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Bill Maher Issues Blunt Takedown of Republicans’ Response to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bill Maher says conservative outrage over Bad Bunny's Spanish-language halftime show is driven by political animus and performative disgust, despite record viewership.
- On Friday, Bill Maher defended Bad Bunny during Real Time With Bill Maher, calling conservative critics `butt hurt` and `pretending` to be outraged.
- Citing language and sexual content, Republicans said the show was `pure smut` and `disturbing`, with President Donald Trump calling it `a slap in the face` for inviting a Spanish singer.
- Viral TikTok videos showed Casa Amigos in Old Town Scottsdale allegedly muting the Feb. 8 halftime set while the manager told the DJ to play other music, including `Ice Ice Baby`.
- Political reaction split as Democratic politicians including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Jim McGovern and Governor Gavin Newsom lauded Bad Bunny’s inspiring halftime show, which still earned high ratings.
- Commentators framed the set as a `bold and glorious microcosm` of an America undergoing cultural change, with some saying Bad Bunny `broke MAGA` as a symbol of a political shift.
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Halftime show division, US history of inoculation, state must intervene
With all the clamor and uproar across the United States concerning the appearance of global superstar Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer, I can recall a time when folks embraced Latin music sung in Spanish, and to an…
Why MAGAs Hate Bad Bunny
Republished with permission from John Pavlovitz MAGA Americans have a Bunny living rent-free in their heads. (We’ll just call it BDS: Bunny Derangement Syndrome.) Their president has posted late-night, untethered, rambling word salads about him. Their media surrogates have gone on racist tirades against him, seeking to reclaim football for oppressed white people. Their lawmakers have demanded investigations and deportations, clutching their pear…
Bill Maher Says MAGA Is 'Pretending to Hate' Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bill Maher spoke out in defense of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, claiming the singer’s MAGA critics were simply “pretending” to be outraged over his allegedly explicit performance. The comedian addressed the controversial halftime show during Friday’s monologue for “Real Time With Bill Maher,” where he ripped into Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters for their “butt hurt” reaction to Bad Bunny’s set. “A lot of conservative America is ver…
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