Bad Bunny delivered a defiant response to the outrage over his upcoming Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performance while accepting his Album of the Year award at the Latin Grammys on Thursday night.
After picking up his fifth win of the evening for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny dedicated the award to “all the children and young people of Latin America, and especially those from Puerto Rico.” The brief speech, delivered in Spanish, continued by appearing to take a swipe at ICE.
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“Never stop dreaming and being yourselves,” he said. “Never forget where you come from. There are many ways to defend where you’re from. We chose music.”
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The speech came shortly after the US government confirmed that ICE will have a presence at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, when Bad Bunny performs on February 8th. This is widely viewed as a response to comments Bad Bunny made about excluding the US from his world tour out of fear that ICE could conduct raids outside of his shows.
A recent survey by Quinnipiac University confirmed that most of the outrage was coming from the right, with the poll showing 63% of Republicans disapprove of the NFL’s choice.
This includes President Trump himself, who has called the booking “ridiculous” and “crazy,” and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who said of the NFL: “They suck, and we’ll win.”
However, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has stood by the decision, pointing out the obvious. “[Bad Bunny is] one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world,” Goodell said. “It’s an important element to the entertainment value, and it’s carefully thought through.”
For his part, Bad Bunny previously hit back at critics during his recent SNL monologue, telling non-Spanish speakers they have “four months to learn” Spanish.
Bad Bunny is also one of the leading nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards, earning nods for Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Song of the Year for “DtMF.”