President Donald Trump, who last year became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, has decided to skip this year’s game.
Speak with The New York Post On Saturday, the president cited the distance from the game as a reason why he will miss Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
“It’s just too far away. I wish I could. I did it.” [gotten] big hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me,” he said. “I’d go if it was a little shorter.”
Trump also condemned the NFL’s entertainment lineup for the game: rock band Green Day for the opening ceremony and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny as the halftime headliner.
“I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. It just sows hatred. Terrible,” Trump said of the musicians.
Bad Bunny is a world-famous rapper and singer who supported former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. He screamed publicly Trump’s Increasing ICE Raids, and his advocacy for Puerto Rico has been reprimanded by MAGA supporters.
After the singer was announced as the Super Bowl headliner, many on the right complained about the three-time Grammy winner performance in Spanish. He responded to the outrage during his monologue on “Saturday Night Live.”
“I’m very happy, and I think everyone is happy about it, even Fox News,” Bad Bunny said.
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In an interview with Newsmax’s Greg Kelly in October, Trump discussed Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl performance.
“I don’t know why they do it. It’s like crazy, and then they blame it on a promoter that they hired to bring in entertainment,” Trump said. “I think it’s downright ridiculous.”
Jay-Z and his company, Roc Nation, are behind selecting Super Bowl halftime performers as part of a partnership with the NFL that began in 2019.
The members of Green Day, who have won four Grammy Awards and toured for more than three decades, have long been outspoken critics of the Trump administration. Earlier this month, the band denounced Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda during a performance in Los Angeles.
“This song is anti-fascism. This song is anti-war,” said singer Billie Joe Armstrong announced during the Jan. 17 show before the band played their hit “Holiday.” “We stand up for our brothers and sisters in Minnesota.”
The rockers also changed the song’s lyrics to take aim at Trump’s homeland security adviser Stephen Miller, who has been a driving force behind the Trump administration’s controversial immigration agenda.
