Bad Bunny took a tough fall throughout his Mexico City live performance Wednesday evening and Trump supporters wasted no time celebrating the Puerto Rican star’s stumble.

The Grammy winner was performing “Efecto” at Estadio GNP when he slipped and hit the stage flooring. He was down for a number of moments whereas followers continued singing, then acquired again as much as end the music.

But the incident rapidly turned fodder for MAGA supporters who’ve been livid about Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime efficiency.

Conservatives lit up with feedback celebrating the autumn, with many seeing it as karma for the rapper’s anti-Trump stance.

“Hopefully, he can’t perform for the Super Bowl now nobody wanna see that,” one person fumed. Another mentioned: “What a clown.”

The backlash stems from Bad Bunny’s selection as the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime performer, which triggered massive outrage from Trump supporters. Over 100,000 folks signed petitions calling for the NFL to switch him with nation legend George Strait.

“The Super Bowl halftime show should unite our country, honor American culture, and remain family-friendly, not be turned into a political stunt,” one petition learn. “Bad Bunny represents none of these values.”

The controversy intensified after Bad Bunny endorsed Kamala Harris following comic Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist jokes about Puerto Rico at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. The rapper posted Harris’s coverage plans for Puerto Rico to his 50 million Instagram followers.

Trump himself known as Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl choice “absolutely ridiculous” throughout a Newsmax interview. Conservative commentator Benny Johnson labeled him a “massive Trump hater” and “anti-ICE activist.”

The anger additionally connects to Bad Bunny’s earlier criticism of Trump’s immigration insurance policies. He refused to tour the US mainland this yr, citing fears that ICE “could be outside” his live shows, concentrating on Latino followers.

“There was the issue of, like, f–king ICE could be outside,” Bad Bunny advised I-D journal. “And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”

Turning Point USA, the conservative group co-founded by Charlie Kirk, introduced they’re internet hosting “The All American Halftime Show” as counter-programming to Bad Bunny’s efficiency. The various present will air concurrently with the official Super Bowl halftime present on February 8, 2026.

The group’s web site guarantees “performers and event details coming soon” for his or her patriotic various. They’ve positioned it as a response to what they see because the NFL’s abandonment of American values.

Bad Bunny addressed the Super Bowl controversy throughout his October Saturday Night Live look, joking that “even Fox News” was blissful about his choice. He added in Spanish that the efficiency represents “a win for all of us” Latinos in America.

“Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it,” he mentioned.

The Mexico City fall occurred throughout his DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour, which continues by means of December earlier than increasing to Latin America, Europe and Australia in 2026.

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