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Raven123

(7,673 posts)
5. Where is the uproar over the NFL playing games outside of the USA?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:04 PM
Tuesday

Players and the owners make the money, while taxpayers fund the stadiums. I honestly don’t watch the halftime extravaganzas, but I do watch my tax dollars being misspent.



hlthe2b

(113,297 posts)
6. or Paul McCartney (UK), or the Who (UK), Enrique Iglesias (Spain), Phil Collins (UK),
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:19 PM
Tuesday

Sting (Uk), U2 (Ireland), The Rolling Stones (UK), Coldplay (UK)--granted THEY all spoke and sang in English, so what is left to complain about? Oh, yeah..

BTW, I left out all the Canadians (a bunch) and those from South or Central America, because, guess what... they are all Americans

Wiz Imp

(9,433 posts)
7. Also Rihanna (Barbados), Shakira (Colombia), The Weekend (Canada), Shania Twain (Canada)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:25 PM
Tuesday

And Gloria Estefan was born in Cuba but moved to the US when she was 2.

hlthe2b

(113,297 posts)
9. Yes. I didn't count them because they are from America (North America)--as Bad Bunny pointed out
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:19 PM
Tuesday

That includes the Caribbean nations of Barbados and Cuba... And I excluded Colombia because--South America

'Just trying to make the point that MAGA's issue is clearly with Spanish-speakers--Not "non-Americans" i.e., Europeans, Brits...

Wiz Imp

(9,433 posts)
8. Also, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny himself sang partially in Spanish
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:32 PM
Tuesday

at previous Super Bowl halftime shows. So Bad Bunny this year was the first show totally in Spanish but I don't recall people complaining about others singing some in Spanish in the past.

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