Since the NFL announced Bad Bunny as headliner of the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, seemingly every pundit on earth has had some profound opinion.

In The New York Times, Molly Jong-Fast labeled Bad Bunny an “anti-ICE pop star” in a column titled “The N.F.L. Gets it: Why Don’t Democrats?” insinuating that Bad Bunny is the face that can somehow save Democrats from freefall. On the flip side, MAGA mavens piled on the criticism fast and furious, with podcaster Benny Johnson labeling Bad Bunny an “anti-ICE activist” and “massive Trump hater.”

And, when a major network interviewed me live immediately after the Bad Bunny announcement, I was asked: “Isn’t he controversial?” I was genuinely baffled at the question. “No, he’s not,” I said in complete truthfulness.

Bad Bunny hasn’t had major scan

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