Stephen Colbert and 'The Daily Show' both had jokes about the Kid Rock-led livestream alternative to Bad Bunny's official SuperBowl LX halftime show.
will have some heavy hitters with him when he takes to the livestream this Sunday as part of his attempt to counter-program the official” He’ll be joined by such fellow superstars as Gary Lee Grant, Gilby Brantlet, Dilly Barrett, Tandy Breitbart, Billy Gidly and Baby Biblo.
How to Watch Sabrina Carpenter Guest Star on 'The Muppet Show' Online Without Cable for FreeStephen Colbert had some fun with the MAGA-friendly rocker’s spot atop the alternative to the NFL-sanctioned halftime show, a slot that is traditionally one of the most-watched 15 minutes of the year. Colbert was one of several late night talkers who dunked on the less-than-platinum, “powerhouse” lineup for the Rock-topped show, which he joked would be headlined by a “terrible bunny,” while describing the aggro, all-caps font on the show’s poster as “T-shirt on a quiet, angry dad at Disney World.” Like a lot of people, Colbert wondered who would show up to the Rock show, as it is still “unclear what venue will host,” noting that it seems to be a non-ticketed event that will be streamed on such MAGA-friendly outlets DW+, Real America’s Voice, TBN, CHARGE!, The National News Desk, Rumble and TPUSA’s YouTube and X channels. He added a few fictional outlets that could stream the show if they existed, including “Crunch, Kramble, Hunkle, Crampus,” and, in a dig at this soon- to-be ex employer, Paramount+. “The right-wing media has had their panties in a bunch over the Bad Bunny booking for months because Mr. Bunny excluded the continental U.S. from his most recent tour out of fear that ICE could potentially raid the venues,” Colbert said of the American citizen singer’s attempt to shield his U.S. fans from potentially being targeted by Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration raids by doing a stay-put in Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. territory whose people are U.S. citizens. While the Department of Homeland Security is planning to have federal agents on hand for Sunday’s big game in Santa Clara, Calif., to “, host Michael Kosta plowed a similarly fertile comedic furrow, joking about the Bunny show being for “radical woke communist who hate America,” before cueing up a montage of right-wing freak outs about the Bunny booking, most of which leaned into Benito’s alleged hatred of the U.S.A., which, again, is the country he is a citizen of. “Yeah, there’s no way Americans are going to want to watch a performance by the most popular musician in America,” Kosta said, calling the lineup for the Rock-ternative a “who’s who of… who?” before doing his own variation on Colbert’s word soup quip about the rest of the lineup, which will actually be filled-out by country singers Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. “We’ve got Gabby Barrett, Brantley Gilbert, Garby Billet, Billy Garbett, Breely Grabbers, Bobby Glaberd, Goggy Bobbles, Barnacle Gaspardy, Babette Gingletree, Hologram Hulk Hogan,” Kosta joked. Both hosts have a point if you break down the comparison simply by the numbers, with Benito smoking Rock in monthly Spotify listeners , Instagram followers , equivalent album sales and Grammy wins . In addition, Bad Bunny has been named the most-streamed global artist on Spotify Wrapped a record four times , while Rock has never topped that tally. And while Rock has also never hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in his career — his peak was No. 23 back in 2008 for the ballad “All Summer Long” and his most recent hit was 2015’s No. 66-charting “First Kiss” — Benito was recently named. He won that honor thanks to a dominant run that has included three No. 1 albums, more than one billion Spotify streams for the song “DtMF,” as well as his well-received acting role in the hit sequelThe Bad Bunny show has drawn a flood of criticism from the White House and conservative media, with Trump recently saying that he’s “anti-them,” in reference to Bunny and opening ceremony band Green Day, who have been frequent and vocal opponents of the president. “Ricky Martin Writes Open Letter to Bad Bunny After Grammy Victory: ‘You Won by Staying True to Puerto Rico’. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google
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