Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 halftime performance has been mired in controversy amid backlash from the MAGA camp. So much so, that a group of GOP lawmakers called for an investigation, calling it “illegal” and “obscene.” Meanwhile, a claim went viral that the Puerto Rican singer was fined $10 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the halftime show.
Bad Bunny performs on stage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show at Levi’s Stadium on February 8. (Getty Images via AFP)However, HT.com can confirm that the claim is false. Although Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation into the halftime performance, one has not yet been launched. The US FCC announced no fines on Bad Bunny, which was watched by more than 160 million.
The post was shared by Colin Wayne, an influencer and entrepreneur on his Facebook account. The post spread to Wayne’s more than 1 million followers and soon went viral on social media.
“Bad Bunny Fined $10 Million by FCC for Making Obscenities and Obscene Gestures During Super Bowl,” the post read. Apple Music and the NFL are also facing steep fines. It also contained a quote from “FCC Commissioner”, misidentified as “Joseph Barron”. The current FCC Chairman is Brendan Carr.
FCC Commissioner Joseph Barron said “‘It doesn’t matter if you hide your obscenity behind other language. “It’s still against the law. ‘” reads the quote.
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Why GOP Lawmakers Are Claiming Bad RabbitsMultiple GOP lawmakers have called for an investigation into the Puerto Rican Grammy winner’s alleged use of profanity during the Bad Bunny performance. Among the lawmakers calling for an investigation into the performance are Rep. Randy Fine of Florida and Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee.
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“You can’t say the F-word on live TV,” Fine said on X “If he had sung these songs — and all the other vile and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been stopped, and the fines would have been much higher.”
Ogles, meanwhile, called the show “pure smut, shamelessly broadcast on national television for every American household to witness.” He called for an investigation into it because “children were forced to endure” what he described as “sexual dance”.
“And if that wasn’t outrageous enough, the performance’s lyrics openly glorified sodomy and countless other unspeakable deprivations,” he wrote. “These blatant, obscene acts are illegal to display on public airways.”
