The cry of "Who Dat" wasn't all about the New Orleans Saints at the Super Bowl — it was also said by onlookers as cameras flashed at the sight of A-list celebrities at the big game, including Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise with kids in tow.
Sometime New Orleans resident Pitt was escorted into the game on a golf cart with security moments before it began. The bearded Pitt was with son Maddox and shouted out his allegiance to "Who Dat" nation before the Saints' big win over the Indianapolis Colts.
By contrast, Cruise went into the stadium like other ticket holders, up an escalator with daughter Suri in his arms.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher didn't have security, but may have wished they had opted for some after cameras chased them into the stadium. Later, they huddled together on the sidelines before kickoff.
Other celebrity sightings included John Travolta , who was seen leaving before the Saints made their game-winning comeback.
Before the game, LL Cool J declared himself on the side of the team that ultimately lost, the Colts.
"I'm from New York: There's a Manning connection," he said, referring to Colts quarterback Peyton Manning's little brother, New York Giants quarterback Eli.
But he knew the potential repercussions of announcing his pick as soon as he said it.
"They're gonna beat me up," he said of rabid Saints fans. "I feel like I've got five pounds of beads!"
Gloria Estefan and husband Emilio, part-owners of the Miami Dolphins, proclaimed they weren't there to root for anybody in particular — they were just proud the Super Bowl was back in their town.
No marital problems for Trump
Although Donald Trump has spent several weekends alone at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., this season, he denies any marital problems exist between him and his wife, Melania.
"This is so ridiculous," Trump, 63, tells People magazine. "There was a report in the Palm Beach Daily News that Melania and I are having problems, and it is 100 percent false, as I told them."
"The truth is," he says, "our 5-year-old son, Barron, is in school (in New York) on Fridays until 5 p.m. and we don't want to take him out to fly down to Palm Beach. So I have come alone."
Melania, 29, "used to come with me to Palm Beach every weekend, but now that we have a young son, his school comes first," says Trump, who stars on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice."
Another year older
Today's birthdays: television journalist Roger Mudd , 82... singer-songwriter Carole King , 68... actor Joe Pesci , 67... author Alice Walker , 66... actress Mia Farrow , 65... actress Judith Light , 61... country singer Travis Tritt , 47 ... actress Camille Winbush , 20.
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