Dangerous Bunny, who, final we checked, is a citizen of the USA and has grow to be the enemy of right-wing criticism from the MAGA devoted. Dangerous Bunny can now breathe a sigh of reduction because the NFL has determined to maintain the Puerto Rican famous person on the invoice for the Tremendous Bowl LX Half Time Present.

In a report from the Related Press, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, no stranger to combating controversy round musical acts on one of many largest levels on this planet, provided a quick assertion to those that decried the choice to have Dangerous Bunny carry out at Tremendous Bowl LX.

“It’s fastidiously thought by means of,” Goodell stated throughout a information convention after the NFL’s annual Fall League assembly. “I’m undecided we’ve ever chosen an artist the place we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s fairly laborious to do when you could have actually tons of of tens of millions of individuals which can be watching.”

Goodell continued, “We’re assured it’s going to be an ideal present. He understands the platform that he’s on, and I feel it’s going to be thrilling and a united second,” concluding the protection of the Spanish-speaking American singer with, “He’s one of many main and hottest entertainers on this planet. That’s what we attempt to obtain. It’s an necessary stage for us. It’s an necessary aspect to the leisure worth.”

President Donald Trump claimed that he didn’t know who the singer born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was throughout a Newsmax interview. Additional, Turning Level USA, the right-wing group based by the late Charlie Kirk, stated it wish to placed on a halftime present of its personal in defiance of the NFL’s transfer.

On social media, followers of Dangerous Bunny and the NFL alike are chiming in with ideas concerning Goodell’s choice.

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