Latin singer Dangerous Bunny wiped his total Instagram account simply hours after receiving a torrent of backlash following his halftime present efficiency at Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl LX.
President Trump led the conservative critiques, branding the artist’s choreography “disgusting” as he railed towards the halftime present, describing it as one of many worst ever in Tremendous Bowl historical past.
Dangerous Bunny’s Instagram account has no profile image and there are not any posts on his grid, leaving his greater than 50 million followers surprised.
The so-called “King of Latin Lure”, whose actual title is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has additionally wiped his following listing.
He has not cleared his listing of followers, which stands at 53.2 million customers.
It’s not the primary time the singer has cleared his Instagram. He wiped it in 2022 after becoming a member of TikTok, in line with Fox Information.
Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium was totally in Spanish and Trump described it as an “affront to the Greatness of America.”
“The Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present is completely horrible, one of many worst, EVER! It is mindless, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t characterize our requirements of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” Trump raged in a Reality Social submit.
“No person understands a phrase this man is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, particularly for younger youngsters which might be watching from all through the united statesA., and all around the World.”
Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Level USA spokesperson, mentioned: “Worse than I noticed. Pure degeneracy.”
Dangerous Bunny’s monitor, “Tití Me Preguntó” (My Auntie Requested Me”) sparked controversy because it incorporates a nod to promiscuity.
Whereas conservatives criticized the Puerto Rican singer’s efficiency of their droves, high Democrats fawned over it.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who might put his title ahead for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, described the efficiency as a good looking second.
He thanked the artist for utilizing his voice, earlier than including: “Collectively we’re America.”
Firebrand lawmakers Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) additionally gushed over the star.
Ocasio-Cortez posted emojis of the Puerto Rico state flag and Crockett quipped: “Dangerous Bunny understood the project…”
A-listers, together with ex-football star Tom Brady, additionally fawned over Dangerous Bunny’s spectacle.
Previous to the Tremendous Bowl, Jake Paul, 29, mentioned he wouldn’t tune into the halftime present.
“Purposefully turning off the halftime present, he wrote on X.
“Let’s rally collectively and present massive firms they will’t simply do no matter they need with out penalties (which equals viewership for them). You might be their profit. Notice you may have energy. Flip off this halftime. A pretend American citizen performing who publicly hates America. I can not help that.”
He later clarified his assertion, saying he wasn’t describing Dangerous Bunny as a “pretend citizen” due to his Puerto Rican origins.
“I reside in Puerto Rico, and I like Puerto Rico. I’ve used my platform to help Puerto Rico time and time once more and can all the time accomplish that,” he mentioned in a subsequent submit.
“However should you’re publicly criticizing ICE who’re doing their job and brazenly hating on America, I’m going to talk on it. Interval.
“When you profit from a rustic and the platform it provides you, however publicly disrespect it on the similar time, that’s what I imply by being a pretend citizen.”
