventually resurfaced in 2016 on YouTube, which proves that some Super Bowl halftime memories are worth revisiting, no matter how disastrous they are.