President Donald Trump mentioned he wouldn’t attend Tremendous Bowl LX in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, citing journey points and criticizing the scheduled Tremendous Bowl performances of outspoken anti-Trump artists Unhealthy Bunny, the Puerto Rican pop star, and Inexperienced Day, the rebellious East Bay rock group.
In an interview with the New York Post revealed on Sunday, the president chastised the Tremendous Bowl performers as poor decisions that will be divisive.
“I’m anti-them. I believe it’s a horrible selection. All it does is sow hatred. Horrible,” Trump instructed the New York Submit on Jan. 24. “It’s simply too far-off. I’d. I’ve (gotten) nice arms (at) the Tremendous Bowl… I’d go if, you already know, it was a little bit bit shorter.”
The choice is a break from the president’s look ultimately yr’s Tremendous Bowl in New Orleans, which marked the primary time a sitting president had attended the Nationwide Soccer League championship sport.
Each Unhealthy Bunny and Inexperienced Day have lengthy been crucial of the president over every of his phrases. Notably, Unhealthy Bunny excluded the U.S. from his world tour over fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids which will goal his followers.
“I’m very excited to be doing the Tremendous Bowl, and I do know that folks all around the globe who love my music are additionally completely happy… “It’s greater than an achievement for myself, it’s an achievement for all of us…,” Unhealthy Bunny mentioned throughout an appearance on Saturday Night Live final yr.
When Unhealthy Bunny was introduced because the Tremendous Bowl halftime performer in October final yr, it sparked a backlash among the many president’s supporters. In an October 2025 interview, Trump mentioned of Unhealthy Bunny, “I by no means heard of him. I don’t know who he’s. I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s loopy, after which they blame it on some promoter that they employed to select up leisure. I believe its completely ridiculous.”
Extra just lately, Inexperienced Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong condemned the Trump administration within the aftermath of the ICE capturing of Renee Good in Minnesota when he modified the lyrics of the track “American Fool,” singing “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.”
