{"id":304098,"date":"2025-11-20T23:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304098\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:11:18","slug":"chiefs-heir-gracie-hunt-backs-rival-super-bowl-half-time-show-over-bad-bunny-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304098\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs heir Gracie Hunt backs rival Super Bowl half-time show over Bad Bunny | Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, is throwing her support behind Turning Point USA\u2019s plan to stage an alternative Super Bowl half-time show, a direct counter to the NFL\u2019s decision to feature Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hunt said in an appearance on Fox News Channel\u2019s The Will Cain Show on Tuesday that she \u201cmost definitely\u201d backs Turning Point\u2019s counter-programming effort, spearheaded by Erika Kirk<\/a>, the widow of Charlie Kirk. The NFL\u2019s choice of Bad Bunny for the half-time show has attracted strong pushback from many on the right, who object to his criticism of Donald Trump<\/a> and US immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really respect Erika for all that she\u2019s done, especially with creating a half-time show for America,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, children are young, they\u2019re impressionable. Young women, young men and everyone, they just need someone to look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunt framed her position through the legacy of her grandfather Lamar Hunt, one of the modern NFL\u2019s founding fathers who coined the Super Bowl name<\/a>. She said the game was designed to be accessible to fans of all demographics. \u201cWhen my grandfather named the Super Bowl, he intended it to be something children and families of all ages could come together and watch,\u201d she said. \u201cThat football is the attraction and that it didn\u2019t need to compromise its character or rely on cheap appeal to draw an audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

She argued that the league has a responsibility to choose performers who reflect its long-standing identity. \u201cFootball is becoming the world sport, but, at its heart, it\u2019s America\u2019s sport built around family,\u201d she said. \u201cThe NFL<\/a> honors women, the military, this country, celebrates communities. So I think that whoever they select going forward for the half-time show needs to reflect those values more closely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turning Point USA, the influential rightwing college organization<\/a> co-founded by Charlie Kirk, announced in October<\/a> that it would stage an \u201cAll American Halftime Show\u201d during next year\u2019s NFL championship game. The idea quickly gained traction among conservatives who objected to Bad Bunny\u2019s presence at the game.<\/p>\n

Hunt also floated who she\u2019d like to see on future half-time stages. \u201cAn artist like [country music star] Jason Aldean might make sense,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cI\u2019d love to see Miss Taylor Swift up there sometime once Travis [Kelce]<\/a> is retired.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her comments arrive as the league faces an escalating political dispute over its 2026 half-time headliner. Bad Bunny \u2013 a Puerto Rican superstar and US citizen who has been vocal in his criticism of aggressive immigration enforcement \u2013 addressed the uproar during his Saturday Night Live monologue<\/a> last month, joking that everyone seemed thrilled about the booking, \u201ceven Fox News\u201d. He also highlighted Latino contributions to the US and told viewers that if they didn\u2019t understand his Spanish remarks, they had \u201cfour months to learn\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tavia Hunt, Clark Hunt and Gracie Hunt, from left to right, attend the NFL Honors at Resorts World Theatre before Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Photograph: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The backlash intensified after homeland security secretary Kristi Noem warned that immigration agents \u201cwill be all over\u201d next year\u2019s Super Bowl<\/a> and said only Americans should attend. Bad Bunny has said fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids influenced his decision to exclude the mainland US from his recent world tour.<\/p>\n

The NFL, despite the conservative outrage, made clear last month it will not reconsider its selection<\/a>. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is standing by its decision despite criticism from Trump and his supporters. The process, he said, is \u201ccarefully thought through\u201d, and \u201cI\u2019m not sure we\u2019ve ever selected an artist where we didn\u2019t have some blowback or criticism. It\u2019s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump dismissed the performer in an interview on Newsmax<\/a>, saying he had \u201cnever heard of\u201d Bad Bunny and calling it an \u201cabsolutely ridiculous\u201d pick by the NFL. But Goodell said the league chose him because of his extraordinary reach. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we try to achieve. It\u2019s an important stage for us. It\u2019s an important element to the entertainment value.\u201d He added that the NFL is \u201cconfident it\u2019s going to be a great show\u201d, calling it \u201ca united moment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hunt closed her appearance Tuesday by describing what she sees as a broader cultural shift among young Americans. \u201cI think our generation gets a bad rap, but I am so excited by this movement I\u2019ve seen within this younger generation,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are hungry for a deeper \u2018why\u2019. They are hungry for Jesus. November is global Bible month, and Bible sales are up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m just seeing this massive resurgence in young women, in young men, across college campuses getting baptized, sharing the Gospel and wanting to leave this world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Super Bowl LX will take place on 8 February at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, is throwing her support behind Turning Point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-304098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}