Bad Bunny Pokes Enjoyable at 2026 Super Bowl Backlash on SNL

Season 51 of Saturday Night Live kicked off on Oct. 4 with Bad Bunny pulling internet hosting duties. During the opening monologue, the Puerto Rican celebrity opened up about his headlining the Super Bowl halftime present and the backlash he’s gotten.

Bad Bunny hosted SNL for the second time in his profession. The internet hosting gig comes on his latest announcement of headlining subsequent 12 months’s Superbowl halftime present. He will make historical past as the primary solo male Latin artist to the worldwide stage on the soccer recreation. He’s additionally acquired backlash from many conservatives as a result of he’ll carry out hits from his Spanish-only catalog.

He took benefit of the second on SNL to handle the backlash. While Bad Bunny was speaking, a spliced collectively clip of Fox News personalities performed that mentioned: “Bad Bunny is my favorite musician and he should be the next president.” 

“You might not know this, but I’m doing the Superbowl halftime show, and I’m very happy,” he mentioned. “I think everybody’s happy about it, even Fox News. But really, I’m very excited to be doing the Superbowl and I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy.”

In the center of his monologue, Bad Bunny switched into talking in Spanish when speaking about representing Latinos on the Superbowl. In his native tongue, he added, “All the Latinos and Latinas in the world, and here in the United States, all those people who have worked to open doors. More than an achievement for me, it’s an achievement for all of us, showing that footprint in this country, no one can take that away or erase it. And if you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.”