The Super Bowl halftime show announcement always divides football fans. Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in February 2026 at Levi’s Stadium.
The Puerto Rican superstar’s booking set off a firestorm of reactions across social media. Now Jason Kelce is caught in the middle of something he never actually said.
Jason Kelce Forced To Address Fake Quotes About Bad Bunny Super Bowl Performance
Multiple social media accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers posted a quote allegedly from Jason Kelce defending Bad Bunny. The fake statement read, “If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America’s future.”
JASON KELCE: “IF BAD BUNNY IS A BAD FIT FOR THE SUPER BOWL, THEN MAYBE THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE COMMENTS ARE A BAD FIT FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE.”
I think, Maybe Jason Kelce wants Bad Bunny to put a hand under Center to do the Tush Push as part of the Super Bowl half halftime show 🤔 pic.twitter.com/46vXosYIEV— Be Frank Show (@BeFrankShow) October 14, 2025
MAGA accounts shared it. Left-wing accounts amplified it. Neither group checked if Kelce actually said it.
🚨BREAKING: Jason Kelce believes those who oppose Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime show are misguided and unsuitable for shaping America’s future.
“If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America’s future.” pic.twitter.com/Hq1fn5Djpn
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) October 14, 2025
He didn’t. The 37-year-old former Philadelphia Eagles center finally had enough Tuesday evening. He posted on X to set the record straight after watching the fabricated quote blow up across the platform.
“I normally don’t comment on things like this, but I feel I need to address that there are a number of accounts posting fake quotes and attributing them to me on this platform right now,” Kelce wrote.
https://x.com/JasonKelce/status/1978246113825051024
He thanked the community notes feature for flagging the false statements but made his position crystal clear. Unless something comes directly from one of his platforms, it’s not real.
The timing couldn’t be worse for Kelce. President Donald Trump himself slammed the NFL’s decision to book Bad Bunny as “absolutely ridiculous” last week.
The Latino superstar has been a vocal critic of Trump’s hardline immigration policies. Now both sides of the political divide are using Kelce’s name without his permission to score points in a culture war he never joined.
Kelce isn’t alone in this mess. Superstar guitarist Carlos Santana also had to step in after false reports claimed he criticized Bad Bunny’s booking and offered to take his spot. Santana released a statement congratulating Bad Bunny instead.
Fans Still Attack Jason Kelce Over Bad Bunny Despite Him Never Making The Statement
The clarification didn’t stop the backlash. Fans who believed the fake quote went after Kelce anyway, even after he explained he never said it.
One fan wrote, “Kelce’s Gone Woke!” Another added, “Maybe Kelce likes men in dresses.”
A third pointed out, “I checked out Bad Bunny – he’s just a talentless man with tasteless lyrics. I have no idea why the left is so defensive of him.”
The attacks kept coming. A fourth chimed in, “Wow, please enlighten me on the profound wisdom of football players shaping society. 🙄 Can’t wait to hear their hot takes on, like, world peace and tax reform. 🏈” The sarcasm dripped through every word.
Here’s what makes this absurd. Kelce never defended Bad Bunny. He never criticized anyone’s opinion about the halftime show. He literally said nothing about it until he had to explain that the quotes floating around were fake.
But that didn’t matter to people who already decided what they wanted to believe.
Speculation about the Kelce brothers’ politics has ramped up recently. Jason is married to podcast host Kylie Kelce, whose views “aggressively lean” left according to her own words.
His younger brother Travis Kelce is engaged to Taylor Swift, who endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024 and became a frequent Trump target.
The Bad Bunny situation shows how fast misinformation spreads. Someone creates a fake quote. Political accounts on both sides share it. Thousands believe it.
Then the person who never said it has to waste time denying something they never claimed in the first place. Welcome to 2025.
