{"id":220978,"date":"2026-02-05T15:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/erika-kirk-says-turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-draw-larger-audience-than-bad-bunny\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:51:36","slug":"erika-kirk-says-turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-draw-larger-audience-than-bad-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/erika-kirk-says-turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-draw-larger-audience-than-bad-bunny\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk Says Turning Point USA Super Bowl Halftime Show Will Draw &#8216;Larger Audience&#8217; Than Bad Bunny"},"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 may have won Album of the Year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/grammy-winners-2026-bad-bunny-wins-big-ahead-of-super-bowl-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Grammy Awards<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>But Erika Kirk says he still can\u2019t hold a candle to Kid Rock.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <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=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika and Turning Point USA will be hosting their own halftime show<\/a> on Super Bowl Sunday \u2014 an alternative for viewers who are inexplicably offended by the fact that Bad Bunny is headlining the actual halftime show.<\/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\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"C.E.O. and Chair of the Board of Turning Point USA Erika Kirk sits silently onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-547585 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2249838466-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">C.E.O. and Chair of the Board of Turning Point USA Erika Kirk sits silently onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No one has ever attempted to upstage the biggest broadcast of the year before.<\/p>\n<p>But Erika is confident that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/erika-kirk-and-turning-point-usa-reveal-super-bowl-halftime-show-lineup-kid-rock-to-headline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All-American Halftime Show<\/a> will draw a massive crowd.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she believes that the concert \u2014 featuring Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett \u2014 will  be watched by a \u201clarger audience\u201d than Bad Bunny\u2019s performance, with special guests Green Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to be able to provide an alternative that\u2019s pro-America, that\u2019s just pro everything, that that\u2019s not the opposite of what they\u2019re putting out there, I don\u2019t want to go into details and bash that, because there\u2019s apparently an audience that wants that,\u201d Kirk said during a recent appearance on Fox News\u2019 <em>The Story with Martha MacCallum<\/em> (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/erika-kirk-tpusa-halftime-lineup-trump-super-bowl-11467794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsweek<\/a><\/em>), adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book &quot;Stop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life&quot; on &quot;Hannity&quot; at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-547587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-1698x2048.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-796x960.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-896x1080.jpg 896w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-995x1200.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book &quot;Stop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life&quot; on &quot;Hannity&quot; at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-547587 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-1698x2048.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-796x960.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-896x1080.jpg 896w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-995x1200.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2250859114-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book \u201cStop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life\u201d on \u201cHannity\u201d at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s a larger audience that wants ours. And so we are going to make it very amazing. I\u2019m so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erika, of course, is the widow of Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed during a speaking engagement in September.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how her late husband would feel about the All-American Halftime Show, Erika enthusiastically replied that he would be thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Charlie Kirk] would be fist-pumping with this. He\u2019d be so stoked,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artists that have teamed up with us, I just want to say thank you to them\u2026 It\u2019s very brave of them to do this. <\/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\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1024x683.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-547586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1200x800.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\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1024x683.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-547586 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2236152786-3-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 MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd they have partnered with us without hesitation. And it\u2019s actually been a huge blessing. And it\u2019s going to be an unbelievable halftime show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erika went on to say that she considers the alternative halftime show to be the ultimate tribute to Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat better way to honor him than just to get in the middle of this and be able to offer an alternative to families?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Several conservative influencers have already vowed to check out to turn off Bad Bunny and tune into Erika\u2019s broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take this over Woke Bunny any day of the week,\u201d Donald Trump Jr. tweeted after the lineup was announced.<\/p>\n<p>But will it really draw a \u201clarger audience\u201d than the actual Super Bowl halftime show? Seems unlikely, but only time will tell!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/erika-kirk-says-turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-draw-larger-audience-than-bad-bunny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Bad Bunny may have won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday night. But Erika Kirk says he still can\u2019t hold a candle to Kid Rock. As we previously reported, Erika and Turning Point USA will be hosting their own halftime show on Super Bowl Sunday \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220978","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\/220978","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=220978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}