Jennifer Lopez says people need to give Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show headliner Bad Bunny a chance

Jackie Longo

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Jennifer Lopez says people need to give Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show headliner Bad Bunny a chance image

Jennifer Lopez is hitting back at all the haters who are mad that Bad Bunny was selected as the Super Bowl 60 Halftime performer. 

During an appearance on "CBS Mornings" promoting her role in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" on Thursday, Lopez, who starred in the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, told Gayle King people need to just give the Puerto Rican singer a chance. 

"I think it's wonderful people will get exposed to him who don't know him," Lopez said. "Just give it a chance!"

"Music and art transcends language, and he's done that probably more than anybody of any generation, he really has," Lopez added. "The Super Bowl is great because it introduces you to people that don't know you. I'm sure there was people that didn't know me or Shakira or weren't fans of ours but when they saw us they go 'Oh that's what they do.'"

Lopez stressed that the iconic event is one of the biggest stages an artist can hope to be on.

"It's about love," she said. "It's about not having so many ideas and closing yourself off to experience that you might be missing out on something wonderful. Don't do that to yourself," she said. 

Several famous faces, including president Donald Trump and former Nascar driver Danica Patrick, have been candid with their disappointed reactions to Bad Bunny being selected as the headliner. 

Shortly after Bad Bunny was announced as the headliner, Patrick wrote on X on Sept. 29, "No songs in English should not be allowed at one of America’s highest rated television events of the year … not just for sports.”

Trump also made his feelings known, telling "News Max" host Greg Kelley, "I never heard of him."

He added, "I don't know who he is, I don't know why they're doing it, it's like crazy. … Then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it's absolutely ridiculous."

Bad Bunny will follow Kendrick Lamar's 2025 performance when he takes the stage in Santa Clara in February 2026. 

The Puerto Rican-born singer, who was Spotify's top-streamed artist from 2020-2022, has been featured in songs that include English speakers; however, he has primarily produced songs in Spanish. 

 

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Jackie Longo

Jackie is a freelance writer and editor with The Sporting News. She has covered sports, entertainment and lifestyle for over a decade. She has written for a number of outlets including Business Insider, The Sun, Travel+Leisure and Heavy. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from West Virginia University and resides in Charlotte, NC.