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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Sparks Conservative Backlash

Bad Bunny’s halftime show is the first major Super Bowl performance primarily in Spanish, sparking debate with 64% of young Americans supporting the choice, polls show.

  • This Sunday, Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, making history as the first Latino and Spanish-speaking solo headliner, with over 100m viewers expected.
  • After his Grammy speech last week, critics sharpened their focus on Bad Bunny, whose remarks denouncing ICE intensified debate following his NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation invite in late September.
  • A competing counterprogram will run during Bad Bunny's performance, with Turning Point USA airing an 'All American' show headlined by Kid Rock, while Green Day joins the first-ever half-time show in Spanish.
  • NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended the pick, praising Bad Bunny's platform use while conservatives vowed a boycott and President Donald Trump called the choice absolutely ridiculous and said he will not attend.
  • Scholars note the Super Bowl performance could elevate Puerto Rican issues nationally, linked to his San Juan residency estimated to generate $200 million and spotlighting Puerto Rican history and environmental justice.
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Puerto Rico proudly awaits Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance

On the streets of San Juan, Bad Bunny's compatriots are eagerly awaiting the world's most famous Puerto Rican to represent the island at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

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It's about much more than music when Bad Bunny takes over the Super Bowl with Spanish hits on Sunday, according to an expert who calls the event a reflection of a divided America.

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The National Desk broke the news in on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
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