Trump Claims He Doesn’t Know Who Bad Bunny Is After Super Bowl Announcement: ‘It’s Absolutely Ridiculous’

After seemingly everyone reacted to the quality that planetary superstar Bad Bunny volition header the Super Bowl Halftime Show successful 2026, President Donald Trump is present sharing his thoughts connected the Latin icon taking to the stage.

In an on-air telephone interview with NewsMax big Greg Kelly — who referred to the vocalist arsenic “the Bad Bunny Rabbit of immoderate his sanction is” — the twice-impeached president claimed that helium didn’t cognize who the “DtMF” vocalist was. “I ne'er heard of him. I don’t cognize who helium is. I don’t cognize wherefore they’re doing it. It’s, like, crazy,” Trump said, earlier shifting the speech to Roc Nation and Jay-Z, who are liable for helping take the halftime amusement performer each year. “And past they blasted it connected immoderate promoter that they hired to prime up entertainment. I deliberation it’s perfectly ridiculous.”

Billboard has reached retired to Bad Bunny’s rep for comment.

It’s worthy noting that portion the president whitethorn not cognize who Bad Bunny is, the satellite astatine ample astir surely does. The Puerto Rican prima has amassed astir 80 cardinal monthly Spotify listeners implicit the people of his career, making him presently the 12th astir streamed creator connected the platform. From 2020 to 2022, helium was the ranked the astir streamed creator connected Spotify astatine the extremity of each year, dethroned lone by Taylor Swift successful 2023 and 2024.

Meanwhile, Bad Bunny’s historic, 31-date No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency astatine Puerto Rico’s Coliseo broke income records for the venue; the livestream of his last amusement successful the residency became the azygous astir watched livestream successful the past of Amazon Music.

Since helium was announced arsenic the performer for adjacent year’s halftime show, Bad Bunny has been taxable to disapproval and attacks from right-wing commentators and members of Trump’s administration. The president’s erstwhile run manager Corey Lewandowski called the pick “shameful” and claimed that Benito “seems to hatred Amer...