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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brittany Miller

Why Bad Bunny wasn’t paid a penny to headline Super Bowl halftime show

Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show last night for one of the biggest performances of his career – but he wasn’t paid a penny for it.

The Puerto Rican megastar, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, became the first male solo Latin artist to perform the halftime show, as well as the first to perform their set entirely in Spanish, which prompted backlash from the MAGA crowd, who put on an alternative show.

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