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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T23:48:08.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny",
    "Why will Donald Trump not be at the Super Bowl?",
    "The forgotten free agent who starts in his first Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks",
    "Who is Drake Maye: The first New England Patriot quarterback to play in the Super Bowl since Brady",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nJake Paul has urged fans not to tune in to Bad Bunny's halftime performance on Sunday as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60.\n\nPuerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny secured the coveted half-time slot back in September, but the reception to the appointment has been far from unanimous excitement.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPaul, who recently lost his much-anticipated bout to Anthony Joshua, is not in attendance in Santa Clara as the boxer is with his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam, at the Winter Olympics in Italy.\n\nMaking his feelings clear on social media, the social media star branded the rapper a \"fake American\" and claimed he would turn off the broadcast when the Puerto Rican began his act.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPaul wrote: \"Purposefully turning off the halftime show.\n\n\"Let's rally together and show big corporations they can't just do whatever they want without consequences (which equals viewership for them).\n\n\"You are their benefit. Realise you have power.\n\n\"Turn off this halftime. A fake American.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPresident Donald Trump has also taken issue with the halftime act.\n\nHe has confirmed he will not be present at Levi's Stadium this evening.\n\nSpeaking about rapper Bad Bunny and punk band Green Day, Mr Trump said: \"I'm anti-them.\n\n\"I think it's a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred.\"\n\n### LATEST SPORT NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Why will Donald Trump not be at the Super Bowl?\n  * The forgotten free agent who starts in his first Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks\n  * Who is Drake Maye: The first New England Patriot quarterback to play in the Super Bowl since Brady\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis marks a departure from last year, when Trump attended the championship game in New Orleans and watched the Philadelphia Eagles secure a comfortable victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.\n\nThe president cited the journey to California as his primary reason for staying away.\n\n\"It's just too far away,\" he told the New York Post last month.\n\nBad Bunny has been outspoken in criticising immigration policies, including remarks at the recent Grammy Awards, whilst Green Day have similarly declined to show support for the President.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nLogan Paul, Jake's, also showed his opposition to the halftime show act.\n\nWhen asked by Fox News if he was excited to watch Bad Bunny perform, the WWE star made his stance clear, replying simply \"no.\"\n\nConservative organisation Turning Point USA has arranged an alternative halftime show featuring Kid Rock and other performers, which President Trump is expected to tune into from his Palm Beach residence.\n\nWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday: \"I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny, I must say that.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Jake Paul issues controversial Super Bowl statement as he brands Bad Bunny a 'fake American'"
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