Bad Bunny mocks backlash to his Super Bowl halftime gig on ‘SNL’
CNN Bad Bunny el primero presentador de la nueva temporada de Saturday Night Live ten a un mensaje para todos If you didn t understand what I just commented you have four months to learn During his monologue the musician didn t shy away from the backlash that stemmed from the latest announcement that he d be the next Super Bowl s halftime performer In fact he had a lot of fun with it joking I think everybody s happy about it even Fox News What followed was a collection of short clips featuring Fox News personalities who in a spliced-together edit collectively disclosed Bad Bunny is my favorite musician and he should be the next president He then addressed the audience in Spanish expressing his excitement about doing the Super Bowl adding I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy He continued More than just my achievement it s everyone s achievement proving that no one can ever erase or take away Latinos mark and our contribution to this country That s when he returned to speaking English encouraging those who didn t understand his words to learn in the coming weeks Bad Bunny is fresh off a long residency of concerts solely performed in Puerto Rico he went on tour but at home as he put it to New York Magazine His run of shows brought hundreds of millions of dollars to Puerto Rico economists estimated His January album DeB TiRAR M S FOToS which was his sixth solo album has spent weeks on the Billboard list Despite Bad Bunny s immense popularity chosen US administration agents and conservative media have tried to turn his Super Bowl appearance into a beliefs war primarily over his anti-ICE statements Kristi Noem the Homeland Safety secretary promised that ICE would be in attendance at the Super Bowl and stated that people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they re law-abiding Americans who love this country She went on to issue a tirade about the NFL itself Well they suck and we ll win and God will bless us and we ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won t be able to sleep at night because they don t know what they believe And they re so weak we ll fix it President Donald Trump who has served himself as host of Saturday Night Live twice prior to his time in office has complained about the show for years Questions about whether his administration would try to take action against the late-night show at specific point have started to swirl after it in recent months targeted late-night host Jimmy Kimmel That speculation did little to deter SNL from having James Austin Johnson reprise his role as Trump in the Season cold open in a sketch that also featured Weekend Update host Colin Jost as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth I m just here keeping my eye on SNL making sure they don t do anything too mean about me and they better be careful because I know late-night TV like the back of my hand Johnson as Trump revealed holding up a discolored hand He added at the end daddy s watching Next week on SNL presumably Amy Poehler and musical guest Role Model And then on October Sabrina Carpenter does double duty as host and musical guest
