Bad Bunny slammed for controversial Super Bowl…
Bad Bunny closed his Super Bowl LX halftime show with a message of purported unity, “Together we are America” — but keen-eyed critics rapidly slammed the song-and-dance act as a divisive and “degenerate” efficiency.
And the Puerto Rican star made no effort in his Spanish-only efficiency to embody the 78% of American households that converse only English.
Bad Bunny beforehand taunted that anybody aggravated with his choice as halftime performer had “four months to learn Spanish.”
Bad Bunny performing at the halftime show of Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2026. Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images
“Expanding to the Latino audience is one thing. Doing a show EXCLUSIVELY for the Latino audience? They’re gonna hear about this one,” “Sopranos” and E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt groused via X.
“I’m sorry, no subtitles was a bad decision and an insult to the audience. Subtitles would have been ‘countering division,’ having none encourages it.”
President Trump also weighed in to blast the halftime show as an “affront to the Greatness of America.”
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,” Trump fumed on Truth Social.
The president had publicly said he wouldn’t be watching this yr’s big recreation after the lefty artist — real title Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — was announced as the halftime leisure at Levi’s Stadium.
Much of the efficiency happened in a makeshift sugar cane subject set up on the gridiron, where straw-hatted actors portraying migrants appeared laborious at work harvesting the crop, conspicuously dabbing sweat from their brows.
Bad Bunny meandered through the maze of sugar cane, passing food cart distributors, old-timers taking part in dominos, nail salon workers and a cluster of scantily-clad girls standing beside a pile of cinderblocks, presumably a fanciful nod to construction staff.
The routine’s theme centered around professions with an outsize migrant footprint, a rigorously curated bit of messaging by the famously anti-ICE pop star.
Bad Bunny carried out your entire show in Spanish. Getty Images
Lady Gaga made a shock visitor look at the Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny. Getty Images
“This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History,” Trump raged.
“There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD — And, by the way, the NFL should immediately replace its ridiculous new Kickoff Rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Even in Spanish, Bad Bunny’s lyrics sparked controversy — significantly the track “Tití Me Preguntó” (“My Auntie Asked Me”), which is an ode to promiscuity.
In the hit track, Ocasio says of his many conquests, “let the ones I already f–ked smile” and brags about a woman who “came by plane” from Barcelona and says his “d–k is fire.”
The refrain proclaims, “Today I have one, tomorrow I’ll have another, hey, but there’s no wedding.”
The lyrics, which apparently had been toned down for TV, had been aired live to 100 million viewers of all ages.
Bad Bunny being carried by a crowd of background dancers. REUTERS
Bad Bunny dancing on top of a home during the polarizing halftime show. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation
“Worse than I realized. Pure degeneracy,” said Andrew Kolvet of Turning Point USA.
In response to the controversial efficiency, Turning Point concurrently broadcast its “All-American” halftime show as counter-programming, which celebrated blue-collar staff and featured a tribute to TUPSA founder Charlie Kirk, who was murdered in September allegedly by a Trump-hating radical leftist.
The different show — which was considered by more than 6 million people — featured unapologetically American performers including Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett, with the Stars and Stripes taking middle stage throughout the hour-long live performance.
Back in Santa Clara, New York-born Lady Gaga carried out a rendition of Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” — also in Spanish.
Near the end of the halftime show, Bad Bunny emerged from the thick of a sugar cane subject, brandishing the Puerto Rican flag while surrounded by dancers mimicking energy line staff.
Against the backdrop of a scoreboard displaying a retread of his “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” Grammys speech, Bad Bunny then rattled off the names of every nation in the Americas as a procession held aloft the flags of every nation talked about.
Bad Bunny ended the show by marching with flags from all of the nations in North and South America. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation
He then held up a soccer emblazoned with “Together, we are America” before triumphantly spiking it.
A host of conservative influencers gave the efficiency poor marks for its divisive tenor and heavy-handed messaging.
“The NFL having a Super Bowl Halftime Show where their performer sings ENTIRELY in Spanish & waves other nation’s flags, is 100% a political statement,” Jon Root wrote on X.
The Puerto Rican pop star held up a soccer with the message “Together we are America” to close the efficiency. NBC
“Bad Bunny will go down as the worst halftime show in the history of the league. America deserved better for its 250th birthday,” he wrote.
“Nah, I like my half time shows in English from ppl who love America,” Fox News host-turned-podcaster Megyn Kelly wrote disdainfully.
“Call me crazy, but the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the most American moment on TV, should be in English,” wrote influencer Kangmin Lee, who said he “didn’t understand a word” of the efficiency.
Curiously, Martínez Ocasio also wiped his total Instagram post historical past soon after the published with no clarification given, perplexing his more than 52 million followers.
We present you with the trending topics. Get the best latest Entertainment news and content on our web site daily.
