After avoiding the continental US on his world tour due to fears of ICE raids, the news that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show quickly became fuel for the controversy engine operating full-time on platforms like X. Within hours, a chorus of right-wing commentators and influencers activated a now-familiar script, with right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson branding Bad Bunny “a massive Trump hater” and an “anti-ICE activist.”
The episode exposes the anatomy of manufactured outrage and once again positions America’s largest sporting event as a battleground for the country’s identity politics.
The hostility towards Bad Bunny is not rooted in his music, but in his message. His decision not to tour in the United States, out of a stated fear that his fans will be targeted by ICE raids, is a political statement that few stars dare to make. This stance transforms his concerts from mere entertainment events into potential sanctuaries, and his absence into an act of protest.
Love to see it. I’m not a Bad Bunny fan but his ‘Yo No Soy Celoso’ is a fire song 🔥
All these free speech absolutists and anti-cancel culture proponents are really not sticking to the script
Funny , they all know him from watching WWE.
Just keep trooping on Bad Bunny, best for American society! X
Typical MAGA. Complain about everyone else having the freedom to do what they want, when they don’t look like them.
Showing where their priorities lay.
Why dont i hear anyone complaining in real life about these things? Its like we have two worlds we occupy
Im a Bad Bunny fan now. At least someone who gives the middlefinger to the Trump regime
Piss them off by reminding them that he is an American artist. They don’t know Puerto Rico is part of the US
HeS guNnA sINg iN MeXiCan!!!!!
I really hope he enters the halftime show like a cowgirl on a rocket to really piss off right wingers
Until the next trivial thing sets them off. Like every single day
Let them cry. They are cowards.
Puerto Rico is part of America. There it’s solved.
MAGA worked up, you say? I’m here for it!
I just know they all think he’s an illegal immigrant or something similar.
Maga gets worked up over everything. They are drama queens.
MAGA is sooooo fragile. It’s genuinely pathetic considering they’re the group who thinks they’re “tough” and “fighters”. Then again, they also think they’re patriots, so…
It’s hard to keep track of their daily outrages
Time for Sony to ressurrect the El Muerto movie to work them up even more.
When one MAFA speaks anything negative the rest fall into place that’s how dumb they are.
Miserable people taking it out on the rest of us. Ugh.
More like MAGA worked themselves up into a frenzy.
Good I hope he does every song in Spanish with no subtitles either.
I thought they all gave up football years ago because players were kneeling?
They don’t like the fact that a tan man makes them tingly down there 👇 in their no- no places.
These idiots can get worked up over everything
I hope he does his whole show in Spanish, backed up with a mariachi band 🙂
didnt shakira and some rapper perform way back? why so much uproar lol
You don’t just sell to the fans these days. You sell to the haters, too. Rage sells better than anything else.
What DOESN’T get these clowns worked up?
The interesting thing is that Bad Bunny has already performed at the Super Bowl. This would be his second time.
Not a Bad Bunny fan, don’t know any of his sounds and don’t know Spanish but I support him 10,000%. We are not call a melting pot because we are all the same.
The tomi Lauren clip is absolutely hilarious.
“He IS an American, Puerto Rico is part of the United States…”
(Tomi dumbfounded)
Didn’t hear a peep when Paul McCartney, the Who, or The Rolling Stones played
This all feels like bullshit. Like who gives a fuck.
I’m starting to like this Bad Bunny guy
It just proves that they never cared about “illegal immigration” and it was always about racism. They don’t care that Bad Bunny is an American citizen. They are just upset that he is a “brown person”.
Guy should really start doing some self- promotion off this craziness
To be fair it isn’t hard to get maga worked up
The South Park episodes just write themselves
I wasn’t going to watch because I hate his music but I’ll tune in just to piss of MAGA. Leave it on mute and go about my business
For a minute I thought this said Bad Bunny had Maga all WOKE up
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After avoiding the continental US on his world tour due to fears of ICE raids, the news that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show quickly became fuel for the controversy engine operating full-time on platforms like X. Within hours, a chorus of right-wing commentators and influencers activated a now-familiar script, with right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson branding Bad Bunny “a massive Trump hater” and an “anti-ICE activist.”
The controversy escalated beyond social media when Corey Lewandowski appeared on Johnson’s podcast. Lewandowski, adviser to Department of Homeland Security Secretary [Kristi Noem](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-corey-lewandowski-became-kristi-noems-gatekeeper-at-dhs-6c08d996?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjzXs7hXV-yt-0geQ656xpgSfBlI25g-mpXUINSAzRnM6S58FkRiIdX&gaa_ts=68deab49&gaa_sig=S-JAcgYgW4ixLmuurMvC349TN3Cj08-PExuSvHKhYo3Agam49ttlELZO9DDimLXm2XVXSdYtebxw3cNdwBJRrw%3D%3D), [threatened](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4Zdsm3Zp8&t=455s) the presence of ICE at the event to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
The episode exposes the anatomy of manufactured outrage and once again positions America’s largest sporting event as a battleground for the country’s identity politics.
The hostility towards Bad Bunny is not rooted in his music, but in his message. His decision not to tour in the United States, out of a stated fear that his fans will be targeted by ICE raids, is a political statement that few stars dare to make. This stance transforms his concerts from mere entertainment events into potential sanctuaries, and his absence into an act of protest.
Read the full story here: [https://www.wired.com/story/bad-bunny-has-maga-all-worked-up/](https://www.wired.com/story/bad-bunny-has-maga-all-worked-up/)
Love to see it. I’m not a Bad Bunny fan but his ‘Yo No Soy Celoso’ is a fire song 🔥
All these free speech absolutists and anti-cancel culture proponents are really not sticking to the script
Funny , they all know him from watching WWE.
Just keep trooping on Bad Bunny, best for American society! X
Typical MAGA. Complain about everyone else having the freedom to do what they want, when they don’t look like them.
Showing where their priorities lay.
Why dont i hear anyone complaining in real life about these things? Its like we have two worlds we occupy
Im a Bad Bunny fan now. At least someone who gives the middlefinger to the Trump regime
Piss them off by reminding them that he is an American artist. They don’t know Puerto Rico is part of the US
HeS guNnA sINg iN MeXiCan!!!!!
I really hope he enters the halftime show like a cowgirl on a rocket to really piss off right wingers
Until the next trivial thing sets them off. Like every single day
Let them cry. They are cowards.
Puerto Rico is part of America. There it’s solved.
MAGA worked up, you say? I’m here for it!
I just know they all think he’s an illegal immigrant or something similar.
Maga gets worked up over everything. They are drama queens.
MAGA is sooooo fragile. It’s genuinely pathetic considering they’re the group who thinks they’re “tough” and “fighters”. Then again, they also think they’re patriots, so…
It’s hard to keep track of their daily outrages
Time for Sony to ressurrect the El Muerto movie to work them up even more.
When one MAFA speaks anything negative the rest fall into place that’s how dumb they are.
Miserable people taking it out on the rest of us. Ugh.
More like MAGA worked themselves up into a frenzy.
Good I hope he does every song in Spanish with no subtitles either.
I thought they all gave up football years ago because players were kneeling?
They don’t like the fact that a tan man makes them tingly down there 👇 in their no- no places.
These idiots can get worked up over everything
I hope he does his whole show in Spanish, backed up with a mariachi band 🙂
didnt shakira and some rapper perform way back? why so much uproar lol
You don’t just sell to the fans these days. You sell to the haters, too. Rage sells better than anything else.
What DOESN’T get these clowns worked up?
The interesting thing is that Bad Bunny has already performed at the Super Bowl. This would be his second time.
Not a Bad Bunny fan, don’t know any of his sounds and don’t know Spanish but I support him 10,000%. We are not call a melting pot because we are all the same.
The tomi Lauren clip is absolutely hilarious.
“He IS an American, Puerto Rico is part of the United States…”
(Tomi dumbfounded)
Didn’t hear a peep when Paul McCartney, the Who, or The Rolling Stones played
This all feels like bullshit. Like who gives a fuck.
I’m starting to like this Bad Bunny guy
It just proves that they never cared about “illegal immigration” and it was always about racism. They don’t care that Bad Bunny is an American citizen. They are just upset that he is a “brown person”.
Guy should really start doing some self- promotion off this craziness
To be fair it isn’t hard to get maga worked up
The South Park episodes just write themselves
I wasn’t going to watch because I hate his music but I’ll tune in just to piss of MAGA. Leave it on mute and go about my business
For a minute I thought this said Bad Bunny had Maga all WOKE up
Most people don’t give a shit.
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