NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected calls to pull his invitation for cross-dressing Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

Indeed, Goodell claims that the offer to Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was very carefully considered, and he stands by the decision.

“He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world. That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value, and it’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said at the NFL’s fall meeting, according to The Wrap. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback and criticism. It’s pretty hard to do.”

Goodell did seem to signal that the rappe

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