Rock singer Kid Rock voiced his displeasure with the choice of Bad Bunny as the performer for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show, viewing it as a “middle finger” to conservatives.
Rock led a rival halftime show, backed by Turning Point USA, following conservative backlash over the choice of Bad Bunny. In an appearance on Fox News, the Trump-supporting singer bashed the choice of Bunny, saying the performance was an insult to the MAGA movement.
After going over the most recent performances, painting it as a steady decline into politicization, he said the choice of the Puerto Rican star was a bridge too far.
“To me, it was kind of just like, another middle finger to conservatives, to the MAGA crowd, to my base, to everything,” he said.
Later in the interview, however, Rock was more charitable toward Bunny when asked about the performance’s content, though he added that he “didn’t understand any of it.”
“I mean, I saw there’s a lot of dancers and a lot of big to-do stuff,” Rock said. “And you know, he said he wanted to have a dance party. Looked like he had one, you know, not my cup of tea. But I don’t fault that kid for doing the Super Bowl, getting in front of a global audience. I fault the … NFL for putting them in that position. Poor kid.”
Rock previously performed in the 2004 Super Bowl alongside Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson.
“Nobody remembers I played the Super Bowl because that was when Janet Jackson showed her boob,” he joked. “Nobody remembers I was on that thing.”
TPUSA’s “All-American Halftime Show” featured performances from Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett, and Brice Lee. Both shows aired approximately around the same time.
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There are conflicting accounts of the total number of viewers, given that it was broadcast across several different platforms, but Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of TPUSA’s The Charlie Kirk Show, said the total may have exceeded 20 million viewers.
Though an impressive viewership, it was dwarfed by Bunny’s over 135 million viewers, the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time.
