Strange, I don't remember anyone complaining that U2 weren't Americans

[Coventina]

when they were asked to do the Superbowl 1/2 time show, a few months after 9/11, even.

[kwolf68]

1. They are white

Approval thus granted.

[Coventina]

2. I think you might be on to something.....

[Soul_of_Wit]

3. It's worse because Bad Bunny is an American (n/m)

[Coventina]

4. Agreed. n/t

[Raven123]

5. Where is the uproar over the NFL playing games outside of the USA?

Players and the owners make the money, while taxpayers fund the stadiums. I honestly don’t watch the halftime extravaganzas, but I do watch my tax dollars being misspent.

[hlthe2b]

6. or Paul McCartney (UK), or the Who (UK), Enrique Iglesias (Spain), Phil Collins (UK),

Sting (Uk), U2 (Ireland), The Rolling Stones (UK), Coldplay (UK)--granted THEY all spoke and sang in English, so what is left to complain about? Oh, yeah..

BTW, I left out all the Canadians (a bunch) and those from South or Central America, because, guess what... they are all Americans

[Wiz Imp]

7. Also Rihanna (Barbados), Shakira (Colombia), The Weekend (Canada), Shania Twain (Canada)

And Gloria Estefan was born in Cuba but moved to the US when she was 2.

[hlthe2b]

9. Yes. I didn't count them because they are from America (North America)--as Bad Bunny pointed out

That includes the Caribbean nations of Barbados and Cuba... And I excluded Colombia because--South America

'Just trying to make the point that MAGA's issue is clearly with Spanish-speakers--Not "non-Americans" i.e., Europeans, Brits...

[Wiz Imp]

8. Also, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny himself sang partially in Spanish

at previous Super Bowl halftime shows. So Bad Bunny this year was the first show totally in Spanish but I don't recall people complaining about others singing some in Spanish in the past.