{"id":2568769,"date":"2026-02-11T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhony-alumna-jill-zarin-fired-over-anti-bad-bunny-posts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:05:24","slug":"rhony-alumna-jill-zarin-fired-over-anti-bad-bunny-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhony-alumna-jill-zarin-fired-over-anti-bad-bunny-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"RHONY alumna Jill Zarin fired over anti-Bad Bunny posts"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frhony-alumna-jill-zarin-fired-over-anti-bad-bunny-posts%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=2568769&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>Former Real Housewives of New York City star Jill Zarin has been fired from the upcoming E! reunion series The Golden Life after posting criticism of Bad Bunny and the NFL\u2019s choice of him for the Super Bowl halftime show. Blink49 Studios said they would not move forward with her involvement, citing their standards and values. the Golden Life, announced on Febuary 3, is planned to reunite the original RHONY cast, but production has not yet begun, according to Variety.<\/p>\n<p>zarin\u2019s posts criticized the halftime show for being in Spanish and suggested it carried political implications, referencing Bad Bunny and immigration debates. She later deleted the video and told In Touch that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-stars-who-stood-as-much-as-cancel-culture-and-5-who-bowed-down\/\" title=\"5 Stars Who Stood AS MUCH AS Cancel Culture, And 5 Who Bowed Down\">people make mistakes<\/a> and that she is human. The episode sits within a broader controversy about politicization of the Super Bowl,with conservatives like Turning Point USA promoting a counter-performance by Kid Rock.  <\/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\">Reality star Jill Zarin fired from reunion series over anti-Bad Bunny posts<\/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_2501229\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <em>Real Housewives of New York City<\/em> star Jill Zarin was fired from an upcoming E! Reunion, <em>The Golden Life<\/em>, over posts she made criticizing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nfl\/\">NFL<\/a> for selecting Bad Bunny as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4450551\/bad-bunny-kid-rock-clash-super-bowl-halftime-shows\/\">Super Bowl halftime show performer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Golden Life <\/em>is set to be a reunion of the original cast members of <em>Real Housewives of New York City<\/em> on E!. The series, which was announced on Feb. 3, has not entered production yet, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/jill-zarin-fired-rhony-reunion-the-golden-life-after-bad-bunny-video-1236657606\/\">according to <em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4452916\/paramount-all-cash-offer-warner-bros-benefits\/\">Paramount sweetens all-cash offer to buy Warner Bros with &#8216;additional benefits&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4452361\/hunter-hess-hand-in-olympic-uniform-not-proud-united-states-joe-concha\/\">Hunter Hess should &#8216;hand in&#8217; Olympic uniform if he&#8217;s not proud of US: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4452066\/kid-rock-bad-bunny-halftime-show\/\">Kid Rock rips Bad Bunny&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime show as &#8216;middle finger&#8217; to conservatives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In light of recent public comments made by Jill Zarin, Blink49 Studios has decided not to move forward with her involvement in The Golden Life,&rdquo; the production company said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUl-sapkmBR\/\">in a statement<\/a>. &ldquo;We remain committed to delivering the series in line with our company standards and values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zarin posted a video of herself criticizing Bad Bunny&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >halftime show performance<\/a>, saying it was the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viewers-criticize-rihannas-super-bowl-performance-as-hypocritical\/\" title=\"Viewers Criticize Rihanna\u2019s ... ... as Hypocritical\">worst halftime show<\/a> ever.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s 250 years that we&rsquo;re celebrating right now in the United States, and I just don&rsquo;t think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish,&rdquo; she said in a now-deleted video.<\/p>\n<p>Zarin went on to say that Bad Bunny was &ldquo;inappropriate&rdquo; for &ldquo;grabbing himself every five seconds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The reality star joins others who have criticized the NFL for politicizing the Super Bowl. Turning Point USA organized a counter halftime show featuring Kid Rock and other country performers for viewers who did not want to watch Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<p>Bad Bunny has come under scrutiny from conservatives over his statements about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> and for his performance being almost entirely in Spanish. Zarin highlighted this in her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The halftime show &ldquo;looked like a political statement, because there were literally no white people in the entire thing,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think it was a political statement, and I&rsquo;m not taking a side one way or another. I just do think it was an ICE thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just think that the NFL sold out, and it is very sad,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Zarin said it was a &ldquo;shame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Zarin deleted the post from her Instagram on Sunday night, the video was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gibsonoma\/status\/2020698535709343948?s=20\">captured and posted in full <\/a>by content creator Gibson Johns. Zarin has also turned off comments on her Instagram grid posts.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4452965\/kid-rock-admits-tpusa-halftime-show-prerecorded\/\"><strong>KID ROCK ADMITS TO TPUSA HALFTIME SHOW BEING PRERECORDED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following her firing, Zarin told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/jill-zarin-breaks-silence-after-being-fired-from-rhony-reunion-show-for-bad-bunny-comments-im-human-exclusive\/\"><em>In Touch<\/em><\/a>, &ldquo;People make mistakes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t even give me a chance,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I took it down right away. People make mistakes. I&rsquo;m human.&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>Jill Zarin ousted from Golden Life over Bad Bunny posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2568770,"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\/AP24340289758664.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[72920,50410,73596,73597],"class_list":["post-2568769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-badbunny","tag-controversy-2","tag-i-cant-present-unverified-allegations-as-fact-here-are-neutral-tags-you-can-use-jillzarin","tag-rhony"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24340289758664.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568769","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568773,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568769\/revisions\/2568773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}