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Bad Bunny is walking back a comment he made in October, saying that critics of his upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance needed to learn Spanish.
“I’m very excited to be at the Super Bowl. I know that people around the world who love my music are happy too,” he said on “Saturday Night Live,” before mocking his critics in Spanish.
Bad Bunny speaks on stage at Apple Music’s Super Bowl LX Pregame Press Conference and Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Moscone Center West on February 5, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
“If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.”
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But this week, during an appearance at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, Bad Bunny said that learning Spanish wasn’t necessary.
“I know I told you that you have four months to learn Spanish; you don’t even have to learn Spanish. You can learn to dance,” Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, told a packed crowd.
Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Bad Bunny, who has been the most streamed artist on Spotify four times in the last six years, got the nod in September. His 2022 album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” is the most streamed album on the app of all time and he has over 51 million followers on Instagram.
The artist received both praise and backlash for his “ICE out” comments at the Grammys earlier this week. Bad Bunny said last fall that he decided to do his residency show in his native Puerto Rico and did not schedule any U.S. dates for his tour for fear that his fans would be detained by ICE agents.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, said he will avoid Bad Bunny’s performance at the “Woke Bowl.”
Bad Bunny accepts the award for best urban music album for “Un Verano Sin Ti.” (Robert Hanashiro/RED USA TODAY)
“And we have Bad Bunny, or Bad Rabbit, at halftime. I’ll be watching the (Turning Point USA) halftime show. It’s a shame we’ve gotten to this point.”
