Bad Bunny walked away clear from a federal investigation into his Super Bowl halftime present. The FCC appeared into Republican complaints in regards to the Puerto Rican rapper’s efficiency and located zero violations.

Charles Gasparino from the New York Post broke the information. The Federal Communications Commission checked if Bad Bunny broke guidelines about “indecent material” on public airwaves throughout his February 8 efficiency.

The company found one thing Republicans didn’t anticipate. Bad Bunny truly cleaned up his act for the massive sport.

“The agency is said to have shelved any additional scrutiny barring further evidence,” Gasparino wrote. Translation: case closed.

Republican Congressman Randy Fine from Florida began this entire mess. He posted on X that Bad Bunny’s efficiency was “disgusting” and “illegal.”

Fine quoted lyrics that Bad Bunny didn’t even carry out on the Super Bowl.

Fine wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr demanding motion.

“The woke garbage we witnessed on Super Bowl Sunday needs to be INVESTIGATED and put to an END,” Fine mentioned. He claimed 130 million folks and youngsters bought uncovered to “vulgar and disgusting content.”

Mark Alford, a Republican from Missouri, jumped on Fox News to echo Fine’s complaints. Alford admitted he doesn’t converse Spanish however claimed “a lot of information” had “come out” in regards to the lyrics.

Here’s the kicker: the FCC needed to get hold of translations of what Bad Bunny truly mentioned. When they did, the proof of rule violations appeared “thin at best,” in keeping with the investigation.

Bad Bunny carried out throughout primetime hours when FCC guidelines are strictest.

The company prohibits “language or material that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities.”

But Bad Bunny sang in Spanish and saved it clear.

Republicans additionally complained in regards to the dancing throughout Bad Bunny’s set. They referred to as it “crude” and “dirty” with references to twerking. But the FCC discovered nothing actionable within the choreography both.

The FCC has now formally closed its investigation with out taking any enforcement motion in opposition to Bad Bunny, NBC, or the NFL.

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