Bad Bunny Sparks MAGA Meltdown For Sitting Out 'God Bless America' Amid Super Bowl Scrutiny

Bad Bunny appeared to have remained seated during the rendition of "God Bless America" at the playoff game between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

The Latino music star has garnered massive backlash from MAGA supporters for his stance on US immigration policy after he was selected to headline the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.

President Donald Trump has broken his silence on Bad Bunny's scheduled performance, calling it "absolutely ridiculous" even though he claimed he'd "never heard of him" before.

Bad Bunny appeared to have refrained from standing during the traditional seventh-inning rendition of "God Bless America" during a recent game between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.

Photos obtained by TMZ appeared to show the "I Like It" collaborator sitting with his friends about three rows behind home plate while fans around them stood, with some even holding their hands over their hearts.

A clip shared by the news outlet appeared to show the crowd singing the patriotic tune, "... guide her," from the verse which goes, "stand beside her and guide her."

During that moment, Bad Bunny was spotted sitting down while surrounded by several other people who were standing for the song.

The incident has since gone viral on social media and has drawn strong reactions from many MAGA supporters, who have condemned the famous singer's actions.

MAGA political commentator Tomi Lahren posted on X, saying, "Bad Bunny appears to stay seated during 'God Bless America' at Yankee Stadium… Yeah, because he has a clear disdain for America. He's an -sshole."

A pro-Trump X account wrote, "THIS CARTOON RABBIT IS THE BEST THE NFL HAS TO OFFER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW??!! Sorry, NFL, you have been DELETED! Send this rabbit back down the hole he came out of."

Far-right activist Jack Posobiec also expressed his feelings as he shared a link to right-wing news outlet The Post Millennial, stating that Bad Bunny "DISRESPECTS" the US by sitting at the Yankees game, before telling his followers, "This is the Super Bowl halftime performer."

One individual hoped for a boycott of the halftime show, writing, "Let's see if NFL fans actually follow through with their outrage and boycott the Super Bowl. Doubtful."

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has gained notoriety for his opposition to the Donald Trump-led administration's hardline immigration policy.

He particularly came under fire for his previous remarks about the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers after the NFL and Apple Music chose him to headline Super Bowl LV's halftime show next year.

Although the 31-year-old rapper is a US citizen born in the US territory of Puerto Rico, and performs mainly in Spanish, he decided not to add any US dates to his world tour because he feared ICE officers would lurk around the venue and detain fans.

"People from the US could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world," he told i-D Magazine. "But there was the issue of — like, f-cking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about."

Back in June, Bad Bunny also shared a video on social media in Puerto Rico where he seemingly bashed officers who took part in what he called local ICE raids.

"Look, those motherf-ckers are in these cars, RAV-4s. They're here in Pontezuela," he said in Spanish.

Bad Bunny mentioned that ICE was working at the Avenida Pontezuela in Carolina, a city east of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan.

"Sons of b-tches, instead of leaving the people alone and working there," the singer added.

The Republican backlash against the "Monaco" rapper's Super Bowl performance has now reached its peak after President Donald Trump reacted to the news during an interview on Newsmax's "Greg Kelly Reports."

Trump said the move was "absolutely ridiculous," although he admitted that he's "never heard" of the global music star.

"The NFL just chose the Bad Bunny rabbit or whatever his name is," Kelly told Trump," per EW. "This guy, who hates ICE, he doesn't like you, he accuses everything he doesn't like of racism."

"I've never heard of him," Trump responded. "I don't know who he is… I don't know why they're doing it. It's crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to pick up entertainment— I think it's absolutely ridiculous."

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the decision was a "terrible" one and suggested that 82-year-old country singer Lee Greenwood would have been a better choice.

However, Bad Bunny mocked the MAGA outrage during his "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying in Spanish that "no one can ever erase or take away" the contributions Latin individuals have made to the US.

"If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn," Bad Bunny defiantly added in English.