Was Bad Bunny Wearing a Bulletproof Vest at the 2026 Grammy Awards?

And yet all some corners of the internet seem to be able to talk about is whether or not Bad Bunny was wearing a bulletproof vest underneath his tuxedo. A TikTok video captioned “Bulletproof vest at the red carpet THIS ISN’T NORMAL” by the account @itsjustgirlstuff, states that the artist was wearing a bulletproof vest at the Grammys “due to threats and political issues.” The video, which cites no sources, currently has 1.6M likes and 10.5M views. “I’m so scared for him because he represents everything they hate,” a comment with 293.1K likes reads. The clip features a video of Bad Bunny on the red carpet with a song from The Hunger Games superimposed with a voice over of Donal Trump speaking as its soundtrack.

It’s not the only video that has caught wind. An explainer video has racked up 1.9M views, and there is even a video featuring an AI-generated voice over that mimics Bad Bunny’s voice that sees him explaining why he was wearing the vest.

Except that he wasn’t.

There are no reports or statements from his team that indicate that Bad Bunny was, indeed, wearing a vest. (Bad Bunny’s reps did not reply to a request for comment from Vanity Fair.) In fact, a video produced by Vogue featuring Bad Bunny getting ready ahead of the event reveals that his custom Schiaparelli look, created by the Texan designer Daniel Roseberry, simply does not allow for room for a bulletproof vest—if anything, it was meticulously tailored to fit the artist, given that the jacket has a corset.

A sketch of Bad Bunny’s look by designer Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli.

Courtesy of Schiaparelli

A sketch of Bad Bunny’s look by designer Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli.

Courtesy of Schiaparelli

The jacket creates multiple illusions here, some of which may have fooled some netizens into believing that he was wearing a sturdy Kevlar vest underneath. Its molded and structured shape gives away a key detail: If from the front the blazer appears like a normal tuxedo jacket, the corseting nips the wearer in, creating the look of a smaller waist and a wider hip. Its shoulders are also larger than Bad Bunny’s, and noticeably wider than the less structured suits he’s previously worn, which also helps create a more curvaceous body shape. (The look is a translation from a women’s haute couture look he had designed in 2023.) The back of the jacket is also laced to help preserve the shape, which gives it more structure than a traditional suit.