Jennifer Lopez has no time for the backlash surrounding Dangerous Bunny's upcoming Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency.
Lopez, 56, was requested concerning the controversy throughout a Monday, October 6, interview on the In the present day present and mentioned she was so excited for the Grammy winner's set. “I feel he's about to blow all people's thoughts,” Lopez gushed. “It's an introduction to some individuals.”
She went on to say she hadn't even heard there was any backlash till host Craig Melvin informed her about it.
“I swear I don't know,” she mentioned. “Why? However why? I don't perceive that. He's one of many high artists on the planet proper now, in all probability the highest.”
When Melvin, 46, defined that some critics imagine a unique artist ought to headline the present, Lopez mentioned she thinks Dangerous Bunny, 31, is ideal for the gig.
“It might be numerous completely different individuals. That's the factor,” she informed Melvin. “I'm tremendous excited for individuals to see him. I feel they'll be pleasantly stunned, as a result of his music transcends language. It's wonderful what he's finished. He's finished one thing that lots of people have by no means finished of their life.”
Lopez additionally had nothing however optimistic phrases to say about her personal Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency with Dangerous Bunny, which occurred in 2020.
“Me, Shakira, Dangerous Bunny, J Balvin — and we had an incredible time,” she recalled. “It was a extremely cultural second.”
Jennifer Lopez performs onstage through the Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LIV Halftime Present at Arduous Rock Stadium on February 2, 2020, in Miami, Florida. Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures
After rumors circulated that Adele or Taylor Swift would possibly headline the 2026 halftime present, Dangerous Bunny (actual title Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) was confirmed because the occasion's performer in September. The announcement was met with backlash from conservative commentators sad about the whole lot from the truth that Dangerous Bunny sings in Spanish to his resolution to not tour in the US due to his worry that ICE will raid his live performance venues.
President Donald Trump weighed in on Monday as properly, claiming he has “by no means heard of” Dangerous Bunny throughout an interview with Newsmax.
“I don't know who he's, I don't know why they're doing it — it's, like, loopy,” mentioned Trump, 79. “They blame it on some promoter they employed to select up leisure. I feel it's completely ridiculous.”
Through the years, viewers have witnessed Tremendous Bowl moments through the halftime present which were memorable for varied causes. In 2004, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake delivered a controversial efficiency that has continued to be a subject of dialog. On the time, Jackson joined Timberlake as a shock visitor, and a wardrobe malfunction ended […]
Dangerous Bunny himself clapped again at his critics whereas internet hosting Saturday Evening Reside on Saturday, October 4.
“I'm very glad, and I feel everyone seems to be glad about it — even Fox Information,” he joked throughout his monologue.
The variability present then performed a montage that includes information protection that was edited to say, “Dangerous Bunny is my favourite musician and he needs to be the following president.”
The “Nuevayol” artist went on to say that “individuals all all over the world who love my music” are excited concerning the efficiency earlier than including in Spanish, “Particularly all the Latinos and Latinas on the planet right here in the US who've labored to open doorways. It's greater than a win for myself, it's a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution on this nation, nobody will ever be capable to take that away or erase it.”
Tremendous Bowl LX is about for February 8, 2026.
