Brett Favre says he will join US President Donald Trump and boycott Bad Bunny NFL Super Bowl halftime show
The halftime show is grabbing more headlines than the game itself with this former star saying he, like US President Donald Trump, won’t tune in for the big show.
NFL great Brett Favre has joined the boycott of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, saying he will not watch the Puerto Rican star perform at today’s event.
Favre, who won a Super Bowl with the Green Bay Packers, said he would instead watch the “All‑American Halftime Show” headlined by Kid Rock and presented by Turning Point USA, the conservative organisation founded by slain advocate Charlie Kirk.
“Not familiar with Bad Bunny so don’t know if his music is good or bad. I’m just going to watch what I know — Lee Brice, Kid Rock, All‑American Halftime Show,” Favre wrote on X.
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U.S. President Donald Trump will not be attending the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, saying it was “too far” to travel.
Trump has been vehemently opposed to Bad Bunny — real name Benito Martínez Ocasio — being selected as the headline act, calling the decision “crazy” and claiming he had never heard of the performer.
Bad Bunny has repeatedly criticised U.S. immigration agencies, which has made him a target for many conservative commentators in the United States.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has also attacked Bad Bunny for “trying to demonise law enforcement.”
“I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny. I must say that,” Leavitt said last week.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the league’s choice of halftime performer.
“Listen, Bad Bunny is one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” Goodell said.
“But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on, and this platform is used to unite people… I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
