Final Destination star and actor Devon Sawa recently took to social media to blast the UFC and Paramount Plus over racist and homophobic remarks made by ex-UFC Champion Sean Strickland.
What did Devon Sawa say about Sean Strickland?
In a recent post, Sawa tagged Paramount Plus and demanded the company “stop” platforming Strickland after the ex-UFC champion went on a tirade last week. While at a press conference for his upcoming fight against Anthony Hernandez, Strickland ranted against both the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show, Ronda Rousey, and more.
“Ronda Rousey can fight. That bitch can fight . . . I think she lost a few fights to her ex, but bitch can fight,” said Strickland. “I like Gina [Carano]. She’s like super conservative. She was hot, you know. I was like a kid when she fought. I may have jerked off to her once or twice back in the day.”
Strickland went on to mention that while there’s nothing wrong with women’s sports, you can take “the weakest, softest motherf—-r” and beat up a female UFC star. “There’s nothing wrong with women. I mean, they do great things. They cook, they clean, they make good food. Like, women are great,” Strickland added. “We’ve got to remember what women excel at: having kids, being mothers, making food, cleaning house. The problem is we’ve empowered them too much to ruin society.”
Strickland also went on a homophobic tirade against the NFL, calling musician Bad Bunny a slur while lamenting over the NFL ruining its own sport.
“Look at the NFL, dude. I don’t even want to say the f—–s name because it’s just like, what — somebody give me his name,” Strickland said. “Come say his name, I don’t want to say it. You know what I’m talking about, the halftime show guy. The Puerto Rican, right? Puerto Rican?”
“Yeah, that f—ing f—–,” Strickland said when Bad Bunny’s name was mentioned. “It’s so crazy that this is America now. Like, back in the day dude, the NFL was the f—ing standard of being a f—ing man, and now every f—ing year, the NFL, I think they all get together around a table and say, ‘You know what, guys? How do we f—ing ruin this sport? How do we gay it up? How do we f—ing ruin it? Well, I’ll tell you what. Why don’t we bring a gay foreigner who doesn’t speak f—ing English and have him perform it?’”
Bad Bunny is set to star in his first leading role in the film “Porto Rico” alongside Javier Bardem, Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton.
The feature film, described as “an epic Caribbean western and historical drama,” will be René Pérez Joglar’s directorial debut. Pérez Joglar, known as Residente, is a 34-time Latin Grammy and Grammy-award winning Puerto Rican rapper and actor who recently starred in “Frank & Louis,” which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Pérez Joglar and Bad Bunny, born Benito Martínez Ocasio, are longtime collaborators and friends. Two of Puerto Rico’s biggest stars are now coming together for “Porto Rico,” which will tell a story of the island based on true events.
Bad Bunny and Residente attend The Latin Recording Academy’s 2021 Person of the Year Gala on Nov. 17, 2021, in Las Vegas.
John Parra/Getty Images
“I have dreamed of making a film about my country since I was a child. Puerto Rico’s true history has always been surrounded by controversy,” Pérez Joglar said in a news release. “This film is a reaffirmation of who we are — told with the intensity and honesty that our history deserves.”
While “Porto Rico” will be Bad Bunny’s first lead role, the artist has appeared in several other high-profile films, including Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing,” and “Happy Gilmore 2,” acting alongside Adam Sandler and Travis Kelce.
The Oscar-winning film director Alejandro González Iñárritu is executive producing the film, which is in pre-production. Its release date has not been set.
The film was co-written by Pérez Joglar and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris, who wrote “Birdman,” which was directed by Iñárritu and starred Norton.
Norton, who is producing the film, likened “Porto Rico” to other iconic films that he and Pérez Joglar love like “The Godfather” and “Gangs of New York.”
“Everybody knows what a poet of language and rhythm René is,” Norton said in the news release. “Now they’re going to see what a visual visionary he is as well. And bringing him and Bad Bunny together to tell the true story of Puerto Rico’s roots is going to be like a flame finding the stick of dynamite that’s been waiting for it.”
Pérez Joglar earlier this month congratulated Bad Bunny on social media following his Super Bowl halftime show, sharing multiple images of them together over the years and saying “Orgulloso de ti,” which translates to “I’m proud of you.”
Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican rapper Residente take part of a demonstration demanding then-Gov. Ricardo Rossello’s resignation in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 17, 2019.
ERIC ROJAS/AFP via Getty Images
The two have long been outspoken about Puerto Rico and its rich history. In 2019, they helped lead protests urging then-Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign following corruption arrests in his office and his role in a vulgar group chat.
Less than two months into 2026, the Los Angeles dining scene has already set an exemplary tone for the year ahead. At the end of January, highly anticipated Lapaba launched its soft opening in Koreatown, while Mexico City’s iconic churrería El Moro landed in Echo Park. The recently rebranded Cameo Beverly Hills debuted a new Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant, Zampo, and the 90210 welcomed a brand-new omakase experience called Miura.
As the city continues to ride its culinary high, amplified by Bad Bunny’s Villas Tacos feature at the Super Bowl, let’s take a look at what’s to come this February. Sushi Samba and Lucky’s DTLA, which were both set to open this month, have pushed back their launch dates, but locals still have plenty to look forward to.
Two luxury hotels are redefining their dining options: the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is introducing Tuscan steakhouse Baldi, and the historic Hotel Figueroa is debuting Florence by the Water. Chef Marcus Jernmark is also revealing the fine-dining concept Lielle in Beverlywood, while iconic music venue, Hollywood Palladium, is getting a hi-fi-inspired lounge for hungry concert-goers. Keep reading for the most L.A.’s most exciting restaurant openings of February.
He’s a worldwide music icon and sexy symbol with an audience of millions — but does Ricky Martin consume weed?
Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has spent four decades in the spotlight as one of Latin pop’s most enduring icons, but fans curious about his personal life often wonder: Does Ricky Martin consume marijuana? While he hasn’t publicly embraced cannabis use as part of his lifestyle in recent years, there are some intriguing bits from his past suggesting he’s candid — when asked — about taking breaks and decompressing away from fame.
In a past interview, Martin admitted on his birthdays, he would “disappear to Amsterdam” for some alone time where he might “smoke my joint” and relax away from public scrutiny. That anecdote, shared in the context of his personal coming-out journey and need for solitude, remains one of the few instances where Martin interwove cannabis with his own narrative — though he framed it as a tool for decompression during a difficult period rather than an ongoing habit.
Ricky Martin in Palm Royale
Today, Martin appears focused on health and holistic living rather than partying or substance use. In a recent Entertainment Tonight interview about his latest acting work, he said he drinks lots of water and avoids drugs and alcohol as part of “good living,” a comment aligning with a wellness-centric lifestyle more than a recreational one.
That acting work is garnering fresh attention. Martin plays Robert Díaz in Palm Royale, Apple TV+’s star-studded period comedy-drama. His turn as a high-society bartender with secrets in 1969 Palm Beach has earned praise for adding depth to the ensemble, which includes legends like Carol Burnett and Kristen Wiig.
And even outside scripted television, Martin continues to share big cultural stages with today’s biggest stars. At the Super Bowl LX halftime show in February 2026, he joined Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga in a historic performance celebrated Latin music on one of the world’s largest platforms.
Whether he’s singing, acting or quietly navigating life offstage, Ricky Martin still commands headlines — and the public’s curiosity — about everything from his artistic choices to rumors about how he unwinds. What’s clear is this multi-faceted entertainer continues to evolve while staying true to his storied career.
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny ended his historic Super Bowl LX halftime show with a message of unity.
“God Bless America,” he said as he drew the first predominantly Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime performance to a close, trailed by flags representing the many countries of the Americas.
But on social media, people claimed Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had been pictured in a more divisive moment: standing on a stage in a dress and makeup and burning a U.S. flag.
“Just a reminder: This is the man that the NFL chose to be the performer for today’s halftime show at the Superbowl,” one Feb. 8 Facebook post read.
This image doesn’t show a real flag-burning incident; it’s AI-generated.
(Screenshot from Facebook)
Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, detected the digital watermark in the image that indicates it was made with the tool. The watermark is embedded directly into AI creations and is not visible to humans, but can be detected by Google’s technology. In an AI-generated image, that watermark is embedded in its pixels.
The image has irregularities. The real U.S. flag has 13 stripes, while the flag in the fake image has 11.
The AI-generated image also showed audience members holding cellphones and recording the event, but the pictures on phone screens showed inconsistent silhouettes of the burning flag.
PolitiFact found no news reports nor other images and videos that confirm such an incident happened. Such an event would be widely shared given Bad Bunny’s fame — he recently made history by becoming the first artist with a Spanish-language album to win the Grammy Awards Album of the Year prize.
Bad Bunny has worn a dress and a skirt for photoshoots before, but there’s no proof he wore a dress like the one in the fake image.
Lead Stories reported that the image first appeared on a satirical Facebook account named “Qbanguy.” The account’s bio reads: “Ai funny Content & Master Meme Maker – 100% Not Real everything is Satire.”
The account posted other fake images, including one of Bad Bunny in a multicolored dress holding a torn banner that reads “ICE Out,” and one of Bad Bunny wearing a multicolored outfit with a vest that read “F*ck ICE.” The account claimed these were his halftime show outfits, but he wore all-white outfits for the duration of his Super Bowl performance.
This is not a real image of Bad Bunny burning the U.S. flag. We rate that claim Pants on Fire!
More than 135 million people watched Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, and because of false social media posts, some went to bed believing the performance featured Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy detained by ICE in Minneapolis.
During Bad Bunny’s Feb. 8 set at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Puerto Rican singer stopped to hand a child what appeared to be a replica of his Album of the Year Grammy award. As he knelt down, Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, rubbed the boy’s head and said, “Cree siempre en ti,” which means “always believe in yourself.”
“One of the most meaningful moments of the Super Bowl halftime show happened quietly,” journalist Mariana Atencio posted Feb. 8 on X from her verified account. “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage — the Ecuadorian boy who was forcefully detained by ICE in Minnesota — and handed him his Grammy.”
A Facebook post read, “This kid that Bad Bunny handed the Grammy to is allegedly Liam Conejo Ramos — the boy who had been deported with his father by ICE in Minneapolis.”
The child featured in the first-ever Spanish-language halftime show was not Conejo Ramos — it was 5-year-old child actor Lincoln Fox, whose Instagram account shared a post about it shortly after the show ended: “I’ll remember this day forever! @badbunnypr — it was my truest honor.”
In a Feb. 9 followup post, Fox’s Instagram account elaborated about his role and addressed the Conejo Ramos rumors.
“An emotional, unforgettable day being cast as the young Benito — a symbolic moment where the future hands the past a Grammy,” the post said in part. “Sending love to Liam Ramos. We all deserve peace and love in America, a country built by and home to so many hard-working immigrants.”
A law firm representing the Conejo Ramos family told PolitiFact the child onstage was not Liam. PolitiFact did not immediately hear back from representatives for Bad Bunny. A Bad Bunny publicist confirmed to NPR that the boy on stage was not Liam Conejo Ramos.
Federal immigration agents detained Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo, on Jan. 20 as they returned home from the boy’s preschool. They were sent to a Texas detention center before a judge ordered their release Feb. 1.
Bad Bunny played the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show last night, delivering a spectacular, joyously defiant performance at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Check it out below.
Just a week after declaring “ICE out” while accepting the Album of the Year award for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS at the 2026 Grammys, the reggaeton star became the first Latin male artist and the first artist performing primarily in Spanish to headline the event, having previously guested during Jennifer Lopez’s halftime show in 2020. His own set featured guest appearances from Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and more, paying homage to Puerto Rican culture while showcasing a variety of Latin music styles.
Wearing a football jersey emblazoned with his mother’s last name, Ocasio, and the number 64, Bad Bunny kicked off the 13-minute segment with a rendition of ‘Tití me preguntó’ from 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti. The setpieces depicted daily life in Puerto Rico, as the superstar passed by field workers harvesting crops, women getting their nails done, and men playing cards. As he transitioned into ‘Yo Perreo Sola’ from YHLQMDLG, the singer emerged from La Casita, a model resembling a typical suburban Puerto Rican home that’s become a staple of his live shows, where Cardi B, KAROL G, Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal, and Young Miko could be seen dancing.
Following an exuberant performance of ‘EoO’ and an actual wedding ceremony, Lady Gaga offered a salsa version of her Bruno Mars duet ‘Die With a Smile’ alongside Bad Bunny’s backing band Los Pleneros de la Cresta. After a take on ‘BAILE INoLVIDABLE’, Bad Bunny then launched into DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS‘ ‘NUEVAYoL’, and Ricky Martin sang ‘LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii’ before introducing ‘El apagón’. At the end of his set, Bad Bunny declared “God bless America” and listed every country in North and South America, ending with “my motherland Puerto Rico.”Behind him, the stadium’s big screen projected the words: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
The event’s pregame performances included sets from Green Day, Coco Jones performing ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’, Brandi Carlile singing ‘America the Beautiful’, and Charlie Puth singing the national anthem with Kenny G. Pop stars including Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Addison Rae appeared in some of this year’s Super Bowl commercials.
Following a relatively uneventful first half of Super Bowl 60, megastar Bad Bunny delivered a love letter to Puerto Rican culture that also included a handful of celebrity cameos.Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, teased days ahead of Sunday that his 13-minute performance was going to be a “big party,” and his first song of choice began in that direction.Standing amid a field of farmworkers, Bad Bunny began with “Tití Me Preguntó.” As he kept walking through the field, other various facets of Puerto Rican culture were featured.The songs that followedBad Bunny kept most of his setlist to party music, playing some of his well-known hits that include “Yo Perreo Sola,” “Safaera,” and “Party” before he sampled Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” an anthem that is one of the most famous reggaeton songs in the entire genre.The singer’s back half of the show included more recent songs, such as “Monaco, “EoO” and “DtMF,” with the last two songs being part of the album that won him the Album of the Year Grammy last week.Bad Bunny has mentioned in recent interviews that his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS album was his effort of trying to connect more to his cultural roots. Celebrities featured in Bad Bunny’s halftime showThere were a handful of featured guests, some widely speculated ahead of the Big Game, who made an appearance during the show.Among those featured were Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G, Young Miko, and Jessica Alba.Lady Gaga was one of two — the other being Ricky Martin later on — guests to actually sing. She performed a Latin rendition of “Die With a Smile,” a song released in 2025 by both her and Bruno Mars. She appeared right after what appeared to be a mid-show wedding.According to The Associated Press, that wedding was real. Bad Bunny served as their witness and signed their certificate before he transitioned to perform “Baile Inolvidable” and “NuevaYol.”When Martin performed, he sang Bad Bunny’s “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii,” which translates to “What Happened to Hawaii.” That song echoes sentiment from Puerto Ricans pushing for cultural autonomy.Martin himself is from Puerto Rico.Transitioning the themeOne of the final songs Bad Bunny performed was “El Apagón,” which makes reference to others wanting to be Latino, but who lacked seasoning, drums and reggaeton. Bad Bunny performed this song while standing on top of a telephone pole; the song translates to “the blackout.”The latter part of the song, not played in the halftime show, has lyrics that roughly translate to, “I don’t want to leave here. Let them leave.”Also toward the end of the performance was a moment where a child was watching a clip from Bad Bunny during the Grammys. Seconds later, Bad Bunny handed the child a Grammy.Visible on the Levi’s Stadium scoreboard was the same message he shared during the Grammys: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”To close, Bad Bunny named every country and territory from South America to Canada, with every flag being carried out across the field. He also carried a football that read, “Together, we are America.” -The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. —
Following a relatively uneventful first half of Super Bowl 60, megastar Bad Bunny delivered a love letter to Puerto Rican culture that also included a handful of celebrity cameos.
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, teased days ahead of Sunday that his 13-minute performance was going to be a “big party,” and his first song of choice began in that direction.
Standing amid a field of farmworkers, Bad Bunny began with “Tití Me Preguntó.” As he kept walking through the field, other various facets of Puerto Rican culture were featured.
The songs that followed
Bad Bunny kept most of his setlist to party music, playing some of his well-known hits that include “Yo Perreo Sola,” “Safaera,” and “Party” before he sampled Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” an anthem that is one of the most famous reggaeton songs in the entire genre.
The singer’s back half of the show included more recent songs, such as “Monaco, “EoO” and “DtMF,” with the last two songs being part of the album that won him the Album of the Year Grammy last week.
Bad Bunny has mentioned in recent interviews that his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS album was his effort of trying to connect more to his cultural roots.
Celebrities featured in Bad Bunny’s halftime show
There were a handful of featured guests, some widely speculated ahead of the Big Game, who made an appearance during the show.
Among those featured were Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G, Young Miko, and Jessica Alba.
Lady Gaga was one of two — the other being Ricky Martin later on — guests to actually sing. She performed a Latin rendition of “Die With a Smile,” a song released in 2025 by both her and Bruno Mars. She appeared right after what appeared to be a mid-show wedding.
According to The Associated Press, that wedding was real. Bad Bunny served as their witness and signed their certificate before he transitioned to perform “Baile Inolvidable” and “NuevaYol.”
When Martin performed, he sang Bad Bunny’s “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii,” which translates to “What Happened to Hawaii.” That song echoes sentiment from Puerto Ricans pushing for cultural autonomy.
Martin himself is from Puerto Rico.
Transitioning the theme
One of the final songs Bad Bunny performed was “El Apagón,” which makes reference to others wanting to be Latino, but who lacked seasoning, drums and reggaeton.
Bad Bunny performed this song while standing on top of a telephone pole; the song translates to “the blackout.”
The latter part of the song, not played in the halftime show, has lyrics that roughly translate to, “I don’t want to leave here. Let them leave.”
Also toward the end of the performance was a moment where a child was watching a clip from Bad Bunny during the Grammys. Seconds later, Bad Bunny handed the child a Grammy.
Visible on the Levi’s Stadium scoreboard was the same message he shared during the Grammys: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
To close, Bad Bunny named every country and territory from South America to Canada, with every flag being carried out across the field. He also carried a football that read, “Together, we are America.”
-The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
A fan carries a giant Bad Bunny head through The Dead Flamingo bar, which hosted a watch party for the Puerto Rican star’s halftime show.
Carl Juste
cjuste@miamiherald.com
To the hundreds of partygoers at a Little Havana bar, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was the main event, and they were celebrating history in the making with the game’s first Spanish-language performance.
During the “Benito Bowl Weekend: Mi Casa Tu Casa” festivities at The Dead Flamingo, people were packed inside the tiki-inspired bar with Latin flair Sunday night with seemingly high spirits. They waited impatiently for the first half of the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots to conclude so they could enjoy the real entertainment — a free show by one of the hottest artists on the planet. It was one of several promoted throughout the city that focused not on the the game but on the halftime experience.
Bahamas native Paola Wells was dancing with a drink in one hand and her phone in the other, recording Bad Bunny on the bar’s big screen. She said it was her first time in the United States during the Super Bowl, and she couldn’t think of a better place to be.
Tara Fougner (center) cannot contain her excitement while draped with a Puerto Rican flag as Bad Bunny starts his show at the ‘Benito Bowl’ party at Dead Flamingo. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
“I love Bad Bunny,” Wells said, wiping tears from her eyes. “I loved the show.”
Bad Bunny, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was the reason for the evening with “everything Benito-inspired” from cocktails to guest attire, the bar’s marketing director, Michael Guerrero, said.
“We’re obviously very Latino-based with a lot of pride,” he said.
The show, which featured stars like Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, turned the football field into a Puerto Rican sugarcane field where aspects of Puerto Rican life and the culture of Latin America and the Caribbean were celebrated. At the very end of the 13-minute performance, dancers ran through the field carrying flags of countries from North, Central and South America.
The crowd at Dead Flamingo dances and sings to Bad Bunny music between commercial breaks of the Super Bowl. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
Unlike most Super Bowl parties, the football game was muted after Bad Bunny’s performance. A DJ took over to continue playing his tunes for a “strictly party mode,’ Guerrero said.
While the night was for drinks, dancing and fun, it held a deeper significance for Miami and the country, said Guerrero.
“He made it,” he said. “We made it. It’s a proud moment.”
People of all ages were shouting Bad Bunny’s songs during the commercial breaks leading up to the show. One man led a conga line around the bar while holding a giant cutout of Bad Bunny’s face. Some got up on a stage to compete in drinking games (putting on a football helmet and pads and chugging a beer) for bar credits. Dozens of people were dressed in limited-edition “Benito Bowl” gear.
Bad Bunny head is carried throughout the crowded Dead Flamingo during its Super Bowl watch party. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
When the halftime show kicked off, the bar erupted into cheers. A group of women danced. Drinks were spilled. One woman shrieked, “it’s starting,” as a man held up the Puerto Rico flag. It was hard to hear Bad Bunny’s performance at some points over the sounds of the crowd.
Gio Caceres called the show performance and the evening “perfect” — “the drinks, the vibes, the show… I loved it,” he screamed.
Owner Eddie Fuentes didn’t want to get into politics during the celebration, but his bar is a safe space for all people to enjoy, he said.
The crowd dance and sings to Bad Bunny music between commercial breaks of the Super Bowl. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
“Bad Bunny is the one that pushed that narrative,” Fuentes said. “We stand together with the Latino community, and Bad Bunny has been waving that flag.”
His halftime performance is an example of what can be achieved in America, he said
“Whatever background, whatever ethnicity, you can make it in the United States,” he said.
Alex Valle, who is the owner of Thank You Miami Cocina & Beerhouse, was among those seated at the bar enjoying the celebration. He called Bad Bunny’s performance “a step forward in life.” People need music and good times, especially in today’s political climate, he said.
The crowd dances and sings to Bad Bunny music between commercial breaks of the Super Bowl. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
For some, like Sasha Torres, it felt very significant for the country to see Bad Bunny perform amid “everything going on with ICE,” she said, adding he has always been vocal about his politics.
Torres said she’s seen Bad Bunny in concert several times, and she’s a huge fan of his work.
“As a Puerto Rican, it’s a proud day for us,” Torres said. “It’s recognizing our culture on the national stage.”
This story was originally published February 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Defense won this championship.
Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl.
Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set a super Bowl record by making all five of his field-goal tries.
Uchenna Nwosu punctuated a punishing defensive performance by snagging Maye’s pass in the air after Witherspoon hit his arm and ran it back 45 yards for a pick-6.
Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first quarterback in the 2018 draft class to win a Super Bowl, ahead of Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson.
Labeled a bust, dumped by two teams and considered expendable by two others, Darnold proved his doubters wrong while helping the Seahawks go 17-3.
After leading the NFL with 20 turnovers in the regular season, Darnold didn’t have any in three playoff games. He wasn’t particularly sharp against a solid Patriots defense but protected the ball and made enough plays, finishing 19 of 38 for 202 yards.
The Seahawks sacked Maye six times, including two apiece by Hall and Murphy. Hall’s strip-sack late in the third quarter set up a short field and Darnold connected with Barner on 16-yard scoring toss to make it 19-0.
Julian Love’s interception set up another field goal that made it 22-7 with 5:35 left.
The Patriots (17-4) punted on the first eight drives, excluding a kneel-down to end the first half.
Down 19-0, Maye and the New England offense finally got going. He hit Mack Hollins over the middle in traffic for 24 yards and then lofted a perfect 35-yard TD pass to Hollins down the left side to cut the deficit to 19-7.
Tom Brady once led Bill Belichick’s Patriots to the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, when New England rallied from a 28-3 deficit against Atlanta for a 34-28 overtime victory.
But Maye, who was runner-up to Matthew Stafford for the AP NFL MVP award in the closest race in two decades, didn’t come close. He had a chance to get it closer, but his ill-advised pass into triple coverage was picked by Love and the Patriots trailed by 15 when they got the ball back with 5:35 left.
Then came Nwosu’s touchdown, a fitting way to cap an overwhelming effort by the NFL’s stingiest defense.
Maye’s 7-yard TD pass to Rhamondre Stevenson late in the game only made the margin smaller.
The Seahawks took a 3-0 lead on Myers’ 33-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive. Myers connected from 39 and 41 yards to extend the lead to 9-0 at halftime. He was good from 41 on Seattle’s first drive of the third quarter to make it 12-0.
Patriots player of the game
Cornerback Christian Gonzalez made two outstanding plays to prevent potential touchdowns in the second quarter. He raced back and leaped in the air to slap away a deep pass to Rasheed Shahid that could have been a 76-yard TD.
On Seattle’s last drive in the first half, Gonzalez knocked down a pass to All-Pro wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba that would have been a 23-yard TD.
Mills gets a two-for-one sack
Rylie Mills pushed left guard Jared Wilson into Maye and took both of them down on one of Seattle’s sacks.
Bad Bunny shines at halftime
Bad Bunny headlined a visually stunning halftime performance that also featured appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist entirely in Spanish.
Patriots denied a record 7th title
The Patriots failed to win the franchise’s seventh Super Bowl, which would have set an NFL record. They’re tied with the Steelers with six championships.
AP NFL Coach of the Year Mike Vrabel was aiming to become the fifth person to win a Super Bowl as a player and head coach and the first to do both with the same team.
The 23-year-old Maye was trying to become the youngest QB to win a Lombardi Trophy. Ben Roethlisberger still holds that mark.
In the wake of Bad Bunny’s momentous halftime show at Super Bowl LX on February 8, musicians, politicians, and many others are giving the Puerto Rican artist his flowers.
On X, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote, “NUEVAYoL” alongside the Puerto Rican flag emoji, while Maviremarked: “this shit hard im finna stop speaking English actually fuck English.” The Marías expressed some Puerto Rican pride, writing: “boricuaaaa.” Rauw Alejandro posted about the many Latin genres and dance styles Bad Bunny included in the show. He wrote, in Spanish: “Long live the BOMBA, the PLENA, the SALSA, the HIPHOP and above all LONG LIVE REGGAETON.” Ben Stiller also congratulated him, posting: “Incredible Half time show Bad Bunny.”
Kacey Musgraves pointedly called out the conservative non-profit Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show,” which streamed on YouTube at the same time as Bad Bunny’s performance and featured Kid Rock. “Well. That made me feel more proudly American than anything Kid Rock has ever done,” Musgraves wrote.
Doechii, who made her own appearance at the Super Bowl in an ad for Levi’s jeans, posted on X: “Bad Bunny WOW ! Fucking, WOW. History.” On Threads, Kerry Washington echoed the sentiment, sharing: “I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from that… WHAT👏🏾A👏🏾SHOW👏🏾.” SG Lewissaid: “Holy shit that was the best half time show I’ve ever seen” and Monte Booker concurred, posting: “one of the best half times.” Nick León also supported the artist, writing: “Love bad bunny forever.” Nancy Sinatra felt similarly, quoting a post from Lynda Carter about Bad Bunny with: “Love him.” John Mellencamp added, “I don’t know what Bad Bunny is saying, however, I do know he is standing up for Puerto Rico and I am standing up for him. His half time show was great.”
Bad Bunny’s halftime show was a love letter to Puerto Rico and Latinx communities around the world with ambitious set design and many, many special guests. Artists who joined him included Lady Gaga (with whom he salsa danced), Ricky Martin, Karol G, Young Miko, and Cardi B. The performance capped off a huge week for Bad Bunny, who also won Album Of The Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos at the Grammys on February 1.
President Donald Trump just reacted to Bad Bunny‘s historic Super Bowl after declaring his absence.
Before the Super Bowl, Trump told the New York Post he would not be attending the football game because it’s “too far away.” The president also shared his opinion about the Super Bowl performers Bad Bunny and Green Day: “I’m anti-them. … All it does is sow hatred.”
In an interview on Newsmax on October 6, Trump claimed he never heard of the multi-Grammy Award winning artist: “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…I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
After the halftime show aired, the president went on his social media platform Truth Social to react. “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,” Trump wrote.
“‘This “Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!” the president fumed. “There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD.”
Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl in 2025. However, this year, he hosted his own Super Bowl watch party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to the president’s public schedule.
Bad Bunny has been a fierce critic of Donald Trump and his immigration policies. In 2020, he wrote to Time about the Black Lives Matter movement: “F–K DONALD TRUMP! PRESIDENTE DEL RACISMO. TU ODIO Y TIRANÍA, ESO SÍ ES TERRORISMO,” which translates to “PRESIDENT OF RACISM! YOUR HATE AND TYRANNY, THAT’S TERRORISM.” The Puerto Rican artist also endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election.
In the music video for “NUEVAYoL,” a Trump impersonator says over the radio: “I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America…This country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans.”
A week before his performance, Bad Bunny condemned ICE and Trump’s immigration policies at the Grammys. “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out!” he said in his speech. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans. I know it’s tough not to hate on these days, and I was thinking, sometimes we get contaminados – I don’t know how to say that in English – the hate gets more powerful with more hate.”
“The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love,” he concluded. “So, please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love.”
At the end of his performance, Bad Bunny’s dancers carried around flags and he shouted out Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, among other Latino nations, and also Canada. “Seguimos aqui [We keep going],” the singer said. He then raised a football towards the camera that read, “Together, we are America.” The message nods to the fact that all the countries he listed are part of the broader continent of North and South America. It also largely acknowledges the large immigrant communities that come from those countries and now live in the US.
Bad Bunny brought the party to the Super Bowl halftime show as he promised, performing hits from “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” a week after winning Album of the Year for it at the 2026 Grammys.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64. He made history as the first halftime show performer to sing primarily in Spanish at the most-watched sporting event in the United States.
Bad Bunny pays tribute to Puerto Rico
At halftime in the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Bad Bunny opened his performance at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with his 2022 hit “Tití Me Preguntó.”
Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.
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Paying tribute to his homeland, the field was filled with palm trees and other vegetation native to Puerto Rico. Walking through the lush greens, Bad Bunny passed a coconut vendor, a piragua cart and a couple of boxers as he went on to perform another hit, “Yo Perreo Sola.”
Bad Bunny also performed other songs from his latest album, including “EoO,” “NUEVAYoL,” which pays tribute to the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York City, and “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”
Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin make surprise appearances
Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin also made surprise performances during the show. Other celebrity cameos included Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Cardi B and Karol G.
Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga perform during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium.
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Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet. During the performance, he gave a shout-out to the countries across the Americas.
Towards the end of the show, the singer climbed an electrical pole, a reference to not only the power of Puerto Rico and its people but to power supply issues the island has struggled with. Many of his song lyrics criticize the ineffective response by the government in Puerto Rico to crises like the hurricanes that have pummeled the island and caused island-wide blackouts in recent years.
At a press event last week hosted by halftime show sponsor Apple Music, Bad Bunny said: “I wasn’t looking for album of the year. I wasn’t looking to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show … I was just trying to connect with my roots, connect with my people, connect with myself.”
He also promised his Super Bowl show would be “a huge party,” adding, “I want to bring to the stage, of course, a lot of my culture. … I don’t want to give any spoilers. It’s going to be fun.”
With a total of six Grammys and 17 Latin Grammys, he has become a global ambassador for Latin music. He has also been featured in Hollywood films such as “Bullet Train,” “Caught Stealing” and “Happy Gilmore 2.”
Did Bad Bunny get paid for his Super Bowl halftime performance?
Under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union’s most recent contract, that would come to about $1,000 a day. The NFL typically covers artists’ expenses, which can run into the millions of dollars.
Fans and critics expected Bad Bunny to make a major political statement at the Super Bowl halftime show. With a pan-American parade of flags, he met those expectations.
Just a week after his “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” became the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year at the Grammys, Bad Bunny made history again by performing the first Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime show. The halftime show has been a powder keg for political discourse for months as many anticipated the Puerto Rican superstar, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, would make some kind of statement in support of Latino immigrants.
The elaborate performance, which featured stars like Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and Cardi B (who didn’t perform, but made a cameo), turned the football field into a Puerto Rican sugarcane field where aspects of Puerto Rican life were around every corner. At the very end of the 14-minute performance, dancers ran through the field carrying flags of every country from North, Central and South America.
Though the United States of America is colloquially referred to as just “America,” Bad Bunny reminded the audience — and perhaps some U.S. politicians — that America is the entire western hemisphere.
US singer-songwriter Lady Gaga and Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images) PATRICK T. FALLON AFP via Getty Images
“God bless America,” Bad Bunny said, holding a football that read “TOGETHER WE ARE AMERICA.”
The halftime show was a sweeping celebration of Puerto Rican culture. The show featured La Casita (the little house), the famous set from Bad Bunny’s concerts, latino celebrities like Cardi B, Karol G and Pedro Pascal danced on the patio. There was a traditional Puerto Rican wedding, where Lady Gaga performed a salsa rendition of “Die With a Smile” as a wedding singer while a little boy took a nap on some chairs. (You know how there’s always a little kid sleeping on some chairs?)
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images) PATRICK T. FALLON AFP via Getty Images
Bad Bunny carried the pro-Independence Puerto Rican flag at the half time show as he performed “La Apagon,” a house music banger about the constant power outages that Puerto Ricans deal with. During that number, dancers swung from power lines.
Fellow Boricua Ricky Martin also performed, singing the chorus of “Lo que le pasó a Hawaii,” or “What happened to Hawaii,” an overtly political song laments what happens with an island nation becomes an state.
Bad Bunny’s headlining performance caused a stir online from the moment it was announced months ago. For Puerto Ricans and Latinos, the NFL’s choice of a reggaeton star was seen as both a point of pride and a political statement, given the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s targeting of Latino communities. The NFL’s decision to pick Bad Bunny, one the biggest music superstars in the world and Puerto Rico’s unofficial cultural ambassador, to headline the halftime show is part of the league’s efforts to reach an international fanbase.
Unlike his Latino popstar predecessors, like fellow Super Bowl halftime performer Shakira, Bad Bunny is notably not a “crossover” artist. All of his music is in his native Spanish, not English. (In 2020, co-headliners Shakira and Jennifer Lopez performed their Super Bowl halftime show in English and Spanish. Bad Bunny appeared as a guest star that year to perform alongside Shakira.)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Ricky Martin performs with Bad Bunny onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Neilson Barnard Getty Images
During his Saturday Night Live monologue in October, after he gave a shoutout to the Latino community in Spanish, Bad Bunny cracked this joke: “If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.”
Four months later, many conservatives were still not happy with the headliner. A recent poll showed that just 40% of registered Republican voters in Florida planned to watch Bad Bunny’s show, compared to 89% of Democrat voters, the Sun Sentinel reported. President Donald Trump disapproved of Bad Bunny as the headliner, calling it a “terrible choice.” The feeling is mutual, as Bad Bunny is not a fan of Trump.
Far-right group Turning Point USA announced its own alternative halftime show featuring Kid Rock to rival the NFL’s, branding it as the “All-American Halftime Show.” Ironically, the NFL’s halftime show was certainly all-American, too. Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, which means Puerto Ricans born there (including Bad Bunny) are American citizens.
But Bad Bunny is not one to shy away from politics. As he accepted the Grammy for best música urbana album, he started his speech by saying, “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out.” He decided to skip performing in the mainland U.S. for his ongoing world tour, instead opting for a months-long residency in Puerto Rico. Why not come to cities like New York and Miami? He didn’t want ICE agents to show up.
“Debi Tirar Mas Fotos,” an album dedicated to Puerto Rican life, culture, history and music genres, is rife with political statements. He advocates for Puerto Rican sovereignty in his songs and music videos, like in “La Mudanza,” where he carries the azul celeste Puerto Rican flag, which features a light blue triangle instead of the official dark blue triangle. The azul celeste flag is associated with Puerto Rican independence.
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny waves the flag of Puerto Rico as he performs during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images) PATRICK T. FALLON AFP via Getty Images
Bad Bunny’s foray into salsa music, with “La Mudanza” and “Baile Inolvidable,” inspired Gen Z Latinos to embrace the genre they grew up on. In Miami, Super Bowl Sunday was less about the football and more about the “Benito Bowl.”
The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots officially go head to head at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium this Sunday, Feb. 8 for Super Bowl LX. The Big Game, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET, will broadcast on NBC and stream live on Peacock.
Cable-cutters can also tune into the NFL championship through a variety of Live TV streamers with access to NBC, such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV (in select markets).
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Sunday’s matchup brings together two franchises on sharply different but equally compelling arcs: the New England Patriots, who engineered a swift return to the league’s biggest stage after several rebuilding seasons, and the Seattle Seahawks, who reemerged as NFC powerhouses following a revamped coaching staff and a defense-first identity. For New England, the game represents a chance to reclaim championship relevance in the post-Brady era; for Seattle, it’s a shot at redemption more than a decade after their last Super Bowl meeting.
Of course, Bad Bunny is another reason that even non-sports fans will be tuning in on Sunday night. The Puerto Rican superstar, who just took home the award for album of the year at the Grammys, will take the stage at Levi’s Stadium for this year’s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. Amid continued MAGA backlash over his appointment as this year’s headliner — and threats from the Trump administration that ICE will be present at the game — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has stood by the decision, saying that Bad Bunny is “one of the great artists in the world.” Following his impassioned speech against ICE at the Grammys, it’s very likely that Bad Bunny will use the Super Bowl stage as another opportunity to make a political statement.
A week after his “ICE out” declaration dominated Grammy headlines, anticipation is building over whether Bad Bunny will turn the biggest performance of his career — the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show — into a political call to action.
“One thing about Bad Bunny is that he is a master at the art of surprise,” Petra Rivera-Rideau, an associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College who specializes in Latin music and U.S.-Latinx pop cultures, told CBS News.
But some believe Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, doesn’t need theatrics to send a message.
“I think a lot of people are expecting him to have a political message in there,” Mike Alfaro, the creator of Millennial Lotería who has gone viral for translating Bad Bunny lyrics into English ahead of the big game, added. “I think just him being there is the political message.”
Bad Bunny won big at the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.
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Reactions poured in when it was announced that the Super Bowl’s halftime headliner would be the popular Puerto Rican artist who performs mainly in Spanish, with some hailing the historic choice and others criticizing it.
President Trump blasted the decision to give Bad Bunny and Green Day — who are set to open the Super Bowl LX pregame festivities — a global stage, calling the lineup a “terrible choice.”
“I’m anti-them,” Mr. Trump told The New York Post, adding that he won’t be attending Sunday’s game.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called Bad Bunny “one of the greatest artists in the world” and said he doesn’t expect the halftime show to spark major controversy.
“Listen, Bad Bunny is — and I think that was demonstrated last night — one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” said Goodell, referring to Bad Bunny’s Grammys speech. “But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on, and that this platform is used to unite people, and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that. And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
Bad Bunny’s political voice
Bad Bunny hasn’t shied away from decrying America’s politics.
When he took his new album on tour, he chose a residency in Puerto Rico and skipped the U.S. mainland entirely for fear that his fans would be targeted by federal agents.
Bad Bunny performs onstage during his residency at Coliseo de Puerto Rico on July 11, 2025 in San Juan.
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In 2018, during Bad Bunny’s first appearance on American mainstream television, he kicked off his rendition of “Estamos Bien” on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” by reminding the mainland that Puerto Ricans were still coping from one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history.
“After one year of the hurricane, there’s still people without electricity in their homes, more than 3,000 people died,” said Bad Bunny, adding, “and Trump is still in denial.”
Beyond pioneering on the Super Bowl stage in a different language, Bad Bunny has already made political history through his music and cultural advocacy.
Mobilizing Puerto Rico
“We talk about stuff like Hurricane Maria, the protests in 2019, his involvement in the Puerto Rican elections in 2024. But really the point of [my] book is to talk about how his music functions as an act of resistance in this bigger political and social context of colonialism in Puerto Rico,” explained Rivera-Rideau, whose book focuses on Boricua history over the past three decades.
Rivera-Rideau said “Benito,” as Latinos lovingly call him, continues to channel messages of pride and calls for political accountability for Puerto Rico in his latest album.
“It is in many ways his most overtly political album,” Rivera-Rideau said.
In “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii,” for example, Bad Bunny calls out gentrification in the island, an ongoing trend fueled by financial incentives that have catapulted property taxes.
“There’s so many things that make life here difficult and yet, at the same time, there’s so much pride and joy,” Rivera-Rideau said.
In his latest album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny draws from Bomba, an Afro-Puerto Rican music genre that is rooted in the island’s connection to enslaved Africans. Bomba dancers often join drummers to merge their rhythms into a musical dialogue.
People take a selfie in front of a mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 12, 2025, the day before Bad Bunny kicked off his blockbuster residency.
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During the 2019 protests calling for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation, Bomba, and other Caribbean music genres, were as prominent as chants and signs. Puerto Ricans used art and music — bomba dances, slam poetry, queer balls and more — to gather people together and call for change. Bad Bunny joined the movement, taking time off his concert tour that summer to march in San Juan and collaborate on what became the protest anthem, “Afilando los Cuchillos,” or “Sharpening The Knives.”
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance — the first to be headlined by a predominantly Spanish‑language artist — will be a landmark moment for the Latino community.
“I think there’s so many layers to how meaningful this halftime show is, and it hasn’t even happened yet,” Rivera-Rideau said.
“To have a Spanish language artist headlining this stage, which is although not a national holiday, kind of functions like one in the context where Spanish speakers, including Puerto Ricans, are getting racially profiled, are being harassed, to have someone like that on the stage is important.”
“There are more people that speak Spanish here in the United States than in my home country of Guatemala,” Alfaro said. “I think it’s important to understand that music is a universal language, even if you don’t quite understand what they’re saying.”
For some fans, Bad Bunny is the main draw of this year’s Super Bowl.
“It’s about time to recognize our culture, our passion, our people,” Miriam Velez, co-owner of the Puerto Rican-themed social club Pe Erre Domino in Chicago, told CBS News Chicago.
“To not only have an impact in the United States, but a global impact is amazing,” Puerto Rican DJ Emmanuel Ríos Colón added.
“I think it doesn’t matter that it’s Bad Bunny, but that any Latino that goes and represents us in the Super Bowl, we’re good,” Yazmin Auli, owner of the Philadelphia bakery El Coquí, told CBS News Philadelphia. “It doesn’t matter who it is, but since it is Bad Bunny, that’s even better.”
The excitement over Bad Bunny’s halftime show is also sparking interest in more than just Latin music — it’s inspiring people to learn Spanish.
Duolingo, the language learning tool, reported that almost 49 million people worldwide are learning Spanish on the app. When the NFL announced the Super Bowl line-up, they shared a “Bad Bunny 101” crash course to get more Spanish learners on board. Duolingo told CBS News that 60% of those learners are still active today and points to the data as proof that people are motivated to be in the know.
On the heels of his historic night at the Grammy Awards, Bad Bunny is set to take the stage for the halftime show at the 2026 Super Bowl on Sunday, as the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks meet in a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX.
The hugely popular Puerto Rican rapper and singer says he’ll bring “a lot of my culture” to the big game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Who is performing in the Super Bowl halftime show for 2026?
The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced in September that Bad Bunny will be this year’s halftime show headliner.
The 31-year-old superstar, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, won two top awards at the Grammys last Sunday — Best Música Urbana Album and Album of the Year for his record “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” — the first time an all Spanish-language album earned the night’s biggest award.
“To be honest, I don’t know how I’m feeling. There’s a lot. I’m still in the middle of my tour. I was just at the Grammys last week. All of that,” Bad Bunny said at a Thursday news conference hosted by Apple Music, which is sponsoring the halftime show.
“I’m excited, but at the same time, I feel more excited about the people than even me — my family, my friends, the people who have always believed in me,” he said. “This moment, the culture — that’s what makes these shows special.”
He was tight-lipped about what the performance would entail or if there would be any other artists joining him onstage.
“It’s going to be a huge party,” Bad Bunny said. “I want to bring to the stage, of course, a lot of my culture. But I really don’t, I don’t want to give any spoilers. It’s going to be fun.”
Bad Bunny is interviewed during a press conference about the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Feb. 5, 2026 in San Francisco.
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The halftime show will also feature interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme doing Puerto Rican Sign Language.
Bad Bunny will be the first native Spanish speaker to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, and his selection prompted criticism from some, including President Trump. Another wave of backlash cropped up when Bad Bunny said “ICE out” during one of his Grammy acceptance speeches last week.
“I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching,” Goodell said in October.
“He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world,” Goodell said. “That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value.”
Asked about Bad Bunny’s comments at the Grammy Awards, Goodell told reporters, “Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated last night, one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him.”
“But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on, and that this platform is used to unite people, and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that,” he said. “And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
Bad Bunny won big at the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Matt Winkelmeyer
Who is singing the national anthem at the 2026 Super Bowl?
Charlie Puth will take on national anthem duties at the Super Bowl this year. The 34-year-old singer has called the national anthem “one of the most beautiful pieces of music,” but has also said it is “the hardest to sing.”
The New Jersey native started out posting videos of himself singing on YouTube, but his career has since blossomed, and he’s released four albums and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
Full list of Super Bowl performers for 2026
Green Day —The Bay Area-based punk rockers will perform at the Super Bowl opening ceremony.
Charlie Puth — Puth is singing “The Star Spangled Banner” before the game.
Brandi Carlile — The 11-time Grammy-winner will sing “America the Beautiful.”
Coco Jones — The Grammy-winning singer will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” widely known as the Black national anthem.
Bad Bunny — The Puerto Rican superstar is headlining the halftime show.
When Bad Bunny takes center stage for the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, he’ll be the first artist with a primarily Spanish-language repertoire to do so.
These are some of his most impactful lyrics, in Spanish and English, as the Puerto Rican artist prepares to make music history.
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Debí tirar más fotos de cuando te tuve Debí darte más beso’ y abrazo’ las vece’ que pude Ey, ojalá que los mío’ nunca se muden
I should have taken more photos when I had you I should have given you more kisses and hugs the times that I could Hopefully my loved ones will never move
Perhaps the most popular song of his most recent album — which won the Grammy for Album of the Year — “DtMF” captures the nostalgia and longing to make more out of everyday moments, a sentiment that many immigrants describe as a consequence of being away from home.
NUEVAYoL
Ey, ey, ey, 4 de julio, 4th de July Ando con mi primo, borracho, rulay Los mío’ en El Bronx saben la que hay Con la nota en high por Washington Heights
On the Fourth of July, I am with my cousin, drunk, relaxing, with mine in The Bronx, you know what there is, with the note on high in Washington Heights.
While sampling “El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico,” a more than half-century-old salsa orchestra, Bad Bunny brings to life the joy of Puerto Ricans in the mainland, highlighting the diaspora’s time under the New York sun.
LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii
Quieren quitarme el río y también la playa Quieren el barrio mío y que abuelita se vaya No, no suelte’ la bandera ni olvide’ el lelolai Que no quiero que hagan contigo lo que le pasó a Hawái
They want to take the river from me, and the beach too They want my neighborhood and for my grandma to leave Do not surrender the flag, or forget the lelolai Because I do not want them to do to you what happened in Hawaii
Bad Bunny calls out gentrification in the island, an ongoing trend fueled by tax incentives that have raised property taxes and excluded Puerto Ricans from some of their most prominent lands, drawing a comparison to gentrification in Hawaii.
Una Velita
Ey, ‘tá empezando a llover, otra vez va a pasar Por ahí viene tormenta, viene temporal ‘Tá empezando a llover, otra vez va a pasar Por ahí viene tormеnta, ¿quién nos va a salvar?
It’s starting to rain, it will happen again Here comes a storm, a rough weather spell It’s starting to rain, it will happen again Here comes a storm, who will save us?
In a 2024 reflection on Hurricane Maria, which leveled parts of Puerto Rico and left many without power for months, Bad Bunny denounces the government’s role in the chaos that ensued after the Category 4 storm swept through the island.
VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR
Vo’a llevarte pa’ PR, mami, pa’ que vea’ cómo es que se perrea Tráete a tu amiga si te gusta la idea Dile que esta noche vamo’ a janguear Que rico la vamo’ a pasar Aquí nadie se va a casar Pero tú te va’ a querer quedar
I am going to take you to PR (Puerto Rico), honey, so you can see how to perrea Bring your friend if you like the idea Tell her that tonight we are going to hang out We are going to have a good time Here no one is going to get married But you are going to want to stay.
Many of Bad Bunny’s songs center around women and love. In “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR,” the singer highlights a reggaeton dance that grew in the Caribbean, known as perreo.
Similar to twerking, it has been criticized for being hypersexual and inappropriate, according to Petra Rivera-Rideau, an associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College, who co-authored “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.” Rivera-Rideau points to perreo as an example of resistance during the 2019 anti-corruption protests in Puerto Rico.
BAILE INoLVIDABLE
No, no te puedo olvidar No, no te puedo borrar Tú me enseñaste a querer Me enseñaste a bailar
No, no I can’t forget you No, no I can’t erase you You taught me how to love You taught me to dance
Apple Music debuted a video of Bad Bunny dancing to “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” or “Unforgettable Dance,” featuring a wide range of people. In the video, the 31-year-old artist, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, dances beneath a flamboyán, a tropical tree with bright red flowers from Madagascar that has become a beloved symbol in Puerto Rico, with a myriad of people — a firefighter, women of all ages and people of all ethnicities.
By now, you’ve probably seen the viral Bad Bunny memes inspired by the Pop superstar’s emotional reaction to winning Album of the Year for his 2025 release Debí Tirar Más Fotos–the first all-Spanish language album to earn that honor–at this year’s star-studded Grammys in LA.
What started as an emotional moment for the Puerto Rican hitmaker, quickly spiraled into a hilarious meme wave currently dominating feeds across social media.
Coincidentally, the trending meme obsession comes as Benito is gearing up for his highly anticipated halftime performance at this year’s Super Bowl LX in San Francisco.
“What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,” he said in an NFL statement announcing the halftime show. “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.”
With growing hype over the upcoming performance, Benito made an appearance at the Apple Music press event, speaking candidly about the magnitude of performing at the Super Bowl while balancing a packed schedule that includes an ongoing tour and historic awards run.
According to the Associated Press, the 31-year-old hitmaker admitted that the moment still feels surreal, especially coming right after he won Album of the Year at the Grammys.
When asked about special surprise guests potentially joining him on stage (Cardi, perhaps?), he side-stepped the question like a pro while fueling even more anticipation over the buzzy performance.
Are you excited about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl? If so, which songs do you want him to perform? Tell us down below and enjoy the absolutely funniest emotional Bad Bunny memes on the flip.
Alabama Barker had a little slip-up on livestream after accidentally referencing her ex-friend Bhad Bhabie instead of Latin artist Bad Bunny. Social media couldn’t get enough of the moment.
Alabama Barker Mixes Up Bad Bunny And Bhad Bhabie On Livestream
On Thursday evening (Feb. 5), Alabama Barker had a slip-up on livestream after praising her ex-friend Bhad Bhabie when she meant to shout out Bad Bunny. In a clip circulating online, Alabama chats with her fans while Latin artist Bad Bunny’s music plays in the background. She then says, “W Bhad Bhabie in the ch…” catching the mix-up before she could finish her sentence.
Alabama laughs before correcting herself, saying, “That was crazy, chat,” as she continues to chuckle. She adds, “Definitely not W Bhad Bhabie,” then follows with, “You know what, actually W her for not posting that man anymore,” seemingly referring to the father of Bhad Bhabie’s child, LeVaugn, whom Alabama and Bhad Bhabie previously had a falling out over.
Social Media Reacts
Fans quickly took to Instagram to comment:
Instagram user @lakaylaa.a wrote, “Aww she miss her friend 😂😂😂”
Another Instagram user @dylanfilss wrote, “You can tell it was an accident fr 😂”
While Instagram user @itsjadaarenee wrote, “Bhad Bhabie finna drop a diss now 😭😭😭😭”
Instagram user @itskelsiee wrote, “honest mistake lol”
Another Instagram user @bunny2cold wrote, “This is what happens when u talk about someone too much 😆 told on herself”
While Instagram user @big_lay__ wrote, “Obsessed”
Instagram user @nybangaaaa wrote, “She got condos in that girl head 😂”
Another Instagram user @girlyreallyhavin wrote, “She said W her for not posting that man… but you was also f*** that man 😂😂”
While Instagram user @kendricharnei wrote, “Idk my granny told me that mean the other person talking about me but hey 😂”
A Quick Timeline Of Alabama And Bhad Bhabie’s History
Once friends, Alabama Barker and Bhabie had a falling out in 2024 after she accused Alabama of stealing her boyfriend, Le Vaugn. At the time, Alabama denied those claims. However, the accusations sparked heated exchanges between the two online and even included diss tracks.
Following their feud, Bhabie shared videos discussing a miscarriage with her on-and-off ex-boyfriend LeVaugn and alleged abuse claims. Alabama responded in the comments: “Even though we had our differences, I don’t support the way he treats her & she doesn’t deserve it.”
By October 2025, Bhabie confirmed she was single and officially done with LeVaugn.
