Trump’s Super Bowl Temper Tantrum

Monday, February 09, 2026

Did you watch the Super Bowl halftime show last night? I loved it—and if the game happened in the summer instead of the bitterly cold winter we've been having in New York, I bet I could have opened the windows to hear Bad Bunny's music playing out of every home in my neighborhood. Donald Trump watched it, too, even though he said that he wouldn't. We know because he took to Truth Social to call the celebration of the culture of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, "an affront to the Greatness of America." Today, I wrote about what to take away from the President somehow not agreeing with the Spanish-language singer's insistence that "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." (Spoiler alert: It's not a good sign.)

– Josh Rosenberg, editor, news and entertainment

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Donald Trump Threw a Temper Tantrum Over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show

"Nobody understands a word this guy is saying," he whined. (To be fair, we don't understand you either, President Mumble.)

Bad Bunny delivered a night to remember at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. The Puerto Rican singer honored his hometown, married a couple live on stage, and symbolically passed his Grammy Award for Album of the Year to the next generation of Latin singers. There was really nothing to nitpick. It was a celebration.

That is, unless you're Donald Trump. The president, who stated that he would not watch the annual NFL performance in favor of Turning Point USA's counterprogrammed "All-American" broadcast featuring Kid Rock, wrote in a long Truth Social post that Bad Bunny's performance was "absolutely terrible." Come on, man.

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Are You Sure We Can Really Trust Jack Whitehall?

In his oversize brown sweater, blue slacks, and tan sneakers, the thirty-seven-year-old fits right in with the other Santa Monica tourists. With his slightly overgrown beard and sleep-deprived eyes, Jake Whitehall looks like a weary young dad who needs a nap, which … he is. He has a two-year-old daughter with model Roxy Horner, and the couple plan to be married in April. Give or take a few dark secrets, he's not all that different from Rob, the young father he plays in The 'Burbs, which debuted on Peacock February 8.

Whitehall stars alongside Keke Palmer as a couple who have moved with their infant child to start a new life in the sunny, seemingly picturesque California neighborhood where he once grew up. As with the 1987 Joe Dante–directed Tom Hanks movie that serves as inspiration, the pleasant exterior is just curb appeal. Main Street U.S.A. has a Gothic side, and there are creepy neighbors, macabre legends, and paranoia aplenty to be found in this particular cul-de-sac.

"The lesson that you learn in The 'Burbs is that everyone has their secrets," he says. "I have a friendly demeanor, but now that people have seen me, like, murdering people and disposing of their bodies in the Thames, they can accept that there might be a darker side to me."

By Anthony Breznican