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\n\tWhen news hit that Bad Bunny<\/a> would headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime<\/a>, his fans rejoiced. The choice made sense given that the Puerto Rican superstar is among the most streamed artists on the planet, and the performance is also set to make history: Because Bad Bunny<\/a> doesn\u2019t sing in English, this will be the first halftime show in Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tBad Bunny took pride in that fact. \u201cWhat I\u2019m feeling goes beyond myself,\u201d he said in a statement on the day of the announcement. \u201cIt\u2019s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown \u2026 this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el HALFTIME SHOW DEL SUPER BOWL.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHowever, the right had an entirely different reaction<\/a>. Conservative commentators immediately attacked the decision of Roc Nation, the NFL, and Apple Music and launched into a full meltdown on social media. They latched onto the fact that Bad Bunny would not be singing in English and grumbled about his political and immigration stances. (He has been outspoken about Puerto Rican independence and has called out <\/a>Trump\u2019s immigration policies, saying in a recent interview that he decided not to tour in the U.S. because of fears that ICE would harass his Latino fanbase.) \u201cThe NFL is self-destructing year after year,\u201d MAGA YouTuber Benny Johnson wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tTheir protests got more dramatic as Trump advisors, and even Trump himself, weighed in. Trump called the decision to have Bad Bunny headline \u201cabsolutely ridiculous,\u201d while the organization Turning Point USA went as far as setting up a \u201ccounterprogram\u201d called \u201cThe All-American Halftime Show\u201d as an alternative to the star\u2019s performance. Meanwhile, Bad Bunny has commented little, save for an SNL <\/em>monologue poking fun at the situation.<\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s everything that\u2019s happened so far.<\/p>\n \n\tBad Bunny has often been outspoken when it comes to politics in Puerto Rico, but he did use the video for \u201cNuevayol\u201d to speak up against the immigration policies of the current administration. Toward the end of the video, a voice that sounds a lot like Donald Trump\u2019s bellows out of a Seventies radio and says the following: \u201cI made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America. I mean the United States. I know America is the whole continent. I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\tBad Bunny Delivers a Pro-Immigrant Message in Video for \u201cNuevayol\u201d\t<\/h2>\n