The panel on “The View” celebrated the choice of Puerto Rican performer Bad Bunny to headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
What made it even better was the dislike MAGA has towards him, Mediaite reported.
“Now, you know, he previously refused to do it, a national tour here in the U.S., because of the I.C.E. raids, but wrote in a post, ‘I’ve been thinking about it and after discussions with my team, I think I’ll just do one date in the united States, and…this is for my people, my culture and our history,’” Whoopi Goldberg started the discussion on Monday’s show.
“He also has a history of speaking out against you-know-who,” she continued, referring to President Donald Trump. “So a lot of the MAGA folks apparently are very upset with the NFL. But they’re upset all the time. And, you know …another great American performer is going to be performing. I don’t see the problem. Because y’all do remember Puerto Rico is part of the United States.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin joinedthe conversation, saying, “Thank you! Yes, it is.”
“Not that I thought you didn’t remember but I do like to remind folks,” Goldberg said.
The conversation continued with the hosts hitting home the message Bad Bunny is an American.
“There are people online that are like, ‘Why couldn’t they have chosen an American?’” Hostin said.
“They did!” Goldberg answered.
“Oh, they did, though,” Hostin added. “He is truly an artist activist, and we haven’t seen that for quite some time, I think, and this is the time for that. He said that he will never forget what Donald Trump did and what he did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and competent leader. And so I think he’s talking about hurricane Maria.”
“These MAGA people always think that everything is about them,” Ana Navarro chimed in. The NFL is…investing a lot in trying to increase fandom all over the world because, you know, it’s something that is American — football. They’ve been playing games in Brazil, playing games in London…Bad Bunny is an international superstar.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin wondered who else the NFL could bring in.
“Any surprise acts to offset anyone who is, like, ‘I have no idea who this guy is.’ Or even do sort of a genre crossover — throw in like a country artist and see what you do,” she said.
