Sacramento pastor explains how he officiated a wedding during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
It was the the biggest secret he’s ever kept from his congregation.
SHOWED YOU THAT WAS DRESSED IN BLACK, THERE IS A PASTOR IN SACRAMENTO AND HERE HE IS, PASTOR ANTONIO REYES FROM PROJECT CHURCH IN SOUTH SAC. THERE ARE SEVERAL CAMPUSES PROJECT CHURCH SOUTH SAC AND I. FULL DISCLOSURE I GO TO THAT CHURCH AND THAT’S HOW I KNEW WHEN PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME, DID YOU RECOGNIZE HIM? AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I DIDN’T AT FIRST BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY. I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE’S CARDI, OH, THERE’S JESSICA, YOU KNOW, AND YOU’RE JUST LIKE LOOKING. AND I’M ALSO, YOU KNOW, DANCERS. I’M LOOKING AT THE CHOREOGRAPHY AND THE WHOLE PRODUCTION. BUT I WAS LIKE, GOSH, THAT GUY REALLY LOOKS I THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE I WAS WEARING A SUIT. BECAUSE I NEVER WEAR A SUIT. HE NEVER WEARS A SUIT. IN CHURCH, HE DRESSES MORE LIKE THIS. HE’S A VERY GOOD DRESSER. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER WEAR THIS. AND IT WASN’T A BIG DEAL THAT HE WASN’T THERE YESTERDAY IN CHURCH. BECAUSE PASTORS, ESPECIALLY A BIGGER CHURCH, THEY KIND OF FLOAT AROUND. AND SO WAS THIS THE BIGGEST SECRET YOU’VE HAD TO KEEP FROM YOUR CONGREGATION EVER? I MEAN, YEAH, I’M SURE THIS IS ONE, ONE THE BIGGEST SECRET AT THIS POINT. AND SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TO NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS JOY WITH PEOPLE. AND YOU’VE SIGNED AN NDA SO HE CANNOT TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS ABOUT THE COUPLE BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY. AND THEY’RE NOT DOING INTERVIEWS YET. YES, WE’LL GET ONE, DON’T WORRY. BUT LET’S START. HOW DID THIS ALL START? IT’S THREE WEEKS AGO. IT STARTED RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN PASTORING FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I PASTOR IN LA FOR SOME TIME, AND I HAD CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY. AND SO ONE DAY, SO RANDOM, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS. CAN YOU SAY WHO THAT FRIEND IS? YEAH, HER NAME IS NIKKI, BUT IT’S THROUGH CAROL G, RIGHT? YEAH. SHE SHE WAS HANGING OUT WITH SOME FRIENDS AS WELL THAT ARE CONNECTED IN THE INDUSTRY, AND THEIR MANAGER CALLED ME BECKY G’S MANAGER CALLED. AND SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A MINISTER TO MARRY THIS COUPLE, BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW FOR WHAT. SO THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, LISTEN, WE HAVE THIS PASTOR. I THINK HE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB. AND SO THEY CALLED ME, HEY, ANTONIO, LISTEN, THIS THIS COUPLE WANTS TO GET MARRIED. WE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A CELEBRITY. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR. ARE YOU OPEN? I SAID SURE, LET’S HAVE THE CONVERSATION. WHY NOT? DID THEY TELL YOU IT’S A PART OF THE SUPER BOWL? DID THEY TELL YOU AT THIS POINT I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING. BESIDES, I’M GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A COUPLE TO GET MARRIED. TO GET MARRIED, IT COULD JUST BE A REGULAR WEDDING. IT CAN BE ANY FIVE PEOPLE THERE. SURE. NOT MILLIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOING. AND SO AS I, YOU KNOW, AS I’M LIKE, THIS IS THREE WEEKS AGO, THREE LIKE A LITTLE OVER THREE WEEKS AGO. YES. AND SO AS, AS I’M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, A MATTER OF HOURS, I RECEIVED THE NEA AND I’M WAITING FOR MY WIFE TO, TO FOR HER TO COME AND HELP ME SIGN IT, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I’M READING. RIGHT. AND SO I HAVEN’T READ ANYTHING. AND SO AS SOON AS SHE’S READING IT, SHE’S SCREAMING IN JAIL AND YELLING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH MY GOSH. AND I’M LIKE, WHAT’S GOING ON? AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE FIND OUT IT’S GOING TO BE FOR THE SUPER BOWL. BUT AT THAT POINT I’M CONFUSED I DON’T KNOW, AM I MARIN SAN BENITO WHAT IS HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, SO IT SAID BAD BUNNY IN THE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. AND SO SHE’S SCREAMING. SHE’S SCREAMING, SHE’S SCREAMING. AND SO AT THAT POINT I’M LIKE, LISTEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. AND SO AS WE HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEAM, THERE WAS MORE CLARITY INTO WHAT WAS MY ROLE. AND SO, I MEAN, IT WAS SUPER FUN TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT. AND SO I’M IT’S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF SUCH A MONUMENTAL MOMENT. OKAY, SO FAST FORWARD TO A WEEK AGO BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GET IT TO SANTA CLARA FOR REHEARSALS A WEEK AGO, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. AND THEN TELL US HOW THAT ALL WENT. YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS THERE FOR A WHOLE WEEK. I MEAN, I HAVE A WHOLE, A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR DANCERS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THAT INDUSTRY. AND SO IT WAS LIKE VERY LONG DAYS JUST PRACTICING. AND BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN JUST THAT MOMENT. RIGHT. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FLOWS SO WELL IN A MATTER OF LIKE 13 MINUTES. YEAH. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PRACTICES LATE NIGHTS. AND SO YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT ALSO VERY TIRING. YEAH. HOW MANY HOURS A DAY DID YOU PRACTICE EVERY DAY LEADING UP TO THIS? I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY THERE WERE DAYS OVER, I WOULDN’T SAY ALMOST CLOSE TO TEN HOURS. YEAH, WE WERE JUST THERE AND WE WOULD GET TO THE HOTEL ALMOST AT MIDNIGHT. WERE YOU IN LEVI’S STADIUM DOING THE PRACTICES EVERY DAY OR DID YOU WERE YOU? SOMETIMES THEY START IN A HOTEL BANQUET HALL AND THEN THEY MOVE. YEAH, WE STARTED THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS IN A FIELD NEXT TO THE STADIUM. AND SO WE DID ALL OF THAT THERE. AND THEN THE LAST I WANT TO SAY THE LAST THREE DAYS, THAT’S WHEN WE CAME INTO THE STADIUM. AND SO THAT WAS THAT WAS AWESOME TOO. AND SO JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING, YOU DID NOT KNOW THE COUPLE BEFOREHAND. YOU BASICALLY DID YOU MEET THEM? WERE THEY THERE FOR ALL THE REHEARSALS? YEAH, THEY WERE THERE FOR THEM THAT WEEK. SO YOU STARTED GETTING TO KNOW THEM? I MET THEM WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. AS SOON AS THEY THEY APPROVED FOR ME TO BE PART OF THAT. THAT’S WHEN WE START HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. AND VERY LOVELY COUPLE. AND THEN YEAH, IT WAS JUST IT WAS AMAZING. SO AS I’M WATCHING IT, I’M THINKING, WAIT, ARE THEY REALLY DOING THE VOWS? WERE YOU REALLY DOING THE VOWS? BUT YOU ACTUALLY REALLY MARRIED THEM TWO HOURS BEFORE THE HALFTIME SHOW, RIGHT? YEAH. WE HAVE A MOMENT. AND ONCE AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I WANT THE COUPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORY AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. AND SO, YEAH, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, BEFORE AND PRIOR TO THAT MOMENT. BUT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY LEGIT. SO YOU DID MARRY THEM TWO HOURS BEFORE, BUT DURING THE ACTUAL CEREMONY WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE, YOU HAD A BIKE. WERE YOU REALLY HAVING THEM SAY LIKE, DO YOU TAKE HER? DO YOU TAKE HIM? RIGHT? I MEAN, WE WE LITERALLY WERE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS OFFICIAL POSSIBLE. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ASKED FROM US. YEAH. THEY WERE YOU TALKING THOUGH AND SAYING THINGS LIKE REALLY SAYING THINGS TO THEM AND THEY WERE REPEATING AFTER YOU. NO, NOT NOT AT THAT MOMENT. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE EVERYTHING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU WERE BUT HE REALLY WAS. THE BENITO REALLY WAS THE WITNESS TO IT. RIGHT? THE TEAM DISCLOSED THAT THAT HE WAS A WITNESS. YEAH. OH MY GOODNESS. SO YEAH, THIS IS QUITE THE STORY TO TELL. YEAH DEFINITELY. AND YOUR WIFE I LOVE THAT SHE STARTED SCREAMING WHEN YOU REALIZE, OH WAIT THIS IS BAD BUNNY. WHAT ELSE DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE? AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. YEAH. I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT’S A IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF SUCH A MONUMENTAL MOMENT. YOU KNOW, I’M MEXICAN, YOU KNOW, A LATINO. TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT. AS SOON AS I STEPPED INTO THE FIELD, I THINK THE FIRST TIME I PRACTICED, I WAS VERY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT MOMENT WAS BEYOND JUST ABOUT. IT WAS NOT JUST THE SHOW, IT WAS WHAT IT REPRESENTED TO US. AND SO TO ME, THAT MOMENT, IT WAS A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MY FAITH. YOU KNOW, AS A AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, BUT AS WELL AS AS A LATINO, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN ME AND AS WELL I’M JUST A LOCAL CHURCH PASTOR THAT SERVES HIS COMMUNITY IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO. AND SO THAT’S TO ME, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THAT. AND THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY WANT A REAL PEOPLE IN THAT STAGE. YEAH. AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE ORGANIZERS REALLY WANTED REAL PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST THERE AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION, AND THEY’RE WITNESSING IT. I MEAN, MIXED IN WITH HUGE CELEBRITIES. BUT AND YOU ARE A PASTOR THAT YOU DO YOU DO SERVICES IN SPANISH AND THEN YOU DO SERVICES IN ENGLISH AS WELL. CORRECT? I DO BOTH, MEANING MY BRAIN IS A MESS. YES. AND THAT’S HOW YOU HAVE YOUR WIFE WHO’S A TEACHER, LIKE READ THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT FOR ME 100%. YEAH. I DON’T TRUST MYSELF READING THOSE DOCUMENTS. AND YOU HAD TO SIGN IT. SO WE’RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE COULD ASK YOU, BUT WE’RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU’RE HERE. AND WHAT A HUGE THING TO BE A PART OF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. AND I’M GLAD THAT WE GET TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. AND THANK YOU, PASTOR. AND YOU’RE RIGHT. THAT’S WHY I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE YOU. I’VE NEVER SEEN YOU IN A SUIT.
Sacramento pastor explains how he officiated a wedding during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
It was the the biggest secret he’s ever kept from his congregation.
Updated: 1:27 PM PST Feb 9, 2026
The south Sacramento pastor who officiated a wedding during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show says his role in the biggest pop culture event of the year began with a phone call.Antonio Reyes is one of the pastors at Project Church South Sacramento, which he joined in 2024, according to the church. Since then, he’s worked to expand worship opportunities in English and Spanish.Reyes spoke to KCRA 3 a day after he was captured on national television leading a bride and groom through their nuptials as Bad Bunny performed “Baile Inolvidable” nearby with Lady Gaga during the halftime show at Levi’s Stadium. Reyes said he has connections in the entertainment industry from having pastored in Los Angeles. About three weeks ago, a friend connected him with Becky G’s manager, who was looking to marry a couple. “They called me and said, ‘Hey, this couple wants to get married. We don’t know if he’s a celebrity,” Reyes said. “We don’t know what it’s for. Are you open?”“I said, “Sure, let’s have the conversation. Why not?”He didn’t know the wedding would be part of a Super Bowl performance in front of 70,000 stadium fans until he received a nondisclosure agreement. He asked his wife, who is a teacher, to read it. “I’m waiting for my wife to help me sign it too, because I want to make sure I’m reading it right,” he recalled. “As soon as she’s reading it, she starts screaming—yelling like, ‘Oh my gosh!’”Reyes said up until that point he had been confused. “I don’t know—am I marrying Benito? What is happening?” he said. Reyes said he was honored to be “part of such a monumental moment.”But the halftime show role would become the biggest secret he’s ever kept from his congregation. “And so it was very difficult not to be able to share this joy with people,” he said. Reyes said he was in Santa Clara for a week leading up the Big Game in the Bay, and there were a lot of late nights to prepare for the show. “I have a whole new level of respect for dancers and people in that industry,” he said. “It was very long days, just practicing, because we were part of something bigger than just that moment.”Rehearsals first happened in a field next to Levi’s Stadium before the final run-throughs in the stadium. Reyes said he couldn’t share too many details about the couple who were married because he wants them to share their story. But said he had met them weeks prior to the Super Bowl and called them a “very lovely couple.” “We were trying to make it as official as possible, because that’s what was asked of us,” Reyes said of the halftime event. “But the actual vows happened beforehand.”Bad Bunny’s representatives said the couple had invited him to their wedding and instead received an invite from the Grammy-winning musician to appear in his halftime show. Bad Bunny even served as a witness and signed their marriage certificate. Asked what he took away from the experience, Reyes called it “beautiful.” “As a Mexican, as a Latino, to be part of that—it meant a lot,” he said. “The first time I stepped onto the field, I was very emotional. It wasn’t just a show. It was what it represented. It was a moment to represent my faith as a follower of Jesus, and also to represent Latinos. I’m just a local church pastor serving my community in south Sacramento. They wanted real people on that stage.” –The Associated Press contributed to this story.
The south Sacramento pastor who officiated a wedding during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show says his role in the biggest pop culture event of the year began with a phone call.
Antonio Reyes is one of the pastors at Project Church South Sacramento, which he joined in 2024, according to the church. Since then, he’s worked to expand worship opportunities in English and Spanish.
Reyes spoke to KCRA 3 a day after he was captured on national television leading a bride and groom through their nuptials as Bad Bunny performed “Baile Inolvidable” nearby with Lady Gaga during the halftime show at Levi’s Stadium.
Reyes said he has connections in the entertainment industry from having pastored in Los Angeles. About three weeks ago, a friend connected him with Becky G’s manager, who was looking to marry a couple.
“They called me and said, ‘Hey, this couple wants to get married. We don’t know if he’s a celebrity,” Reyes said. “We don’t know what it’s for. Are you open?”
“I said, “Sure, let’s have the conversation. Why not?”
He didn’t know the wedding would be part of a Super Bowl performance in front of 70,000 stadium fans until he received a nondisclosure agreement. He asked his wife, who is a teacher, to read it.
“I’m waiting for my wife to help me sign it too, because I want to make sure I’m reading it right,” he recalled. “As soon as she’s reading it, she starts screaming—yelling like, ‘Oh my gosh!’”
Reyes said up until that point he had been confused.
“I don’t know—am I marrying Benito? What is happening?” he said.
Reyes said he was honored to be “part of such a monumental moment.”
But the halftime show role would become the biggest secret he’s ever kept from his congregation.
“And so it was very difficult not to be able to share this joy with people,” he said.
Reyes said he was in Santa Clara for a week leading up the Big Game in the Bay, and there were a lot of late nights to prepare for the show.
“I have a whole new level of respect for dancers and people in that industry,” he said. “It was very long days, just practicing, because we were part of something bigger than just that moment.”
Rehearsals first happened in a field next to Levi’s Stadium before the final run-throughs in the stadium.
Reyes said he couldn’t share too many details about the couple who were married because he wants them to share their story.
But said he had met them weeks prior to the Super Bowl and called them a “very lovely couple.”
“We were trying to make it as official as possible, because that’s what was asked of us,” Reyes said of the halftime event. “But the actual vows happened beforehand.”
Bad Bunny’s representatives said the couple had invited him to their wedding and instead received an invite from the Grammy-winning musician to appear in his halftime show. Bad Bunny even served as a witness and signed their marriage certificate.
Asked what he took away from the experience, Reyes called it “beautiful.”
“As a Mexican, as a Latino, to be part of that—it meant a lot,” he said. “The first time I stepped onto the field, I was very emotional. It wasn’t just a show. It was what it represented. It was a moment to represent my faith as a follower of Jesus, and also to represent Latinos. I’m just a local church pastor serving my community in south Sacramento. They wanted real people on that stage.”
–The Associated Press contributed to this story.