Trump Says He’s Skipping Tremendous Bowl, Slams ‘Horrible’ Halftime Act

[ad_1] President Trump confirmed he’s not attending the Tremendous Bowl this 12 months, complaining in regards to the slate of performers and saying it finally got here all the way down to the space he’d should journey.

Trump advised The New York Submit throughout an Oval Workplace interview that he wasn’t happy with the choice of Puerto Rican singer Dangerous Bunny for the halftime present, or with the addition of Inexperienced Day for the opening ceremony. Each bands have made statements in opposition to the Trump administration and their insurance policies.

“I’m anti-them. I feel it’s a horrible selection. All it does is sow hatred. Horrible,” the president mentioned. He additionally famous that his cause for skipping was that the Tremendous Bowl is being performed this 12 months in California.

“It’s simply too distant. I might. I’ve [gotten] nice fingers [at] the Tremendous Bowl. They like me,” Trump advised NY Submit. “I might go if, , it was slightly bit shorter.”

Trump made historical past as the primary sitting president to attend a Tremendous Bowl whereas in workplace final 12 months when he watched the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs 40-22. That recreation befell in New Orleans.

Trump already mentioned it was “completely ridiculous” that Dangerous Bunny was chosen to carry out at Tremendous Bowl LX this 12 months.

“This man doesn't appear to be a unifying entertainer and loads of of us don’t even know who he's,” Newsmax’s Greg Kelly mentioned throughout a cellphone interview in October, as The Each day Wire beforehand reported . Kelly requested Trump if individuals ought to “entertain blowing off the NFL.”

“I by no means heard of him. I don’t know who he's, I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s loopy, after which they blame it on some promoter that they employed to choose up leisure, I feel it’s completely ridiculous,” Trump added.

Dangerous Bunny, whose actual title is Benito Ocasio, had already mentioned he refused to carry out in the USA attributable to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers doing their jobs and imposing federal immigration legal guidelines.

Ocasio referred to ICE brokers as “motherf***ers” and “sons of b****es” in a video he posted to Instagram.

The three-time Grammy Award-winner mentioned throughout an interview that he didn’t guide any tour stops in the USA as a result of he was apprehensive ICE brokers would goal live performance attendees.

“There was the problem of — like, f***ing ICE may very well be exterior. And it’s one thing that we have been speaking about and really involved about.”

Social media customers additionally identified that none of Dangerous Bunny’s songs are in English. He later addressed the backlash he and the NFL acquired following the announcement, advising viewers to study Spanish in the event that they didn’t prefer it.