Change.Org Petition Calling For George Strait to Replace Bad Bunny at 2026 Super Bowl Hits 54K

A week aft Texas autochthonal Kar Shell posted a Change.org petition calling for Lone Star fable George Strait to regenerate Bad Bunny arsenic the halftime performer astatine February’s Super Bowl LX astatine Levi’s Stadium successful Santa Clara, Calif. the effort had much than 54,000 signatures astatine property time.

“George Strait, known arsenic the ‘King of Country,’ embodies the bosom and psyche of American music,” reads the petition, which notes that the Super Bowl halftime show is 1 of the most-watched euphony events connected TV each year. “The 2026 Super Bowl offers a unsocial accidental to wage tribute to American music’s affluent practice by featuring George Strait successful its halftime show. His performances are known for their authenticity and earthy emotion, qualities that are important arsenic we purpose to unite fans from seashore to coast,” it continues.

Of course, Strait, 73, is not booked to play the game, which is wherefore the petitioner asked the NFL and the show’s endowment squad — Jay-Z’s Roc Nation — to grant “American euphony heritage” by replacing the Puerto Rican autochthonal with Strait, who, it says, “embodies unity, tradition, and the timeless American euphony that genuinely deserves the 2026 Super Bowl spotlight.”

In a clarifying connection from Shell, the petitioner says the effort is aimed astatine keeping the Super Bowl “family-friendly,” arguing that aft caller performances it says “crossed the line” with imagery oregon themes not due for children, the amusement should instrumentality to being a “unifying lawsuit centered connected talent, vigor and bully euphony — not daze worth oregon big themes.”

It besides says it wants to “keep authorities retired of the halftime show,” arguing that the crippled is meant to bring radical “across each backgrounds and beliefs” unneurotic portion avoiding messages that alienates fans for their “views, civilization oregon language.” It cites Benito’s gag during a caller Saturday Night Live hosting stint informing viewers to brush up connected their Spanish due to the fact that his acceptable volition beryllium wholly successful his autochthonal Spanish, adding that 78% of Americans talk lone English and that euphony should “bridge differences — not item them.”

The last clarification is an statement that state euphony has been underrepresented connected the halftime stage, swiping speech claims that Strait is “too old,” “boring” oregon wouldn’t privation the gig portion suggesting different imaginable replacements specified arsenic Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chensey oregon Dolly Parton.

While 54,000 signatures is decent for a alteration petition, by comparison, a Sept. 24 bid to impulse the UN to support Indian Muslims has racked up much than 1.2 cardinal signatures successful little than a month, portion a 2019 plea to renew the Netflix bid Anne With an E for a 4th play has astir 1.8 million.

Though the petition appears...