Jennifer Lopez Reveals Whether Bad Bunny Has Tapped Her for Super Bowl Halftime Show 2026

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And yes, she's game.

When Jennifer Lopez and Shakira headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show successful 2020, they invited Bad Bunny to share the stage with them — but volition helium instrumentality the favor?

While guesting connected Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday (Oct. 15), J. Lo revealed whether she’s been tapped to articulation Benito connected signifier erstwhile helium performs astatine the large crippled successful 2026. According to her, “There’s nary talk!”

“I person not gotten immoderate calls!” she continued. “So I conscionable privation to enactment the anticipation down.”

But would she beryllium funny if helium did scope out? “Of people if helium wanted maine to bash something, I would decidedly bash it,” Lopez added.

The interrogation comes conscionable a fewer weeks aft it was announced that Bad Bunny is adjacent year’s headliner, a determination that upset galore conservatives — including President Donald Trump, who called it “absolutely ridiculous.” In protestation of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation selecting a Spanish-speaking performer, Turning Point USA precocious announced its volition to big an alternate halftime program, featuring “anything successful English” by mode of euphony choice.

Countless different people, however, person pointed retired that determination is nothing inherently political astir choosing the Puerto Rican superstar to perform. Shaboozey precocious pointed retired that inviting Benito to execute could beryllium incredibly beneficial to the NFL’s globalization efforts, telling Billboard, “He’s a planetary superstar, planetary icon — and an American citizen. There’s nary amended choice.”

Lopez besides defended the selection of Bad Bunny arsenic adjacent year’s headliner connected the Today show. “I deliberation he’s astir to stroke everybody’s minds,” she said recently. “I don’t recognize [the controversy]. He’s 1 of the apical artists successful the satellite close now, astir apt the top.”

Watch J. Lo speech astir the Super Bowl Halftime Show connected Watch What Happens Live: