NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL just isn’t contemplating dropping Dangerous Bunny as its Tremendous Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell stated Wednesday, reaffirming a call to place the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s largest stage that led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and a few of his supporters.
Goodell addressed the Dangerous Bunny controversy at his information convention following the annual fall house owners assembly. It’s the first time he has commented on the transfer introduced in late September that garnered worldwide consideration, together with a rise in streams of Dangerous Bunny’s music, together with backlash.
“It’s rigorously thought by means of,” Goodell stated. “I’m unsure we’ve ever chosen an artist the place we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s fairly onerous to do when you might have actually a whole lot of thousands and thousands of individuals which are watching.”
The 31-year-old born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio has been vocal in his opposition to Trump and his insurance policies. He determined to do a 31-day residency in Puerto Rico, avoiding stops within the mainland U.S., citing considerations concerning the mass deportation of Latinos.
He performs in Spanish and is anticipated to take action on the Tremendous Bowl.
“We’re assured it’s going to be an excellent present,” Goodell stated. “He understands the platform that he’s on, and I feel it’s going to be thrilling and a united second.”
The San Francisco 49ers are internet hosting the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It’s unclear if Trump plans to be there, although he has made showing in individual at main sporting occasions a major a part of his second time period within the White Home.
Trump in an interview on conservative information community Newsmax stated he had “by no means heard of” Dangerous Bunny.
“I don’t know who he’s,” Trump stated. “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s, like, loopy. After which they blame it on some promoter they employed to choose up leisure. I feel it’s completely ridiculous.”
Goodell defended the choice on Wednesday, explaining it was made due to Dangerous Bunny’s immense reputation.
“He’s one of many main and hottest entertainers on the earth,” Goodell stated. “That’s what we attempt to obtain. It’s an essential stage for us. It’s an essential ingredient to the leisure worth.”
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