Fox News' Laura Ingraham and Raymond Arroyo complain about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl

Arroyo on Bad Bunny: “They call him the king of the Latin trap. The trap is hiring somebody who's partisan and who has very dark images in his videos. ”

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From the September 29, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle

LAURA INGRHAM (HOST): All right, Raymond, it looks like the NFL, I can't believe it, they've already announced a new halftime performer at the Super Bowl coming up. So what can we expect?

RAYMOND ARROYO (CONTRIBUTOR): Laura, Jay-Z's Roc Nation, which oversees all the entertainment for the NFL, has chosen Bad Bunny, the Spanish singing, dress wearing, political rapper. He'll be performing at the halftime show this year, but here's the kicker. He said just a few weeks ago he wouldn't perform in the continental US because quote effing ICE could be outside my concert, and it's something that we're talking about and very concerned about. Does he think ICE can't go to the Super Bowl? So I guess he'll put aside his principles now.

INGRAHAM: I don't really understand. He's from Puerto Rico, so why is he worried?

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INGRAHAM: I'm not following that. Oh, he's talking about his fans, Sam says.

ARROYO: Yeah he's talking about fans, but here's the kicker. He barely speaks and he barely sings in English, Laura, and it's, you know, they call him the king of the Latin trap. The trap is hiring somebody who's partisan and who has very dark images in his videos. 

I'm going to give you an example of this video where he appears as Nosferatu. The lyric is, where are the horny ladies, One more dance and we're going to call the Vatican, I was in hell when I found the devil, She was selling the soul and I bought it right away.

I mean, is this who you want as your halftime entertainment for an English-speaking American audience? This is the most unitive event in the American culture. You've got to get somebody to rise to the occasion, Laura.

INGRAHAM: Yeah, it's pretty grim. I have to say it's just not my thing, that's for sure.