NFL Corridor of Famer Eric Dickerson is the newest movie star to hold forth in regards to the NFL's alternative of Unhealthy Bunny because the 2026 Tremendous Bowl halftime performer — and he didn't maintain again.
Dickerson, 65, unloaded on each the league and the Puerto Rican famous person, questioning why the NFL would choose him in any respect, in a video posted by TMZ on Tuesday, October 7.
“I don't even know who the hell the man is. I've by no means heard of him,” Dickerson mentioned. “I'm not that massive into music. What's his title? What the hell does Unhealthy Bunny sing? I don't know one in all [his] songs.”
The previous Los Angeles Rams working again went additional, accusing the artist of being anti-American.
President Donald Trump reacted to Unhealthy Bunny being named subsequent yr's Tremendous Bowl halftime performer — earlier than turning his consideration to a different level of competition with the NFL. Trump, 79, appeared on Newsmax's Greg Kelly Stories on Monday, October 6, the place he was requested a couple of potential “boycott” of the league after the Puerto Rican […]
“If Unhealthy Bunny don't like the USA, maintain his ass the place he at. Don't come on right here singing,” Dickerson continued. “I'm not shocked the NFL would do one thing like this.”
Dickerson chalked up the choice to the league's alleged affinity for “political crap.”
When knowledgeable that Unhealthy Bunny is a local of Puerto Rico, the previous Los Angeles Rams working again continued ranting.
“Preserve his ass in Puerto Rico,”Dickerson mentioned. “If he don't just like the U.S., maintain his ass over there.
When knowledgeable that Puerto Rico is a United States territory, Dickerson was unmoved.
“I do know, however nonetheless, if he don't just like the U.S., don't come right here and carry out,” he mentioned.
Dickerson added that he had “heard among the stuff” the artist has mentioned about America, although he admitted he wasn't positive how correct these stories had been. He's referring to an interview with i-D Magazine on September tenth, when Unhealthy Bunny defined why he has lately refused to carry out in the USA.
“I don't know if it's true —Unhealthy Bunny mentioned one thing dangerous in regards to the U.S. — [but if he did], don't come right here and carry out,” Dickerson mentioned. “Don't come right here. Keep in your nation.”
Dickerson added, “I do know Puerto Rico is a part of the U.S., but it surely's not the U.S. That's how I have a look at it. That's how I really feel. They get these performers and so they say all this controversial stuff about the USA, about how they hate the U.S. and all that form of stuff. Should you hate the U.S., don't come right here.”
All through the clip, Dickerson additionally used the chance to blast the NFL itself. Dickerson was an elite working again within the Nineteen Eighties, going to 6 Professional Bowls and setting the single-season speeding document in 1983 with 2,105 yards.
Unhealthy Bunny can now add “foul ball magnet” to his rising checklist of accolades. The 31-year-old Puerto Rican famous person was noticed sitting behind residence plate at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 7, throughout Sport 3 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays. Within the second inning, a foul ball off […]
“The NFL is extra crooked than the federal government, means crookeder than the U.S. authorities will ever be,” he mentioned. “They don't care in regards to the gamers, don't even get me began on that.”
Dickerson's feedback come amid a wave of backlash to the league's announcement that Unhealthy Bunny will headline Tremendous Bowl LX in Las Vegas subsequent February.
The 31-year-old international famous person has confronted criticism from a number of figures, together with President Donald Trump, who told Newsmax on Monday, October 6 that the choice was “completely ridiculous.”
“I by no means heard of him,” he mentioned. “I don't know who he's, I don't know why they're doing it, it's loopy.”
Unhealthy Bunny, for his half, addressed the controversy throughout his Saturday Evening Dwell look final weekend, joking that anybody upset about his efficiency has “4 months to be taught.”
