{"id":25980,"date":"2025-10-05T05:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=25980"},"modified":"2025-10-05T05:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:25:33","slug":"bad-bunny-reacts-to-right-wing-backlash-over-all-spanish-super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=25980","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny Reacts to Right-Wing Backlash Over All-Spanish Super Bowl Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPuerto Rican rapper and <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> host Bad Bunny mocked right-wing backlash to his upcoming Spanish-only Super Bowl halftime show, and started the countdown clock for anyone who doesn\u2019t know the language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBad Bunny, who closed out <em>SNL<\/em> season 50 in May as musical guest, was recently named the halftime performer at Super Bowl LX in February. His show will be solely in Spanish\u2014a decision which angered many on the right and spurred Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to warn that ICE agents will be at the Santa Clarita, California venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI have the responsibility for making sure everybody goes to the Super Bowl, has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave, and that\u2019s what America\u2019s about,\u201d Noem said on <em>The Benny Show<\/em>. \u201cSo yeah, we\u2019ll be all over that place. We\u2019re going to enforce the law.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cSo, I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they\u2019re law-abiding Americans who love this country,\u201d Noem added, seemingly implying that tourists weren\u2019t welcome.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBad Bunny, who has revealed that his world tour didn\u2019t include stops in the mainland U.S due to the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportations, joked that \u201ceveryone is happy\u201d about his future gig\u2014\u201deven Fox News.\u201d He then rolled a rapid succession of clips of hosts on the right-wing network combining to say: \u201cBad Bunny. Is. My favorite. Musician. And he should be the next. President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m very excited to\u00a0be doing the Super Bowl, and I know that people all\u00a0around the world who love my\u00a0music are also happy,\u201d the Grammy winner said before continuing in Spanish.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201c\u2026Especially all the Latinos and Latinas in the whole world, and here in the United States, all the people who have worked to open doors, more than I have achieved, who have achieved everything, demonstrating that our way, our carrying of this country, no one can ever remove nor erase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe wrapped up his monologue in English: \u201cAnd if you didn\u2019t understand\u00a0what I just said, you have four\u00a0months to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rican rapper and Saturday Night Live host Bad Bunny mocked right-wing backlash to his upcoming Spanish-only Super Bowl halftime show, and started the countdown clock for anyone who doesn\u2019t know the language. 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