Trump on Oct. 6 told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly that he had “never heard” of Bad Bunny<\/a>, the Puerto Rican music megastar who was recently announced as the headliner for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the interview with Trump, Kelly alleged that Bad Bunny “hates ICE” and “accuses everything he doesn’t like of racism.\u201d The conservative news host also pushed the president on whether viewers should boycott the NFL over their choice of Super Bowl halftime entertainer.<\/p>\n In response, Trump said<\/a>: “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. \u2026 Then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”<\/p>\n Bad Bunny will headline Super Bowl 2026. Here’s the Puerto Rican star’s career in photos.<\/p>\n 1 of 69<\/p>\n Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs onstage during the first show of his 30-date (which ended up being 31 in total) concert residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 11, 2025. <\/p>\n Bad Bunny, a reggaeton superstar who sings almost exclusively in Spanish, is among the most popular musical artists in the world. He was the world’s most-streamed artist on Spotify<\/a> for three years running, from 2020 to 2022. His sixth studio album, “Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos” \u2212 which was a love letter to Puerto Rico and his heritage \u2212 spent weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n Here’s how Trump and Bad Bunny have collided politically and culturally throughout the years:<\/p>\n Bad Bunny vs. Trump\u2019s immigration policy<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s administration has enacted widespread immigration raids<\/a> and rollbacks to immigrant protections<\/a>. And Bad Bunny hasn\u2019t been silent about it.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny did not schedule any U.S. appearances for his latest world tour, which includes stops across Latin America, Australia, Europe and Japan. Ahead of the tour, he held a residency in Puerto Rico<\/a> from July 11 to Sept. 14 that brought thousands of fans<\/a> from across the world to the island.<\/p>\n In an interview published Sept. 10, Bad Bunny said Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns were part of the reason he opted not to bring his tour to the U.S.<\/p>\n “There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate,” he told I-D magazine<\/a>. “… But there was the issue of\u2014like, (expletive) ICE could be outside (my concert). And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”<\/p>\n Bad Bunny performs live during his “No Me Quiero Ir de Aqui\u0301” residency in in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 20, 2025.<\/p>\n ‘Nuevayol’ music video takes apparent swipe at Trump<\/p>\n Bad Bunny also seemingly made a pointed statement about Trump\u2019s anti-immigration policies in the music video for his song “Nuevayol,” the first track off his latest album. After showing a Puerto Rican flag hanging over the forehead of the Statue of Liberty, a voice that sounds like Trump’s plays from a radio and says:<\/p>\n “I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America,” the voice says. “… I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans \u2026”<\/p>\n MAGA allies criticize Super Bowl halftime choice<\/p>\n Since Bad Bunny was announced as the headliner of the Super Bowl, some of Trump\u2019s allies have criticized the NFL\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n Corey Lewandowski, Trump\u2019s former campaign manager and a current adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, last week suggested that ICE agents may be at next year’s Super Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then, according to Fox News<\/a>, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> claimed the administration would be sending immigration officials to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and called the NFL “so weak” for their choice of performer.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny supported Kamala Harris<\/a> after ‘Kill Tony’ controversy<\/p>\n Bad Bunny backed former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n The move came after a comedian performing at one of Trump\u2019s closing campaign rallies derided Puerto Rico as a \u201cfloating island of garbage.\u201d The remark from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who goes by the stage name Kill Tony, caused widespread backlash<\/a>. The Trump campaign at the time released a statement saying the remarks did not reflect the then-Republican candidate\u2019s views.<\/p>\n Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe addresses a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 27, 2024.<\/p>\n After Hinchcliffe\u2019s comments went viral, Bad Bunny shared a video of Harris criticizing Trump\u2019s actions against Puerto Rico when he was president. On his Instagram Story, Bad Bunny shared a post from Harris\u2019 Instagram account that outlines her agenda for the island.<\/p>\n He then shared a clip of Harris\u2019 post that said: \u201cI will never forget what Donald Trump did \u2013 and what he did not do \u2013 when Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader. He abandoned the island, tried to block aid after back to back devastating hurricanes, and offered nothing more than paper towels and insults.\u201d<\/p>\n Bad Bunny critical of Trump’s hurricane response in Puerto Rico<\/p>\n During Trump’s first presidency, two back-to-back hurricanes, including Hurricane Maria, ravaged Puerto Rico in 2017. Around 3,000 people died<\/a> and thousands more were displaced.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny at the time criticized the Trump administration’s response and lack of aid to the island following Hurricane Maria. An image also went viral of Trump tossing paper towel rolls into crowds<\/a> when he visited following the devastation.<\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump tosses rolls of paper towels to people at a hurricane relief distribution center at Calvary Chapel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 3, 2017. \\<\/p>\n During a benefit concert for hurricane relief across Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Caribbean in 2017, Bad Bunny wrote a shirt that seemed to be directed at Trump: “\u00bfEres Twitero o Presidente?”<\/p>\n Or in English: “Are You a Tweeter<\/a> or President?”<\/p>\n Contributing: Kinsey Crowley, Pamela Avila, Taijuan Moorman,\u00a0USA TODAY<\/p>\n![\"Bad](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c7bf7897707ee66e3c10f31d2c1e7b55.jpeg\"\/)
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