Trump: ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’ That NFL Chose Bad Bunny For Super Bowl Halftime Show

President Trump is not on board with the NFL’s decision to have ICE-bashing artist Bad Bunny as the Halftime Show performer at Super Bowl LX in February.

“This guy does not seem like a unifying entertainer and a lot of folks don’t even know who he is,” Newsmax’s Greg Kelly said during a phone interview. Kelly asked Trump if people should “entertain blowing off the NFL.”

“I never heard of him. I don’t know who he is, I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” Trump added.

The NFL and Apple Music announced on September 28 that the Puerto Rican recording artist will be performing during the most watched television event of the year. Critics were quick to point out that the artist, whose real name is Benito Ocasio, had already refused to perform in the United States due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers doing their jobs.

Ocasio referred to ICE agents as “motherf***ers” and “sons of b****es” in a video he posted to Instagram.

The three-time Grammy Award-winner said during a recent interview that he didn’t book any tour stops in the United States because he was worried ICE agents would target concert attendees.

“There was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”

Social media users also pointed out that none of Bad Bunny’s songs are in English.

He later addressed the backlash he and the NFL received following the announcement, advising viewers to learn Spanish if they didn’t like it.

“Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors,” Bad Bunny said in Spanish during a monologue on “Saturday Night Live.”

“It’s more than a win for myself; it’s 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.”

The singer then switched to English, saying, “If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.”

There have been calls to boycott the NFL and replace Bad Bunny as the halftime performer ever since the announcement was made.

The Super Bowl is scheduled to take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, February 8, 2026.