{"id":2564470,"date":"2026-02-03T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfls-goodell-promises-bad-bunny-understands-his-role-for-super-bowl\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:09:12","slug":"nfls-goodell-promises-bad-bunny-understands-his-role-for-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfls-goodell-promises-bad-bunny-understands-his-role-for-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL\u2019s Goodell Promises Bad Bunny \u2018Understands\u2019 His Role For Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnfls-goodell-promises-bad-bunny-understands-his-role-for-super-bowl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Bad Bunny would refrain from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >divisive political rhetoric<\/a> during the Super Bowl and praised him as an artist who can unite people on the platform. Despite that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afl-cio-boss-richard-trumka-dies-suddenly-at-72\/\" title=\"AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka Dies Suddenly at 72\">rumors circulated<\/a> that the Puerto Rican star might wear a dress at the event, and his Grammys acceptance speech plus past comments have drawn attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-era-ag-urges-democrats-to-pack-supreme-court-accuses-u-s-judicial-system-of-conservative-bias\/\" title=\"Obama-era AG urges Democrats to pack Supreme Court, accuses U.S. judicial system of \u2018conservative bias\u2019\">political issues<\/a>, including criticisms of ICE. Goodell defended the selection as carefully thought out, acknowledging some backlash is inevitable. In response, Turning Point USA announced an alternative halftime show, \u201cThe All-American Halftime Show,\u201d headlined by kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett, framed as celebrating faith, family, and freedom. Kid Rock described the rivalry with the NFL\/pro\u2013pop setup as a modern David and Goliath moment,a storyline covered by The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">daily wire<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-narration-container=\"true\" id=\"post-body-text\">\n<p><span>NFL commissioner Roger Goodell promised reporters that Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny would refrain from spouting divisive rhetoric during the big game on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Goodell responded to questions about potential political statements from the singer, saying, &ldquo;I think Bad Bunny, and I think that was demonstrated last night [at the Grammys], is one of the great artists in the world, and that&rsquo;s one of the reasons we chose him.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on and that this platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that,&rdquo; he continued, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/nfl-roger-goodell-bad-bunny-political-statements-ice-super-bowl-lx-1236706763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Deadline<\/span><\/a><span>. &ldquo;I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he&rsquo;ll have a great performance.&rdquo; <\/span><span>The NFL commissioner&rsquo;s statements come as rumors circulate that the Puerto Rican singer, whose real name is Benito Ocasio, is planning to wear a dress to the event. Ocasio has been outspoken in his political views so far and didn&rsquo;t mince words during his Grammys acceptance speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Before I say thanks to God, I&rsquo;m going to say: ICE out,&rdquo; the singer said from the stage during the awards ceremony Sunday night. &ldquo;We are not savage. We are not animals. We are not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans,&rdquo; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ocasio previously referred to ICE agents as &ldquo;motherf*ckers&rdquo; and &ldquo;sons of b*tches&rdquo; in a video he posted to Instagram. The three-time Grammy Award-winner said during an interview that he didn&rsquo;t book any tour stops in the United States because he was worried ICE agents would target concert attendees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;There was the issue of &mdash; like, f***ing ICE could be outside. And it&rsquo;s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Goodell previously defended choosing Bad Bunny as the halftime performer at Super Bowl LX after significant backlash following the announcement last fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s carefully thought through,&rdquo; Goodell <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nfl-commish-gives-update-on-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-amid-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  of the performance. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure we&rsquo;ve ever selected an artist where we didn&rsquo;t have some blowback or criticism. It&rsquo;s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Turning Point USA announced it would host an alternative event to rival the Super Bowl halftime show, as many Americans questioned the selection of Bad Bunny as the headliner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lineup for &ldquo;The All-American Halftime Show&rdquo; was announced Monday. Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett will take the stage in a show TPUSA says will celebrate faith, family, and freedom, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/turning-point-usa-unveils-star-studded-all-american-halftime-show-to-rival-super-bowls-bad-bunny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re approaching this show like David and Goliath,&rdquo; Kid Rock said in a statement, per Fox News. &ldquo;Competing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kid-rock-slated-to-headline-star-studded-tpusa-alternative-super-bowl-halftime-show-for-folks-who-love-america\/\" title=\"Kid Rock slated to headline star-studded TPUSA alternative ... &#039;for folks who love America&#039;\">pro football machine<\/a> and a global pop superstar is almost impossible, or is it? He said he&rsquo;s having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodell: Bad Bunny won&#8217;t use SB stage for politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2564471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Bad-Bunny-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541,546,33651],"tags":[72920,14890,14068,7215,49996],"class_list":["post-2564470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-badbunny","tag-entertainment","tag-goodell","tag-nfl","tag-superbowl"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Bad-Bunny-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564475,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564470\/revisions\/2564475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}