The National Football League (NFL) furthered its descent into gay race communism on Sunday with the announcement that uber left-wing rapper-singer Bad Bunny will be the featured performer of the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
“What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,” Bad Bunny, otherwise known as Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said in a statement released by the league. “It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown… this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el HALFTIME SHOW DEL SUPER BOWL [Go tell your grandma we’re going to be the Super Bowl Halftime Show].”
If you find yourself asking, “Who the heck is Bad Bunny?”, you’re not alone. The dress-wearing Puerto Rican performer may hold broader international appeal, but the NFL’s selection of him to headline one of the most televised events in America is as niche as its decision to feature rapper Kendrick Lamar at the concert earlier this year.
While it’s certainly possible the pick may have to do with the NFL’s committed goal of expanding its reach into markets outside of the United States, it’s also hard not to see the move as a thumb in the eye to the greater American electorate that’s rejected the leftist politics Bunny regularly promotes.
Earlier this month, the singer-rapper confirmed that his recent decision to abstain from touring in America involved his “concerns” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would use his concert venues to target foreign nationals residing in the country illegally.
“There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the US, and none of them were out of hate–I’ve performed there many times. All of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent. I’ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the US,” Bad Bunny said in an interview with i-D magazine. “But specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the US… People from the US could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world. … But there was the issue of–like, f-cking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”
It was hardly the first time Bad Bunny has shown disdain for ICE officials, who are facing increasingly violent attacks from left-wing radicals. In June, the Puerto Rican star went on an expletive-laden rant on social media in response to an apparent ICE operation in the U.S. territory.
According to The Independent, “He captioned the clip ‘ice‘ and could be heard saying in Spanish: ‘Look, those motherf-ckers are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela [Puerto Rico]. Sons of b-tches, instead of leaving the people alone and working there.”
In addition to bashing President Donald Trump and endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, Ocasio has also been a major proponent of radical left-wing gender ideology. According to Washington Blade, an LGBT-focused outlet, “His videos have included same-sex couples [and trans-identifying individuals]; he was a leader in protests against Puerto Rico’s governor and his attitudes toward gender and sexuality, and on social media he has praised women who don’t shave their body hair, called out a nail salon that would not serve him, and criticized reggaeton star Don Omar for making [so-called] homophobic comments.”
Bad Bunny has further expressed the view that sexuality is fluid, telling the Los Angeles Times in 2020 that he is heterosexual and “like[s] women” “at the moment,” but that,“At the end of the day, I don’t know if in 20 years I will like a man.”
To call the NFL’s decision to tap Bad Bunny to headline its most prominent event of the year a one-off embrace of radical leftism would be dishonest. The league has regularly gone out of its way to endorse and elevate leftists’ gender and race ideology.
Years after the 2020 death of George Floyd, for example, the NFL is still playing the so-called “black national anthem” at games and requiring teams to feature a so-called “social justice” message in their stadium end zones. Among the message options franchises may choose from are “End Racism,” “Stop Hate,” “Choose Love,” or “Inspire Change.”
[READ: The NFL’s Condemnation Of Harrison Butker Exemplifies The Left’s Anti-Christian Bigotry]
The NFL could’ve easily taken the time to find a musical act who doesn’t alienate half the country and has broad appeal across the American electorate. Instead, they deliberately chose an artist who checks neither of those boxes.
Unlike other corporations that have seemingly acknowledged the culture shift away from such divisive politics, the NFL seems content with doing more of the same: spitting in the faces of its fanbase and hoping nobody notices. Until fans make them feel the pain in their pocketbooks, that pattern isn’t going to change.