Bad Bunny God Bless America Flag Stunt Partially True

During his actual Super Bowl halftime ... he appeared at one point in front of flags for the United States and several other countries as he said "God bless America" and then shouted out all the North, South and Central American nations (archived ...

The show also featured people waving the flags of various countries, including the U.S. "And also, this is America. Not the United Nations. If you legally immigrate here from another Nation, fine.

“Bad Bunny turns this upside down and he says, ‘No, ‘God bless America’ and ‘America’ is all of these Latin American and Caribbean nations and the U.S. and Canada. We're all a part of it,” said Vanessa Díaz, associate professor of Chicano and Latino studies at Loyola Marymount University and co-author of “P FKN R.” · “It was about unity, but it was also about staking Latinos' claim in this country,” she said, particularly in a charged political moment as Trump’s immigration policies and executive actions have vastly expanded who is eligible for deportation, routine hearings have turned into deportation traps for migrants, detentions are prolonged and opposition for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown grows.

Near the end of his 13-minute set on Sunday, the Puerto Rican music superstar, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, yelled out "God Bless America" before naming dozens of countries across the Americas.

Performers wave the flags of sovereign countries in the Americas at the conclusion of Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performance during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026.

His performance at the half-time show has seen thousands of comments on social media, but are all of them true? Other Side of the Story has taken three claims about Bad Bunny’s set and sorted the facts from the fake news. A picture apparently showing the artist setting fire to the US flag while in a stage costume has been widely shared across social media.

For Bad Bunny, who proudly advocates for Puerto Rico’s independence and flies a light blue Puerto Rican flag associated with that stance, there is no doubt that the answer is yes.

وخلال العرض، قال باد باني عبارة واحدة باللغة الإنجليزية: "حفظ الله أميركا" (God bless America)، قبل أن يسرد أسماء دول في أمريكا الشمالية والوسطى والجنوبية، بينما رفع الراقصون أعلامها...

No reputable news organizations reported that Bad Bunny burned an American flag — an incident that would almost certainly have drawn widespread coverage and video documentation if it had actually occurred.

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny ended his historic Super Bowl LX halftime show with a message of unity. "God Bless America," he said as he drew the first predominantly Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime performance to a close, trailed by flags representing the many countries of the Americas. But on social media, people claimed Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had been pictured in a more divisive moment: standing on a stage in a dress and makeup and burning a U.S.

أشار باد باني إلى "أمريكا" ليس كدولة واحدة، بل كقارة، حيث ذكر دولا عبر أمريكا اللاتينية إلى جانب الولايات المتحدة وكندا.

وفي ختام العرض، قال بالإنكليزية: "God Bless America- ليبارك الله أميركا"، قبل أن يستعرض أسماء دولٍ من أميركا الشمالية والجنوبية والوسطى، من بينها تشيلي والأرجنتين والأوروغواي وكولومبيا وفنزويلا وكوبا والولايات المتحدة وكندا...