FCC Drops Trove of Viewer Complaints over Bad Bunny's 'Disgusting' Super Bowl Halftime Show
Texas filed 226 complaints as viewers called the halftime show indecent, while the performance drew 128.2 million viewers, the NFL said.
- The Federal Communications Commission released more than 2,000 viewer complaints this week regarding Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, with Texas residents filing 226 of the submissions.
- Bad Bunny's halftime performance averaged 128.2 million viewers, making it the fourth-most watched, and was largely embraced as a milestone for Latin music and Puerto Rican culture on America's most prominent stage.
- Floridians filed 182 complaints and California filed 156; descriptions of indecent and vulgar were common, with one Blooming Grove, Texas viewer writing, "There were children watching this. It was horrible and shocking that this would be allowed."
- President Trump mirrored viewer outrage in post-show social media criticism, calling the performance "one of the worst EVER" and stating the dancing was "disgusting, especially for young children."
- Despite complaints, the show set a social media consumption record of 4 billion views in 24 hours, with 55% of viewers from international markets, according to the NFL and Ripple Analytics.
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FCC drops trove of viewer complaints over Bad Bunny's 'disgusting' Super Bowl halftime show
Bad Bunny's halftime show at this year's Super Bowl was largely embraced as a milestone for Latin music and Puerto Rican culture on America's most prominent pop-cultural stage.
Some viewers absolutely slammed Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show and complained to the FCC – Democratic Accent
It seems like forever ago that everyone was talking about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Honestly, for me, it was like every other halftime show of the last decade: It wasn’t my bag, and I had pretty much forgotten about it completely within 36 hours. However, that was not the case for everyone. Some decided it was FCC complaint-writin’ worthy. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! TMZ got the…
Some viewers absolutely slammed Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show and complained to the FCC
It seems like forever ago that everyone was talking about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance.Honestly, for me, it was like every other halftime show of the last decade: It wasn't my bag, and I had pretty much forgotten about it completely within 36 hours.However, that was not the case for everyone. Some decided it was FCC complaint-writin' worthy.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!TMZ got their m…
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Called 'Pornographic,' 'Disgusting' by Viewers
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance pulled 128.2 million viewers -- but also garnered some intense backlash from people pissed off about the content of the performance.
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