Posted on 10/23/2025 10:10:35 AM PDT by Battlestar
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is unbothered by the firestorm of controversy surrounding the NFL’s selection of crossdressing anti-ICE rapper Bad Bunny as this year’s Super Bowl halftime entertainment.
In fact, he thinks the Puerto Rican rapper will deliver a “uniting” performance.
The blowback the league received has ranged from NFL fans on social media to President Trump himself. On Wednesday, Goodell addressed not only the criticism of the decision but also the demands that the league hire a different performer.
“It’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said while defending the league’s decision. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching… We’re confident it’s going to be a great show. He understands the platform that he’s on, and I think it’s going to be exciting and a united moment.”
Goodell added, “He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world. That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value.”
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united in our disgust. Must Miss TV
Such a bad pick that there is already alternate programming being planned. I won’t watch Bad Bungy.
I haven’t watched the halftime show since the invention of the DVR.
He must be on DRUGS
This tool has completely lost touch with reality.
Someone do a mental well check on him/his family.
Goodell is a disgusting scumbag. Just awful. Shame on the owners who renewed his contract a couple of years ago
I’ll watch the All American halftime show, looks to be a good one. NFL can suck rocks.
Alternate programming? Hank Williams on Louisiana Hayride?
Previous performer Kendrick Lammar was suposed to be a “world-famous” in-demand performer too - and his performance stunk to high heaven!
Actually he’s scared- when they come out and make a statement such as this you know they are feeling the pressure...if it wasn’t that big a deal or it wasn’t concerning for them, he never would never addressed it...
this is all self inflicted. he’s trying to make the best of a stupid (and avoidable) situatoin
No its not, and you knew it when you picked him. It was a deliberate thumb in the eye of the majority of Americans.
When the NFL gets hit with the coming gambling scandal and arrests, will Goodell call it a “unifying moment” as well?
I don’t plan to watch the game unless the Washington Football Team is playing, and then I will be rooting for them to lose.
Dude! I don’t know what you’re smoking but STOP!
I sense Bad Bunny will have a scheduling conflict or dramatic illness in the family.
a “uniting” performance.
Would appear that “united” is the fashionable concept in leadership right now and he just got back from a conference.................
I never heard of this performer
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