Ex-ESPN star shares the 'disturbing' thing about Bad Bunny performing at Super Bowl LX

Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss backlash against Grammy Award winner Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show to be sung in Spanish and the alternative being provided by Turning Point USA.

Former ESPN broadcaster Sage Steele said Friday the issue with Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl LX halftime has nothing to do with him being from Puerto Rico.

Steele said on the "Faulkner Focus" with Harris Faulkner that her problem was that Bad Bunny had led "with hate" since he was announced as the music headliner for the game.

"I want to point this one thing out as well," Steele said. "This isn’t about someone who is not American, and Bad Bunny is, but it isn’t about that. U2, they’re from Ireland. They gave an amazing performance right after 9/11 20-something years ago. This is about, as an artist, you lead with hate, and that is what Bad Bunny has done from day one.

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Bad Bunny speaks on stage at the Super Bowl LX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference at Moscone Center West Feb. 5, 2026, in San Francisco. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

"When he says, ‘I’m not going to speak your language, you have four months to learn it,’ are you kidding me? It would never be acceptable in their country. So, that’s the disturbing (thing). Not that he’s from Puerto Rico. That he says he hates us, he’s not going to take our money but now he’s doing it."

Bad Bunny made the crack about American fans needing to learn how to speak Spanish before his performance. He tried to pull back from the remark on Thursday during his interview with Apple Music ahead of the show.

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