Andy Signore reacted after conservative commentator Megyn Kelly criticized Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance, calling it a “middle finger to the rest of America.” For context, Bad Bunny headlined the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, February 8, delivering a 13-minute spectacle at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
The performance was notable for being conducted almost entirely in Spanish.
However, in the February 9 episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Megyn Kelly appeared as a guest and strongly criticized the global pop star’s performance.
On February 10, Signore reposted a clip from the aforementioned Piers Morgan Uncensored episode and condemned Kelly’s remarks, calling them ignorant and exclusionary.
Andy Signore first addressed what he viewed as the underlying tone of Kelly’s criticism. He argued that her comments reflected a narrow and exclusionary idea of American identity, one that ignored the multicultural origins of what many consider “American” traditions.
“This @MegynKelly rant is so bigoted and idiotic… NONE of ‘her version of America’ even originated here,” Andy Signore said.
He then expanded on this point by breaking down the historical origins of several cultural symbols commonly associated with the United States. Andy Signore explained that many staples of American culture were borrowed from or influenced by other countries and regions.
“Football = Rugby = England, Apple Pie = England, Meatloaf = Germany, Fried Chicken = Scotland/West Africa, Christianity = Middle East, English = England,” he wrote.
In the video clip itself, which Signore had reposted, Megyn Kelly could be seen voicing her frustration directly to Piers Morgan. She argued that performing an entire halftime show in Spanish was exclusionary and dismissive toward English-speaking viewers.
“I’m sorry, Piers, but to get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America,” Kelly said in the video.
What else did Megyn Kelly say about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance on Piers Morgan Uncensored?
Megyn Kelly sharply criticized Bad Bunny’s largely Spanish-language Super Bowl Halftime Show in the clip from the February 9 episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored.
Kelly began her argument by framing it around demographics, suggesting that Bad Bunny’s use of Spanish during a nationally televised event overlooked the majority of Americans.
She argued that the Super Bowl was intended to be a unifying national moment, rather than one designed for what she described as “one small group.”
“Who gives a da*n that we have 40 million Spanish speakers in the United States? We have 310 million who don’t speak a lick of Spanish. This is supposed to be a unifying event for the country, not for the Latinos, not for one small group, but for the country,” Kelly said.
Expanding her criticism, Megyn Kelly said she opposed the inclusion of a “black national anthem,” just like she objected to a “Spanish-speaking, non-English performing performer.” She further argued that the NFL should not spotlight artists she characterized as “ICE or America haters” during what she called “primetime entertainment.”
At that point in the discussion, Piers Morgan challenged Kelly’s assertion that English was the official national language of the United States. He questioned her claim by asking what the country’s officially recognized language actually was.
Kelly responded by saying that English had long functioned as the national language and that there had been sustained efforts to formalize it legally and “make it an official, documented thing.”
Morgan pushed back, rejecting her claim and pointing out that the United States does not, in fact, have an officially designated national language.
Kelly then argued that Morgan’s “attitude” reflected what she described as Britain’s loss of cultural identity. She claimed the United Kingdom had “ceded” its culture and warned that the United States would not allow the same outcome, whether involving Hispanic or Muslim communities.
“You ceded your culture to a bunch of radical Muslims who came in and took over. And now it’s gone. We’re not allowing that here, whether it’s Hispanic, whether it’s Muslim. It’s not happening in the United States of America. That’s why President Trump was elected,” Kelly said.
She continued by singling out Bad Bunny, referring to him as an American who “refuses to speak English in his performances,” and argued that the Super Bowl must remain a distinctly American institution.
Megyn Kelly explained:
“And whether it’s Bad Bunny, who is American but refuses to speak English in his performances, or anybody else, we have to keep the Super Bowl, which is a quintessential American event. Football, that kind of football, is ours. They call it American football. And the halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American.”
Kelly also leaned into exaggerated imagery to illustrate what she believed the Super Bowl should represent.
She said the event should not involve “Spanish” or “Muslim” symbolism or depictions, and instead should focus on what she described as “good old-fashioned American apple pie,” some “meatloaf,” “maybe some fried chicken,” and “an English-speaking performer.”
As per a CBS News report, the Apple Music Super Bowl 60 halftime show, headlined by Bad Bunny, drew an estimated 135 million viewers on NBC, making it the most-watched Super Bowl halftime performance in history.
Megyn Kelly, meanwhile, has carved out a prominent space in independent media and is currently hosting The Megyn Kelly Show, available on YouTube.
Edited by Shayari Roy
