{"id":2567998,"date":"2026-02-09T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-paul-clarifies-remark-that-bad-bunny-is-a-fake-american\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:45:10","slug":"jake-paul-clarifies-remark-that-bad-bunny-is-a-fake-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-paul-clarifies-remark-that-bad-bunny-is-a-fake-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul clarifies remark that Bad Bunny is a &#8216;fake American&#8217;"},"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%2Fjake-paul-clarifies-remark-that-bad-bunny-is-a-fake-american%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=2567998&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>Jake Paul sparked controversy by criticizing Bad bunny during the Super Bowl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lv-all-the-best-commercials\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LV: All The Best Commercials\">halftime show<\/a>, urging viewers to turn off the performance and labeling Bad Bunny a \u201cfake American\u201d for his alleged critique of the United States and ICE. Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio) is a Puerto rican artist, and the discussion touched on broader issues about Puerto Rico\u2019s status and citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paul said he couldn\u2019t support a \u201cfake American citizen\u201d who publicly hates America, prompting pushback from fans and commentators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He later said his criticism targeted bad Bunny\u2019s views, not Puerto Rico or its people, stressing that he loves Puerto Rico and lives there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paul asserted he was criticizing ICE\u2019s actions,not the musician personally,and he criticized Bad Bunny\u2019s stance on immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Public reactions included Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rosanna Pansino accusing Paul of tax avoidance by relocating to puerto Rico; Logan Paul defended Puerto Ricans as Americans and supported their talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece notes Paul\u2019s and his brother\u2019s connections to Donald Trump, along with comments from Kai Trump about bipartisanship and staying out of politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paul also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >briefly rolled back<\/a> some of his statements, echoing Bad Bunny\u2019s closing message that \u201clove is more powerful than hate\u201d and updating his X profile to \u201cBenito #1 fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>the article centers on a social-media feud sparked by political-tinged remarks about Bad Bunny, citizenship, and ICE, along with subsequent clarifications and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-protestant-adoption-agency-in-u-s-opens-to-lgbtq-couples\/\" title=\"Largest Protestant Adoption Agency In U.S. Opens To LGBTQ Couples\">mixed reactions<\/a> from public figures.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jake Paul clarifies he called Bad Bunny a &lsquo;fake American&rsquo; over ICE criticism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2499738\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Boxer Jake Paul is saying his comments against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450551\/bad-bunny-kid-rock-clash-super-bowl-halftime-shows\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a> are being &ldquo;misinterpreted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paul encouraged Super Bowl viewers on Sunday to turn off Bad Bunny&rsquo;s performance at the halftime show, saying on X that he couldn&rsquo;t support &ldquo;a fake American citizen performing who publicly hates America.&rdquo; The Puerto Rican singer was one of several musicians at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4442514\/celebrities-blast-ice-at-grammys\/\">2026 Grammy Awards<\/a> who criticized <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s<\/a> nationwide rollout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450902\/turning-point-usa-20-million-viewers-all-american-halftime-show\/\">Turning Point USA celebrates &#8216;over 20 million&#8217; viewers for its &#8216;All-American Halftime Show&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4450596\/seahawks-super-bowl-win-over-patriots\/\">Seahawks ride their &lsquo;Dark Side&rsquo; defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450551\/bad-bunny-kid-rock-clash-super-bowl-halftime-shows\/\">Bad Bunny and Kid Rock clash in dueling Super Bowl halftime shows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Purposefully turning off the halftime show <\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s rally together and show big corporations they can&rsquo;t just do whatever they want without consequences<\/p>\n<p>  (which equals viewership for them) <\/p>\n<p>You are their benefit. Realize you have power.<\/p>\n<p>Turn off this halftime. A fake American&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2020615566436815275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Paul&rsquo;s comments toward Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, come as Paul currently lives in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/puerto-rico\/\">Puerto Rico<\/a>, where those born in the territory are U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AOC\/status\/2020855353223545156?s=20\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) and YouTuber <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RosannaPansino\/status\/2020716754369130696?s=20\">Rosanna Pansino<\/a> both cited how Paul moved to Puerto Rico, with the former accusing him of doing so &ldquo;to avoid paying your taxes.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The boxer has since rescinded some of his criticism, saying he called the musician fake because of Bad Bunny&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2020807527454110109?s=20\">values and criticism of our great country<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To clarify: I wasn&rsquo;t calling anyone a &lsquo;fake citizen&rsquo; because they&rsquo;re from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico, and I love Puerto Rico,&rdquo; Paul said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and will always do so. But if you&rsquo;re publicly criticizing ICE who are doing their job and openly hating on America, I&rsquo;m going to speak on it. Period.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To clarify: I wasn&rsquo;t calling anyone a &ldquo;fake citizen&rdquo; because they&rsquo;re from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico, and I love Puerto Rico. I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and will always do so.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&rsquo;re publicly criticizing ICE who are doing&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2020810237586837862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Paul also echoed Bad Bunny&rsquo;s halftime performance closing statement that &ldquo;love is more powerful than hate.&rdquo; On Monday morning, Paul said, &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2020867968683405540?s=20\">idk what happened on my twitter last night<\/a>,&rdquo; and changed his X description to &ldquo;Benito #1 fan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Logan Paul, a wrestler and Jake Paul&rsquo;s brother, disagreed with his brother&rsquo;s initial statement against Bad Bunny, saying Puerto Ricans are &ldquo;Americans,&rdquo; and he is &ldquo;happy they were given the opportunity to showcase&rdquo; their talent.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450902\/turning-point-usa-20-million-viewers-all-american-halftime-show\/\"><strong>TURNING POINT USA CELEBRATES &lsquo;OVER 20 MILLION&rsquo; VIEWERS FOR ITS &lsquo;ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Paul brothers have collaborated with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4449342\/trump-doubts-2026-election-effort-sell-national-voter-id-law\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> in recent years, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3044944\/logan-paul-interviews-donald-trump\/\">Trump appeared on Logan Paul&rsquo;s <em>ImPaulsive<\/em> podcast<\/a> ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Jake Paul appeared in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@realdonaldtrump\/video\/7396833945918180639?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7329936867989571118\">two TikTok videos<\/a> with the then-presidential candidate in July 2024, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3293339\/celebrity-hour-every-celebrity-seen-attending-trump-inauguration\/\">both brothers attended Trump&rsquo;s inauguration<\/a> in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Kai Trump, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex...WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s granddaughter, appeared on the <em>ImPaulsive<\/em> podcast last month, where she said voters would be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4409526\/kai-trump-wants-republicans-democrats-meet-in-middle\/\">&ldquo;so much more happier&rdquo;<\/a> if the Republicans and Democrats &ldquo;met in the middle.&rdquo; She also said she personally chooses to &ldquo;stay out of politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul says &#8216;fake American&#8217; remark was misread<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2567999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-re5sucf01-1770657508016-e1770661065883.jpg?1770644114&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64284,36238,59792,50410,36559],"class_list":["post-2567998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bad-bunny","tag-celebrity-news","tag-clarification-2","tag-controversy-2","tag-jake-paul"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-re5sucf01-1770657508016-e1770661065883.jpg?1770644114&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567998","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568006,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567998\/revisions\/2568006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}