Jake Paul had to explain why he referred to Bad Bunny as a "fake American citizen," and then appeared to backtrack altogether from his criticism by declaring his "love" for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show performer in a series of social media posts on Monday morning, Feb. 9.
Paul, the YouTube star-turned-boxer, was one of the biggest online voices who encouraged fans on Sunday afternoon to boycott the NFL's halftime show, less than two hours before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots kicked off.
"Turn off this halftime. A fake American citizen performing who publicly hates America. I cannot support that," Paul wrote initially on Sunday.
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Bad Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio) is from Puerto Rico, an American territory, and therefore is an American citizen. Paul's initial tweet eventually received a community note from X correcting that those who live in Puerto Rico have been identified as American citizens since 1917.
