Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency has come and gone, however the reactions are nonetheless coming from throughout about whether or not the rapper’s huge second lived as much as the hype. Hulk Hogan has added his voice to the refrain after being prompted about it throughout a latest interview on Fox Information. The wrestling legend gave what felt like an unfavorable evaluation, and signed off on a decide for 2026’s present.
Hogan, who not too long ago made headlines for being booed at Monday Evening Uncooked and shall be out there for meet and greets on the upcoming WWE occasion, WrestleMania 41, was a visitor on the Fox Information present Jesse Watters Primetime. The Hulkster mentioned many issues throughout his section, together with giving his tackle Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency, which may be learn beneath:
Bro, I couldn’t perceive a phrase that was being mentioned, man. I had my quantity turned up. I had a bunch of individuals yelling and screaming on the home, and I actually didn’t know what was happening, man.
It is laborious to decipher whether or not Hulk Hogan is dismissive of Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Present or merely stating he had an excessive amount of happening and could not give it the eye wanted to supply an in-depth take. Anybody who has been on the web the previous week has seen there’s some divisiveness over the efficiency, with complaints various from the rapper talking to quick to criticisms of its themes.
It is not as detailed as Stephen A. Smith’s ideas on Serena Williams exhibiting up or my grievance that Kendrick’s efficiency lacked many basic hits. Nonetheless, his take does indicate that he wasn’t positive what to make the halftime present as he did not perceive precisely what was happening.
After that, Jesse Watters instructed legendary nation artist Willie Nelson ought to carry out subsequent, which the previous WWE champion signed off on nearly instantly:
Yeah, that might be nice!
I am unsure how eager the remainder of the world could be to see 91-year-old Willie Nelson singing on the 2026 Tremendous Bowl stage, however let it’s identified that if it occurs, Hulk Hogan was one of many first to log out on it. It definitely could be a deviation from what we noticed this 12 months, and I am positive Kendrick Lamar’s rival Drake could be proud of actually anybody else having the halftime present.
Whether or not individuals preferred it or not, Apple Music stories that Kendrick Lamar now has the most-viewed Tremendous Bowl halftime present of all time. He beats the earlier file set final 12 months by Usher (I additionally felt he had an excellent efficiency), and I am positive there’s hope on Apple’s finish that subsequent 12 months’s performer continues to tug in much more individuals. Maybe by then, we’ll have all reached a common consensus on Lamar’s halftime present and be all up in arms over the subsequent particular person’s efficiency.
For individuals who nonetheless have but to see the efficiency, it is up on YouTube and quickly gaining increasingly views. As a fan of the rapper, I might extremely advocate giving it one other watch as a result of I felt I appreciated it much more on the second viewing.