Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show drew a record 135.4 million viewers on Sunday, but not everyone enjoyed it.
Rep. Mark Alford, a Republican from Missouri, told Fox News that Bad Bunny’s halftime show is currently under investigation, claiming without evidence that the Puerto Rican superstar used explicit language during his performance.
Bad Bunny’s performance triggered the MAGA right to the point that Turning Point USA held its own “All-American Halftime Show” during which Kid Rock was shown lip-syncing (for which he later gave an explanation).
Alford conceded that he does not speak Spanish, but said “a lot of information” has “come out” about Bad Bunny’s lyrics.
“On Bad Bunny — bad performance at the Super Bowl at halftime — we’re still investigating this. There’s a lot of information that has come out about the lyrics,” Alford said during his interview (via Awful Announcing). “I saw the halftime show. I was switching back and forth with the TPUSA halftime show. The lyrics, from what we’ve seen from Bad Bunny, are very disturbing.”
“I don’t speak fluent Spanish, I know how to ask where the bathroom is. But these lyrics — if it’s true, what was said on national television — we have a lot of questions for the entities that broadcast this, and we’ll be talking to Brendan Carr from the FCC about this,” he added.
Republican Congressman Randy Fine claimed in a social media post that Bad Bunny’s performance was “illegal.”
“You can’t say the f-word on live TV,” he wrote.
“‘Bad Bunny’’s disgusting halftime show was illegal.
“Had he said these lyrics — and all of the other disgusting and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been pulled down and the fines would have been enormous.
“Puerto Ricans are Americans and we all live by the same rules. We are sending @BrendanCarrFCC a letter calling for dramatic action, including fines and broadcast license reviews, against the @NFL @nbc , and ‘Bad Bunny.’”
In fact, multiple reports show that Bad Bunny self-censored his lyrics, taking out profane language and the most explicit parts of his songs.
He could have turned his performance into a giant anti-Trump spectacular, but instead performed under a banner that read, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
