Invoice Maher spoke out in protection of Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present, claiming the singer’s MAGA critics had been merely “pretending” to be outraged over his allegedly specific efficiency.
The comic addressed the controversial halftime present throughout Friday’s monologue for “Actual Time With Invoice Maher,” the place he ripped into Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters for his or her “butt damage” response to Dangerous Bunny’s set.
“Lots of conservative America may be very butt damage lately, they’re recovering from the halftime present,” Maher began off. “They hated it as a result of it was in Spanish, however now they’re pretending to hate as a result of it was ‘smutty.’ And it was sexual, overtly sexual, with soiled lyrics. What did you count on? He’s not referred to as, ‘Good Bunny.’”
He continued: “Trump stated, ‘No one might perceive a phrase the man stated.’ I by no means understood a phrase Mick Jagger stated both, however I nonetheless loved his present.”
Maher, who has by no means been afraid to share his trustworthy opinion, famous that he took no problem with Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl present, regardless of not figuring out what was being stated throughout the efficiency.
“I checked out it like Olympic curling,” Maher stated. “I had no thought what the f–okay was taking place, however I used to be like, ‘Everyone seems to be wanting like they’re having enjoyable. F–okay it, I’m in.”
Maher’s feedback got here as a number of Republican lawmakers referred to as for a proper inquiry into Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl act, suggesting the NFL and NBCUniversal helped facilitate an “indecent broadcast.”
“The Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LX Halftime Present was pure smut, openly aired on nationwide tv for each American household to witness,” Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote on X Monday night. “Kids had been pressured to endure specific shows of homosexual sexual acts, ladies gyrating provocatively and Dangerous Bunny shamelessly grabbing his crotch whereas dry-humping the air.”
He added: “And if that weren’t outrageous sufficient, the efficiency’s lyrics brazenly glorified sodomy and numerous different unspeakable depravities. These flagrant, indecent acts are unlawful to be displayed on public airways.”
Rep. Mark Alford (R-Missouri) additionally denounced the setsaying Tuesday that the “disturbing” nature of the Grammy winner’s almost all-Spanish efficiency “might be a lot worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction” in 2004.
In distinction, Democratic politicians, together with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Jim McGovern and Governor Gavin Newsom, lauded Dangerous Bunny’s halftime present as an inspiring act.
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