{"id":197318,"date":"2025-10-05T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/bad-bunny-fires-back-at-racist-haters-of-super-bowl-halftime-act\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:04:16","slug":"bad-bunny-fires-back-at-racist-haters-of-super-bowl-halftime-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/bad-bunny-fires-back-at-racist-haters-of-super-bowl-halftime-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny Fires Back at Racist Haters of Super Bowl Halftime Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bad Bunny brought the funny as host of this weekend\u2019s season premiere of Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n<p>He also brought a message to all the racists and haters out there.<\/p>\n<p>As you likely know at this point, the rapper was chosen several days ago to serve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/bad-bunny-super-bowl-announcement-draws-criticism-from-taylor-swift-fans-political-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as the halftime performer at February\u2019s Super Bowl<\/a>\u2026 joining such stalwarts as Rihanna, Prince, U2, Beyonce and countless others in this role.<\/p>\n<p>The guy is one of the most popular artists in history. It makes sense, right?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536884 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236505259-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bad Bunny performs live during \u201cNo Me Quiero Ir De Aqu\u00c3\u00ad; Una M\u00c3\u00a1s\u201d Residencia at Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Miguel Agrelot on September 20, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gladys Vega\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nope. Not to a certain group of people out there who are offended by the fact that Bad Bunny sings nearly all of his songs in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old \u2014 who, for the record, i<strong>s a Puerto Rican native and therefore an American citizen <\/strong>\u2014 said on the SNL stage that he was \u201cexcited\u201d to be named the headlining act for the big game at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n<p>He then made a sharp joke at these critics\u2019 expense.<\/p>\n<p>The artist broke out his native tongue for a 30-second message that went as follows\u2026 in Spanish:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors. It\u2019s more than a win for myself, it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536885 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231554452-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The music producer then teased the non-Spanish speakers, telling them they needed to study the language to enjoy the upcoming performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you didn\u2019t understand what I just said. You have four months to learn,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>During the monologue, the show cut to an edited video montage of Fox News personalities and guests saying that \u201cBad Bunny is my favorite musician and he should be the next president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, of course?<\/p>\n<p>The Donald Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/bad-bunny-ice-superbowl-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened to place ICE officers<\/a> in and around the Super Bowl to arrest, presumably, illegal immigrants who attend the big game.<\/p>\n<p>Seems totally fair and sane and legal and like the exact sort of reaction one would want from a President in response to a Super Bowl halftime act, no?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating \" superfine:=\"\" tailoring=\"\" black=\"\" style=\"\" at=\"\" metropolitan=\"\" museum=\"\" of=\"\" art=\"\" on=\"\" may=\"\" in=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating \" superfine:=\"\" tailoring=\"\" black=\"\" style=\"\" at=\"\" metropolitan=\"\" museum=\"\" of=\"\" art=\"\" on=\"\" may=\"\" in=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536329 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213605944-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bad Bunny attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating \u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u201d at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 in New York City.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bad Bunny recently completed a 31-show residency in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been hesitant to perform in the United States due to the ongoing ICE raids and crackdowns on pretty much anyone in this country with Brown skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally,\u201d Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said on The Benny Show last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you and apprehend you and put you in a detention facility, and deport you. Know that is a very real situation under this administration, which is contrary to how it used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also said NFL officials wouldn\u2019t be able to sleep because of their decision in choosing Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey suck, and we\u2019ll win, and God will bless us, and we\u2019ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day,\u201d Noem said, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Homeland Security is responsible for keeping it safe. So I have the responsibility for making sure everybody goes to the Super Bowl, has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave, and that\u2019s what America is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/bad-bunny-fires-back-at-racist-haters-of-super-bowl-halftime-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Bad Bunny brought the funny as host of this weekend\u2019s season premiere of Saturday Night Live. He also brought a message to all the racists and haters out there. 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