News - Bad Bunny addresses Super Bowl backlash on SNL monologue

Bad Bunny hosted SNL this weekend for its first week back on air, and his monologue didn’t disappoint. He opened by talking about his 30‑show, three‑month residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico—featuring his incredible dance moves—and Jon Hamm, a.k.a. Juan Jamón, who was in the audience. He then noted that he’ll headline the Super Bowl 60 halftime show. “I am very happy. I am very happy and I think everyone is happy about it,” he joked, nodding to the mixed reactions online. Some fans were thrilled to see him on the main stage; others argued it might be hypocritical for him to perform the show after refusing to add U.S. dates to his upcoming world tour; and others were upset that the show would likely be largely in Spanish. Bad Bunny is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, but not everyone’s cheering. He added a few sentences in Spanish to convey how excited he was to play the Super Bowl halftime show for all the Latinos and Latinas in the U.S. and around the world. “And if you didn’t understand what I just said,” he joked, “you have four months to learn.”