The Puerto Rican musician – real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – made NFL history as the first male solo Latin artist to perform at the halftime show.
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Alas, Bad Bunny’s performance didn’t sit too well with Donald Trump or Charlie Kirk’s organization Turning Point USA. So much so that the group even decided to create an alternate halftime show altogether.
Starring Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett, the Turning Point USA halftime show was streamed on YouTube.
And while Erika Kirk, the new CEO of Turning Point and wife of the late Charlie Kirk, thought the show was ‘incredible,’ other viewers weren’t quite as impressed – particularly by Kid Rock, who many accused of lip-syncing.Kid Rock – real name Robert Ritchie – took to the stage at the alternate halftime show event to perform just two songs: 1999 release ‘Bawitdaba’ alongside a cover of Cody Johnson’s ‘Til You Can’t’.
Alas, some viewers believed they spotted Kid Rock’s mouth not moving in time to the words they were listening to.
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And you best believe they wasted little time taking to X to say so.
One X user said: « It sure looked like Kid Rock relied on pre-recorded track for his ‘All-American Halftime Performance.' »
