{"id":2568133,"date":"2026-02-09T23:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kid-rock-rips-bad-bunny-halftime-show-as-middle-finger-to-maga\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:28:04","slug":"kid-rock-rips-bad-bunny-halftime-show-as-middle-finger-to-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kid-rock-rips-bad-bunny-halftime-show-as-middle-finger-to-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock rips Bad Bunny halftime show as &#8216;middle finger&#8217; to MAGA"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fkid-rock-rips-bad-bunny-halftime-show-as-middle-finger-to-maga%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=2568133&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>The article reports that Kid Rock criticized Bad Bunny\u2019s selection for the Super Bowl (the 60th halftime show) as a \u201cmiddle finger\u201d to conservatives, and he led a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rival halftime show<\/a> supported by Turning Point USA.Rock spoke on Fox News, arguing that the choice insulted the MAGA movement, while TPUSA promoted its own \u201cAll-American Halftime Show\u201d featuring artists like Brantley Gilbert, gabby Barrett, and Brice Lee. The piece notes that Bad Bunny\u2019s performance drew a massive audience (over 135 million viewers),while TPUSA claimed more than 20 million viewers for its option broadcast,though exact numbers are disputed due to cross-platform airing. Rock later tempered his critique, saying he didn\u2019t fault Bunny\u2019s act but did fault the NFL for putting him in that position; he also joked about his own past Super Bowl appearance and Janet Jackson\u2019s infamous moment. The article frames the events as part of a broader debate about politicization in sports and entertainment.  <\/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\">Kid Rock rips Bad Bunny&rsquo;s Super Bowl halftime show as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-name-game-with-army-bases-is-a-middle-finger-to-congress\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s name game with army bases is a &#039;middle finger\u2019 to Congress\">middle finger&#038;rsquo<\/a>; to conservatives<\/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>Rock singer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kid-rock\/\">Kid Rock<\/a> voiced his displeasure with the choice of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4451648\/why-nfl-does-not-care-bad-bunny-maga-backlash\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a> as the performer for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show, viewing it as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-of-d-c-crime-victim-says-u-s-capital-needs-intervention\/\" title=\"Mom Of D.C. Crime Victim Says U.S. Capital Needs Intervention\">middle finger&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Rock led a rival halftime show, backed by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turning-point-usa\/\">Turning Point USA<\/a>, following conservative backlash over the choice of Bad Bunny. In an appearance on Fox News, the Trump-supporting singer bashed the choice of Bunny, saying the performance was an insult to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\">MAGA movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4451648\/why-nfl-does-not-care-bad-bunny-maga-backlash\/\">Why the NFL doesn&#8217;t care about Bad Bunny MAGA backlash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4451133\/jake-paul-clarifies-bad-bunny-fake-american-comment-ice-criticism\/\">Jake Paul clarifies he called Bad Bunny a &#8216;fake American&#8217; over ICE criticism<\/a><\/li>\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<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After going over the most recent performances, painting it as a steady decline into politicization, he said the choice of the Puerto Rican star was a bridge too far.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To me, it was kind of just like, another middle finger to conservatives, to the MAGA crowd, to my base, to everything,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, however, Rock was more charitable toward Bunny when asked about the performance&rsquo;s content, though he added that he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t understand any of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, I saw there&rsquo;s a lot of dancers and a lot of big to-do stuff,&rdquo; Rock said. &ldquo;And you know, he said he wanted to have a dance party. Looked like he had one, you know, not my cup of tea. But I don&rsquo;t fault that kid for doing the Super Bowl, getting in front of a global audience. I fault the &hellip; NFL for putting them in that position. Poor kid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rock previously performed in the 2004 Super Bowl alongside Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody remembers I played the Super Bowl because that was when Janet Jackson showed her boob,&rdquo; he joked. &ldquo;Nobody remembers I was on that thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>TPUSA&rsquo;s &ldquo;All-American Halftime Show&rdquo; featured performances from Rock, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450292\/turning-point-usa-all-american-halftime-show-watch\/\">Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett, and Brice Lee<\/a>. Both shows aired approximately around the same time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450902\/turning-point-usa-20-million-viewers-all-american-halftime-show\/\">TURNING POINT USA CELEBRATES &lsquo;OVER 20 MILLION&rsquo; VIEWERS FOR ITS &lsquo;ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are conflicting accounts of the total number of viewers, given that it was broadcast across several different platforms, but Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of TPUSA&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>The Charlie Kirk Show<\/em>, said the total may have exceeded 20 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Though an impressive viewership, it was dwarfed by Bunny&rsquo;s over 135 million viewers, the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time.<\/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>Kid Rock: Bad Bunny SB show a MAGA snub; TPUSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2568134,"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\/AP25019763191759-e1770651227777.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[64284,50134,35029,5656],"class_list":["post-2568133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bad-bunny","tag-halftime-show","tag-kid-rock","tag-maga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25019763191759-e1770651227777.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568133","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568137,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568133\/revisions\/2568137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}