{"id":198171,"date":"2025-10-09T21:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/erika-kirk-vs-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-announces-rival-super-bowl-halftime-show\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:27:16","slug":"erika-kirk-vs-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-announces-rival-super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/erika-kirk-vs-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-announces-rival-super-bowl-halftime-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk vs. Bad Bunny: Turning Point USA Announces Rival Super Bowl Halftime Show"},"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>We probably should\u2019ve seen this one coming.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the ongoing far-right fury over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/bad-bunny-ice-superbowl-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show<\/a>, a conservative organization is now offering an alternative to viewers who are outraged by \u2026 the idea of song lyrics in any language other than English?<\/p>\n<p>The organization in question is Turning Point USA, which was founded by the late Charlie Kirk and is now headed by his widow, Erika Kirk.<\/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-2236152781-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-537362 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236152781-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow, speaks during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-named-ceo-of-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-amid-growing-culture-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika was named CEO of Turning Point<\/a> following the murder of her husband last month.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative halftime show is the first major initiative of her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The official TPUSA X account announced \u201cThe All American Halftime Show\u201d on Thursday afternoon, adding that \u201cperformers and event details coming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPUSA\/status\/1976301627662340207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The tweet<\/a> then links to a poll, in which users can vote on the genre of the performance.<\/p>\n<p>The options include: \u201cAnything in English,\u201d \u201cAmericana,\u201d \u201cClassic Rock,\u201d \u201cPop,\u201d and \u201cWorship.\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-2232270532-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends Columbia Pictures' &quot;Caught Stealing&quot; premiere at Regal Union Square on August 26, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-537363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-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-2232270532-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends Columbia Pictures' &quot;Caught Stealing&quot; premiere at Regal Union Square on August 26, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-537363 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2232270532-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bad Bunny attends Columbia Pictures\u2019 \u201cCaught Stealing\u201d premiere at Regal Union Square on August 26, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHip Hop\u201d is also an option, which, as many have pointed out, is somewhat ironic, given that Charlie famously <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-bad-bunny-1236544746\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructed his supporters<\/a> to \u201cstop listening to rap music and this degenerate hip hop stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news of the alternative halftime show went public, various conservative pundits applauded the news:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad Bunny told Americans they had 4 months to learn Spanish if we wanted to understand the Super Bowl halftime show,\u201d Riley Gaines wrote, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/bad-bunny-fires-back-at-racist-haters-of-super-bowl-halftime-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments Bad Bunny made while hosting <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo thanks. We\u2019ll just have our own. Enjoy your low-rated halftime show.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends Netflix's &quot;Happy Gilmore 2&quot; New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-537364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-960x686.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1080x772.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Bad Bunny attends Netflix's &quot;Happy Gilmore 2&quot; New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-537364 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-960x686.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1080x772.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226382352-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bad Bunny attends Netflix\u2019s \u201cHappy Gilmore 2\u201d New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-all-the-hate-for-bad-bunny\">Why all the hate for Bad Bunny?<\/h2>\n<p>Gaines and Turning Point are not the first conservatives to lash out at the idea of a Spanish-language halftime show \u2014 far from it, in fact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/donald-trump-hates-on-bad-bunny-new-nfl-kickoff-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump blasted Bad Bunny<\/a> shortly after the rapper announced that he\u2019d been selected to perform during the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/mike-johnson-blasts-bad-bunny-halftime-show-its-a-terrible-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Johnson echoed Trump\u2019s remarks<\/a>, stating that he believes the NFL made \u201ca terrible decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So why is hating on Bad Bunny the trendiest new activity among the MAGA set?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s tough to say, but many seem to be under the impression that the artist \u2014 who was born in the US territory of Puerto Rico \u2014 is not American.<\/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-2213605638-683x1024.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-537365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-683x1024.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-537365 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2213605638-scaled.jpg\" 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 05, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, even if that were true, stars who were born outside of the US \u2014 including Rihanna, The Weeknd, and Shakira \u2014 have performed at the Super Bowl, and no one protested those shows.<\/p>\n<p>But those performances took place in the years before every single development was a new battleground in the never-ending culture war that pits Americans against their neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the folks at Turning Point USA have the right to run their anti-Bunny counterprogramming.<\/p>\n<p>But hopefully, we\u2019re approaching the day when Americans will stop viewing matters like this in terms of Red vs. Blue and instead acquire a healthy suspicion for anyone who\u2019s seeking to further divide this already combative nation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/erika-kirk-vs-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-announces-rival-super-bowl-halftime-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes We probably should\u2019ve seen this one coming. Amid the ongoing far-right fury over the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show, a conservative organization is now offering an alternative to viewers who are outraged by \u2026 the idea of song lyrics in any language other than English? The organization in question is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-198171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}