'It makes me proud': Beyonce reveals how happy she is with her controversial Super Bowl show while Malcolm X's family says they loved the tribute to their father

Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show may have been offensive to some but the singer could not be happier with her work.

'It makes me proud,' Beyonce told Entertainment Tonight of her performance, which included references to the Black Panther Party and Malcolm X.

'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves.'

Malcolm X's family also revealed that they 'absolutely loved' her tribute to their father.

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I Slay: Beyonce (above) said in an interview after her Super Bowl halftime show that she was 'proud' of her performance

Perforamnce: 'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves,' said the singer, whose show paid tribute to Malcom X (above) and the Black Panther Party

Proud: Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz (above) said she 'absolutely loved' Beyonce's performance and tribute to her father

Malcolm’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz spoke with Page Six and said she loved that Beyonce's performance was 'making a statement [about] all the senseless killing.'

She also said that she and other family members were asked if they wanted to appear in the music video for Formation, Beyonce's new song, but were unable to maker it to the New Orleans set. 

Others were far less impressed with Beyonce's message, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who ripped into the singer Monday morning while appearing on Fox & Friends.

'This is football, not Hollywood, and I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive,' said Giuliani.

'And what we should be doing, in the African-American community and in all communities, is build up respect for police officers and focus on the fact that when something does go wrong, OK, we’ll work on that.'

Giuliani also said during his interview; 'I think it was outrageous. The halftime show I thought was ridiculous anyway. I don't know what the heck it was. A bunch of people bouncing around and all strange things. It was terrible.'

He later added; 'You're talking to middle America when you're at the Super Bowl, so if you're going to have entertainment, let's have decent, wholesome entertainment and not use it as a platform to attack the people who put their lives at risk to save us.'

Shabazz (above with her father in 1964) also said that she was asked to appear in Beyonce's video

In Washington DC, members of the National Sheriffs' Association who watched the game together turned off the television when Beyonce appeared on the halftime show, telling the Washington Examiner they were upset the NFL let the singer perform her new anthem Formation, which they consider to be anti-police.

The NSA is one of one of the largest law enforcement organizations in the country and has over 22,000 members.

Peter King, the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district, was also outraged, posting on Twitter; 'Beyoncé Formation video & #SB50 act was anti-police, shameful. Repeats big lie of Michael Brown innocence.Cops deserve support not criminals.'

Former Illinois congressman turned radio host Joe Walsh also lashed out after Beyonce's performance, writing; 'Beyonce sings anti-police song at halftime after receiving police escort to the Super Bowl. Liberal hypocrite.'

He then added; 'Halftime at the Super Bowl - an embrace of the Black Panthers & Black Lives Matter and an attack on our Police. Welcome to today's America.' 

These complaints seem to be aimed more at Beyonce's new music video for Formation rather than her Super Bowl performance.

In that video Beyonce sings atop a submerged police cruiser and as the song ends a young boy in a hoodie is seen standing in front of a long line of cops who raise their arms in the air while the camera pans to graffiti on a wall which reads 'Stop shooting us.' 

The singer has yet to respond to any of her critics, but does close her new song with the lyric; 'You know you that b***h when you cause all this conversation / Always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper.'