The NFL is standing behind its decision to have Bad Bunny on the Super Bowl stage in 2026 amid criticism from President Donald Trump and a slew of other conservative politicians.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Oct. 22 said choosing the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist as their halftime show headliner was "carefully thought through," according to The Associated Press.
Addressing the controversy at a news conference following the NFL's fall meeting, Goodell said, "I'm not sure we've ever selected an artist where we didn't have some blowback or criticism. It's pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching."
The 31-year-old, born Benito Antonion Martínez Ocasio, is also poised to become the first headlining act to perform solely in Spanish.
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