On Monday Night Football in Week 4, the NFL and Jay-Z and Roc Nation announced that Grammy-winning artist Bad Bunny would be performing during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Given the current political climate in the United States, many wondered what President Donald Trump would think of the NFL announcing a Latin artist as the performer. After a week, he has finally broken his silence.
President Donald Trump Breaks Silence on Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
Not one to keep his opinion to himself, President Trump is very forward with his thoughts and doesn’t shy away from expressing how he feels about things in the country. So it should surprise no one when he responded fairly bluntly about Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl performance on Newsmax.
In an appearance on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports,” President Trump was asked by the show’s host, “The NFL just chose the Bad Bunny Rabbit or whatever his name, this guy who hates ICE, he doesn’t like you… Do you think maybe we should just kind of entertain blowing off the NFL, like a boycott or something along those lines?”
Trump responded to Kelly, ” I never heard of him, I don’t know who he is, I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s like crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
NEWSMAX: The NFL just chose the Bad Bunny Rabbit or whatever his name, this guy who hates ICE, he doesn’t like you. Do you think maybe we should just blow off the NFL, like a boycott?
TRUMP: I think it’s absolutely ridiculous, and while we’re at it I’d like them to change the… pic.twitter.com/Lcnnj6lMJk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 7, 2025
So, who is Bad Bunny, you may ask? He is a 31-year-old Puerto Rican rapper and singer, and one of the current faces of Latin rap. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner and has 10 nominations. He will now headline this year’s most significant American sporting event.
However, he will not be the first Latin artist to have performed at the Super Bowl, as Shakira and Jennifer Lopez hit the stage for Super Bowl 54. Bruno Mars, whose father is also Puerto Rican, performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2014 before joining Coldplay and Beyoncé in 2016.
As far as Kelly’s ICE comment, in September, Bad Bunny had announced that he would not be performing in the mainland United States as part of his upcoming world tour, as he feared U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, could be waiting for fans outside the concert venues. However, given the added security measures of the Super Bowl, that may not be a concern for him for this specific show.
