{"id":1825,"date":"2026-02-11T07:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:09:20","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-calls-out-liberals-for-not-actually-being-fans-of-bad-bunny-despite-hailing-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel calls out liberals for not actually being fans of Bad Bunny despite hailing halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F02%2F120934393.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Late-night host\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0swiped at liberals during his monologue Monday night for their <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/us-news\/bad-bunny-slammed-for-controversial-super-bowl-halftime-show-decision-that-encourages-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden Bad Bunny fandom ahead of and following the Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While discussing Bad Bunny\u2019s performance, Kimmel called the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/03\/us-news\/kid-rock-to-headline-turning-point-usas-alternate-super-bowl-halftime-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turning Point USA halftime show<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cdisaster,\u201d before noting that he wasn\u2019t jumping on the \u201cbandwagon\u201d to criticize the alternative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd listen, I\u2019m not jumping on the \u2018bash\u00a0Kid Rock\u2019 bandwagon. I don\u2019t like what he says either, but he\u2019s talented. I\u2019ve seen him perform; he puts on a fun show. I don\u2019t want to get into that. This is not Kid Rock versus Bad Bunny \u2014 I mean, think about how dumb that sounds. This is not that. You can like one of them, you can like the other, you can like neither, you can like both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel continued, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us-news\/bad-bunny-wipes-instagram-after-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointing to the apparent sudden rise in popularity of Bad Bunny among liberals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0swiped at liberals during his monologue Monday night for their sudden Bad Bunny fandom ahead of and following the Super Bowl halftime show. <span class=\"credit\">FOX News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bad Bunny performs the halftime show during the Seattle Seahawks versus the New England Patriots Super Bowl LX game on Feb. 8, 2026, at Levi\u2019s Stadium. <span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is about the fact that everything has to be something now. We have to take a side on everything,\u201d Kimmel said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, almost every liberal I know is suddenly really into Bad Bunny,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, people I\u2019ve never heard say the words \u2018bad\u2019 or \u2018bunny\u2019 in their lives are like, \u2018I can\u2019t wait for Bad Bunny!\u2019 Oh, what\u2019s your favorite Bad Bunny song? \u2018I don\u2019t know, but I love him. I love Bad Bunny.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kid Rock performs during the Turning Point USA Super Bowl Halftime Show. <span class=\"credit\">TPUSA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kimmel said he didn\u2019t understand all the words at the Bad Bunny halftime show, which was performed almost entirely in Spanish, and argued that it didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s the point! It doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s the halftime show at a football game. I don\u2019t know all the words. I don\u2019t know all the words to\u00a0<em>any<\/em>\u00a0song. I don\u2019t even know the words to songs I know all the words to,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo stop with this. This is not about excluding people; it\u2019s the opposite of that. English has had a lot of \u2018at-bats\u2019 over the last 60 years of Super Bowls.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bad Bunny performs during halftime of Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/08\/us-news\/trump-slams-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed Bad Bunny\u2019s\u00a0halftime performance<\/a> and called it one of the worst \u201cEVER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn\u2019t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/11\/media\/jimmy-kimmel-calls-out-liberals-for-not-actually-being-fans-of-bad-bunny-despite-hailing-halftime-show\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night host\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0swiped at liberals during his monologue Monday night for their sudden Bad Bunny fandom ahead of and following the Super Bowl halftime show. 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