Posted on 10/05/2025 9:52:20 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Rapper Bad Bunny responded to the backlash surrounding the NFL’s decision to book him for this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show as he kicked off the 51st season of “Saturday Night Live.”
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican native, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said he was “excited” to be named the headlining act for the big game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in February, but urged critics they have “four months to learn” Spanish.
“I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl, I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy,” Bad Bunny said during Saturday’s monologue.
The rapper broke out his native tongue for a 30-second message before he sent a message to his critics.
“Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors,” he said in Spanish. “It’s more than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.”
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I’ve been listening to Santana since I was a kid. Really, people should get over it. Yeah, he sings in Spanish, BFD. Harry Nilsson did Spanish versions of a bunch of his songs. Grown ups can handle. If you’re not, grow up.
Doubt it.
Bud Light was a ***** beer. So it was easily targeted for a boycott.
Yep.
It is likely the NFL recognizes that its traditional television audience will tune in to the Super Bowl and its halftime show regardless, maintaining an audience of roughly 135 million viewers. By hiring the Bad Bunny, the league is aiming beyond that base, seeking to expand its reach into Latin America and appeal to younger American viewers.
I speak Spanish fluently.
I will not be listening to one word from this strange dude.
I do not care what he says.
Liberals always overreach.
They just keep digging the hole deeper.
These people do not understand leverage. They have none. He has none
NFL spectators give them more leverage than they ought to have in light of their absolute anti Americanism. But that is the nature of day drinking mouth breathing males. And females.
Oh, otay ‘bad’ bunny.
Yes, I believe Freddie Freeman allowed his very young son to pick which Bad Bunny song to use as his walk up song.
When I ran call centers people would ask why I had Spanish speaking queues. I would tell them that even though we ran our business in English, a growing portion of our customer base spoke Spanish and we can’t ignore them. What I learned is that while almost ALL of our customers COULD speak English, they were more comfortable discussing their banking issues in their native tongue. We had a huge PR client base.
I never had a problem with it.
Where it becomes a problem is if I tried to run my entire business in Spanish, I would lose 80% of my customer base. We also couldn’t afford to print statements in multiple languages. There has to be a trade off.
Will people NOT watch the Super Bowl because of Bad Bunny? Yeah, maybe a few. But the halftime show is NOT the Super Bowl. I doubt if they will lose that many eyeballs. People have to go to the bathroom.
I think the people who are “upset” by this are the same ones who were upset about the rappers they’ve had on. And getting “upset” about a TV program seems a little silly, isn’t it?
If it doesn’t work….it will be a while before they do it again. I am just thankful it’s not Taylor Swift. Who wants to listen to that crap for the next four months?
NFL advertiser list of companies with their social media and email addresses?
I know enough Spanish to tell the Burro pútrido what I think of him and the people who hired him.
It’s not a problem teaching Americans the Mexican lingo. The problem is teaching the illegals English. ICE will be waiting for them at the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper MFL Bowel.
Dont forget knowing how to use a lawn mower
The UFL marketing team doesn’t know how to go for blood. They should be ripping on the NFL without mercy.
Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican, an American citizen. AFAIK, English is a mandatory subject in all grades of PR public schools.
Most of Santana's vocals were in English. Their lead singer was a white guy from Seattle. A lot of the music wasn't even vocals.
Don’t think I’ve ever even seen the halftime show. Not even the “wardrobe malfunction” (that was that a Super Bowl, right?)
Fan is short for fanatic. Sports freaks are very shallow individuals.
These sports fanatics would cheer these people on if they spent half time pissing on the American flag.
You couldn’t pay me to watch this American hating bull shit.
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