The View hosts took a couple of moments to react to what occurred on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl throughout their Monday, February 10, episode. In fact, one of many largest subjects of dialog was Kendrick Lamar‘s politically-charged Halftime Present efficiency, which befell as President Donald Trump sat within the stands.
“I wasn’t watching the sport, however pay attention, I feel right now Donald Trump goes to signal an government order banning Black individuals from halftime,” Ana Navarro quipped. She then referenced a dialogue the hosts had final week about whether or not or not the NFL was “capitulating to Trump” by eradicating the “finish racism” phrase from the Tremendous Bowl finish zones forward of the sport.
“Boy, did they not capitulate to Trump,” she celebrated. “After I noticed Samuel L. Jackson dressed as a Black Uncle Sam introducing Kendrick Lamar, who then had a complete formation of all Black individuals making a U.S. flag … pay attention, this a lot I do know … all of the Black individuals on my feed have been like, ‘Oh, that is Blackity Black Black.’ All of the racists who one way or the other get in, they have been hopping mad. If the racists are mad, I’m joyful as a clam.”
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At one level within the set, Lamar had his dancers wearing pink, white, and blue outfits to type the American Flag. Sunny Hostin known as the piece “efficiency artwork” as she identified simply how intricate the symbolism went.
“It was multi-layered,” she stated. “Sure, he had individuals wearing pink, white, and blue, the colours of the flag, however he was standing in entrance of them as a result of he’s explaining that this can be a divided nation at this level. He additionally has them leaning to the aspect as a result of this nation was constructed on the backs of Black individuals.”
Hostin additionally identified that “with all these assaults on variety, all these assaults on African People, it was good to see Black excellence and pleasure in entrance of the sitting president, who determined for the primary time to go to the Tremendous Bowl.”
Along with making a political assertion together with his efficiency, Lamar additionally made certain to throw some shade at Drake. In fact, he carried out his hit diss observe concerning the rapper, “Not Like Us,” however he took issues a step additional by sporting an enormous necklace with a lowercase “a” to signify the viral “Tryna ring a bell and it’s in all probability A minor” lyric from the track. Oh, and he had Serena Williams, certainly one of Drake’s exes, dancing on the sphere. No huge deal.
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