Retired tennis player Monica Puig has voiced her support for fellow Puerto Rican Bad Bunny ahead of his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, and admits it’s been difficult to witness the backlash against the NFL’s decision to select him to perform in Sunday’s showpiece.
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Puig, who made history in Rio 2016 by becoming Puerto Rico’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist, had been working as the stadium presenter and MC at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open tennis tournament in the UAE capital this past week.
The 32-year-old cannot wait to watch her compatriot light up the Super Bowl 60 stage and is disheartened by the controversy that has been created around his upcoming performance.
“I'm getting off of a 15-hour flight tomorrow and I will be turning on the TV to watch Bad Bunny, Benito, or as they call it the ‘Benito Bowl’,” Puig told Arab News in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
