Bad Bunny walks back comment that fans should learn Spanish ahead of Super Bowl halftime performance

Bad Bunny is backing down from a remark helium made successful October, saying that critics of his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show needed to larn Spanish.

"I’m truly excited to beryllium doing the Super Bowl. I cognize that radical each astir the satellite who emotion my euphony are besides happy," helium said connected "Saturday Night Live," earlier teasing his critics successful Spanish.

Bad Bunny speaks connected signifier astatine the Super Bowl LX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference astatine Moscone Center West connected Feb. 5, 2026 successful San Francisco, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

"If you didn’t recognize what I conscionable said, you person 4 months to learn."

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But this week, during an quality successful San Francisco's Moscone Center, Bad Bunny said learning Spanish was not necessary.

"I cognize I told them they had 4 months to larn Spanish — they don't adjacent person to larn Spanish. They (can) larn to dance," Bad Bunny, whose existent sanction is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said to a jam-packed crowd.

Bad Bunny accepts the grant for Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos astatine the 68th yearly Grammy Awards successful Los Angeles, California, connected Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Bad Bunny, who has been Spotify’s most-streamed creator 4 times successful the past six years, got the motion successful September. His 2022 album, "Un Verano Sin Ti," is the app’s most-streamed medium of each time, and helium has much than 51 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

The creator received some praise and backlash for his "ICE out" comments astatine the Grammys earlier this week. Bad Bunny said past autumn helium decided to bash his residency amusement successful his autochthonal Puerto Rico and didn't publication immoderate U.S. dates connected his circuit implicit fears his fans would beryllium detained by ICE agents.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said helium volition debar Bad Bunny's show successful the "Woke Bowl."

Bad Bunny accepts the grant for champion música urbana medium for "Un Verano Sin Ti." (Robert Hanashiro / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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"And we’ve got Bad Bunny, oregon Bad Rabbit, astatine halftime. I'll beryllium watching the (Turning Point USA) halftime show. It's conscionable unfortunate we've gotten to this point."

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