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Social Media Reaction Mixed After Bad Bunny Announced as Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show Performer
Governor Gavin Newsom ridicules Kid Rock amid right-wing backlash over Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, whose album surpassed 7 billion Spotify streams.
- On September 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked Kid Rock amid backlash over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California.
- Critics pointed to Bad Bunny's Spanish-language catalog, political comments, and fashion while supporters of President Donald Trump and MAGA influencers lashed out, suggesting Kid Rock as an alternative.
- Bad Bunny recently completed a 31-show residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico, generating more than $700 million and highlighting his status as a three-time Grammy winner.
- Sebastian Gorka posted on X questioning the NFL's judgment, while Jack Posobiec proposed a counter-Superbowl halftime show featuring Creed, intensifying conservative backlash.
- Newsom's renewed taunts worsened his feud with Kid Rock, following a fake endorsement poster, while Super Bowl halftime shows have long featured marquee stars and the NFL has avoided culture-war fights since Trump's term.
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Trump Advisor Says ICE Agents Will Be at Super Bowl for Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show: ‘It’s So Shameful They Picked Someone Who Seems to Hate America’
Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski warns that ICE agents will be at the Super Bowl, where Bad Bunny is set as Halftime Show performer.
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Gavin Newsom Epically Shuts Down Suggestion That Kid Rock Should Be Doing Super Bowl Halftime Show
Earlier this week, the NFL announced that worldwide superstar Bad Bunny would be the headliner for the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show, causing right-wing heads to explode over the news.After far-right provocateur Nick Adams suggested that the singer, a fierce critic of the Trump administration, should not have been chosen for the halftime gig, California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office took to X to mock him in the account's now familiar Trum…
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