Days ahead of Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show performance, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is reacting to the musician using the Grammys stage to denounce the Trump administration's federal immigration enforcement surge.
During his annual state of the league address on Monday, Feb. 2, Goodell backed the 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar and reassured football fans that Bad Bunny "understands" his stage at Super Bowl 60 should be used to unify viewers.
"Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated last night, one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him," Goodell told reporters.
"But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on and that this platform is to use to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that," he continued. "I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he'll have a great performance."
USA TODAY has reached out to Bad Bunny's representative for comment.
