Bad Bunny Gets Canceled (By TPUSA)

[00:00] All right, welcome to the Charlie Kirk

[00:01] Show. I'm Andrew Kovet, executive

[00:03] producer of this show. And I am excited

[00:06] this morning to be joined by an Arizona,

[00:09] I guess. I don't know what a native, a

[00:12] daughter of Arizona, celebrity of

[00:14] Arizona. I don't know what what what do

[00:16] you want to res?

[00:17] >> Yeah, there you go. Resident.

[00:18] >> There's a lot of people that are just

[00:19] residents as many people are from

[00:21] somewhere else than I am, but I've been

[00:22] here for over 20 years.

[00:23] >> Well, there you go. Danica Patrick is in

[00:25] the house. So, if if you didn't

[00:27] recognize her name, and I have our good

[00:29] friend Tyler Boyer, COO of Turning Point

[00:31] Action in here as well,

[00:33] >> who is a native, but we count anyone

[00:34] that's been in Arizona for more than 10

[00:36] years as a native. So,

[00:37] >> I love this qualification,

[00:38] >> which I do not count. So, now golf, so I

[00:41] really am a local.

[00:43] >> That is true. There's a lot of golf

[00:44] courses in this town. There's a lot of

[00:46] golf courses, which you'd think, you

[00:48] know, the water, I don't know, the heat,

[00:50] the grass, but it works. I don't know

[00:52] how you guys pull it off in Arizona. Um,

[00:54] I before we get into it with Danica

[00:56] here, which thank you so much again for

[00:58] just making it into the studio. It's

[01:00] always great to have people in the

[01:02] studio. I I just we have to we have to

[01:05] bring it up. It has to be the first

[01:06] thing. Uh, go ahead and throw up 336.

[01:09] Uh, and the rumors are true. Jack Pobic

[01:12] has manifested this via a joke. And on

[01:15] this show that Turning Point USA will be

[01:18] hosting the All-American Halftime Show,

[01:21] a celebration of faith, family, and

[01:23] freedom. And that of course will be on

[01:25] 28 2026. If you want more details as

[01:29] they come, please go to

[01:31] americanshow.com.

[01:34] americanhalimeshow.com.

[01:37] So, I know there's a lot of news in the

[01:39] world. There's the Gaza Israel peace

[01:42] deal. There's Antifa. There's so many

[01:44] things we got to get to. There's I was

[01:47] it Luke Bryan? I always get the Brian.

[01:49] Zack Bryan. There's Zack Bryan. We're

[01:51] going to get to all of this, by the way.

[01:52] But let I just want to throw it to you.

[01:54] You You have uh existed at the nexus of

[01:57] pop culture, sports. Uh so, you know,

[02:00] we've got Bad Bunny who's going to be

[02:02] performing at the halftime show, the you

[02:05] know, the official one. I think we're

[02:07] going to get a lot of eyeballs on this

[02:09] event because I think because of that

[02:10] selection of somebody who doesn't speak

[02:12] English and sings only in Spanish and

[02:14] seems to have a lot of disregard and

[02:16] contempt for our country, it's going to

[02:17] turn a lot of people off. What say you,

[02:19] Danica Patrick? Well, I was I talked

[02:22] about this last week u with Steve Bannon

[02:24] on his show War Room and uh I had posted

[02:27] that I think that it's wrong that

[02:29] someone that doesn't speak English is

[02:31] performing at the halftime show for the

[02:33] Super Bowl for uh I thought it was 100

[02:36] million. I looked it up. It was like 127

[02:38] million people to some degree watch that

[02:40] watch the Super Bowl. And you know, I

[02:43] feel like it's such a uniting event.

[02:45] It's such a sports in general I think is

[02:48] uniting. Of course, you've got your team

[02:50] and someone else does, but generally

[02:52] it's like fun. You come together and

[02:54] especially the halftime show, everyone's

[02:55] excited to watch it. What's it going to

[02:57] be? Um, you know, is there any

[02:59] surprises? And, um, I think the only

[03:01] surprise that we're going to get is if

[03:03] not that if Americans learn how to speak

[03:05] Spanish in four months like he asked

[03:07] them to do on Saturday Night Live, but

[03:09] if he speaks English, that would be the

[03:11] surprise of the show. Um, I just don't

[03:14] think that I just don't think it

[03:15] represents our country and and and our

[03:18] sort of crown jewel event of the year.

[03:20] It's the highest rated show of the year

[03:22] on anything.

[03:24] >> And um, you know, and obviously he sort

[03:27] of had a problem with ICE being at his

[03:31] shows and not wanting to have his

[03:33] perform. So, he decided he didn't want

[03:35] to perform in the United States. And you

[03:37] know, I just think that's all just kind

[03:38] of plays into such a weird narrative

[03:41] about why someone like that was chosen.

[03:44] Um, the best the best excuse is, and I

[03:48] use the excuse, is that I don't know, is

[03:50] the NFL trying to create more reach in

[03:53] different demographics and areas. And

[03:55] >> I think that had to have been the the

[03:56] calculus because, you know, Bad Bunny, I

[03:59] learned this from Daisy. I had no idea.

[04:00] But Bad Bunny is he he's apparently been

[04:04] the top stream or whatever for for Gen

[04:08] Z.

[04:08] >> Oh yeah,

[04:09] >> for Gen Z. So and and yeah, and I mean

[04:11] his biggest audience is going to be in

[04:13] Latin America.

[04:14] >> Even I think he's Puerto Rican if I'm

[04:16] not mistaken. So a lot of people I mean

[04:19] I get the calculus, but the fact that

[04:21] you know you just had this election in

[04:23] 2024. You had the the whole country kind

[04:26] of seems you know was it was not a close

[04:28] election. Let's be let's be fair and at

[04:31] least by electoral vote standpoint but

[04:33] also too big too big to rig. So so you

[04:37] know the whole country's moving this one

[04:39] direction. Trump remains extremely

[04:40] popular on his deportations all stuff.

[04:42] So that seems to be the big crux with

[04:43] him. So it just feels like a very

[04:46] tonedeaf thing to do for Americans. I

[04:49] get the idea of expanding out but this

[04:51] is our show.

[04:52] >> Yeah. I mean, obviously then there's too

[04:54] been such a sort of conversation around

[04:57] the choices for the Super Bowl halftime

[04:59] show and Jay-Z being involved and there

[05:02] being sort of a satanic angle to them.

[05:05] And um I I think it was Jaden Smith

[05:08] maybe was another one that just come up

[05:10] like a pop star with like red is a very

[05:13] common color that is used to like sort

[05:15] of sort of get this like message across

[05:19] or maybe this sort of underlying message

[05:21] of satanic rituals or something. Look, I

[05:25] I don't know. All these things are

[05:26] speculation, but it sure is an

[05:28] interesting choice. And he has sure

[05:30] definitely had some very odd music

[05:32] videos recorded where he does look like

[05:34] a demon in them and is doing weird

[05:37] things or trans. I mean, very commonly

[05:39] wearing like dresses and heels and

[05:41] pearls and all kinds of things. And

[05:43] >> I mean, I just uh you know,

[05:45] >> fake prosthetics across here's some

[05:47] imagery.

[05:49] >> Fake prosthetics. Yeah.

[05:50] >> Yeah. Like the satanic imagery. It's

[05:51] just everyone is always on guard every

[05:54] year I think for the Super Bowl for the

[05:56] the the

[05:58] >> Yes. you look at the at the event,

[06:00] you're going through everything and

[06:02] they're always expecting to see what are

[06:04] they going to try to force upon America

[06:06] every year

[06:07] >> and when it's when it's I mean we always

[06:10] used to joke about this with Charlie cuz

[06:12] this was like

[06:13] >> he would always tweet

[06:14] >> this is an epicenter of like culture

[06:16] every year where everybody's paying

[06:18] attention and going okay are they trying

[06:19] to force on you know more trans stuff

[06:23] more uh and and so

[06:25] >> sexual anarchy

[06:26] >> so the reason why I like what we're

[06:28] doing here is because now the ball's

[06:30] back in the court of the planners

[06:33] >> uh of the main event, which is what we

[06:35] have to refer to it as the main event.

[06:37] >> We now have a cudgel to use against them

[06:39] if they're going to continue to heap

[06:41] contempt. Yeah.

[06:42] >> On the, you know, the people that pay

[06:44] their bills and that go to their games

[06:46] and and buy the tickets.

[06:48] >> So now they're going to have to change

[06:49] things or

[06:51] >> we'll keep doing it.

[06:52] >> Go more go more intense, right, on their

[06:54] side. they're more debaucherous, more

[06:56] which that could actually be an outcome

[06:57] that comes out of this is that they

[06:58] actually respond and double

[07:00] >> down force their hand essentially,

[07:02] right? This many people are want going

[07:04] to watch this other show um as opposed

[07:07] to theirs. And so I mean we saw this

[07:09] with the Jimmy Kimmel stuff. I feel like

[07:10] you know some of the things I posted

[07:12] about that opinionated I'm like look

[07:14] it's all about ratings. It's about money

[07:16] and if he his ratings had gone down he

[07:18] wasn't as funny. He was just making

[07:20] cutting personal sort of digs at people

[07:22] based on his own beliefs. it wasn't you

[07:24] can take the stuff that's going on in

[07:26] the world whether it's politics or

[07:27] whatnot and make it funny and be super

[07:30] sarcastic but when you sort of deliver

[07:32] it the way he does and I'm like look at

[07:34] the end of the day ratings are what

[07:35] matters and as I said like I was like

[07:37] the clock is ticking again Jimmy and

[07:39] from what I read the other day it looks

[07:41] like it it's not going in the right

[07:42] direction for him and then he just did

[07:44] an interview yesterday or the day before

[07:46] where he basically said he didn't really

[07:48] know there was a problem until he was

[07:50] taken off the air it's like wow these

[07:51] people don't even they really don't care

[07:53] do they they really don't care. And um I

[07:56] think that uh it'll be very interesting

[07:58] to see how the American people or the

[08:01] public or the world even decides to vote

[08:05] with their viewership on whether or not

[08:07] they watch the halftime show or whether

[08:09] or not they watch your show or whether

[08:11] or not they watch another one cuz maybe

[08:12] there'll be another one too.

[08:14] >> Yeah. It's it's and listen everybody's

[08:16] free to do it. I mean this is setting a

[08:17] precedent which again I don't we don't

[08:19] like. We want everybody to be united. We

[08:21] want us all to have one cultural touch

[08:23] point. I think it's important that we

[08:24] have one gathering point. And listen,

[08:26] we're we're not saying don't watch the

[08:27] game. We're not saying anything like

[08:28] that. We're saying there is a line and

[08:31] when you hire a guy to do the job that

[08:33] hates our country seemingly and hates

[08:35] the government and hates the rule of law

[08:37] that the American people just voted for

[08:39] and just like yeah, all this weird

[08:41] satanic stuff. It's like listen there

[08:43] there might be some consequences that

[08:45] you don't like so much and there needs

[08:47] to be consequences because there have

[08:48] been halftime shows that that went too

[08:50] far. I think they they reeled it back

[08:52] in, you know, and there's been some some

[08:54] better ones, but this

[08:56] this this this was going to happen

[08:58] whether we did it or not. By the way, to

[09:00] your point, the people were outraged at

[09:02] Bad

[09:03] >> Bunny. Sometimes you don't try and fix

[09:04] what's there. You start something new

[09:06] completely and that's the easiest way

[09:08] and that's what you're that's what

[09:09] you're doing.

[09:10] >> I don't disagree. I'll say this point

[09:11] too, Andrew, is we have uh we have a

[09:15] huge opportunity in front of us now with

[09:16] this uh with this event to execute it in

[09:20] a way that might change how America

[09:24] views these big events in the future

[09:26] because this has never really been

[09:27] attempted before. Yeah.

[09:28] >> And I know and again this isn't unique.

[09:30] There's many different groups that have

[09:31] talked about this and so we want to give

[09:33] a nod. There might be multiple different

[09:35] things, but

[09:37] >> America using the ability to press the

[09:39] off button and to use their wallet

[09:42] actually to make decisions is really

[09:44] critical. It's not just zombie their way

[09:46] through the things that are put in front

[09:47] of them. So, um I think what's going to

[09:51] happen here is I think the turning point

[09:54] one I mean everybody's been asking us to

[09:55] do this. I have not seen anything in our

[09:58] inbox at freedom charliekirk.com that

[10:00] has been so unanimous. Everybody's like

[10:02] I want to go. I want to go and I can

[10:04] just tell you because uh we have a

[10:06] website there.

[10:07] >> Uh let me make sure I got it's uh I want

[10:10] to make sure I get the exact right

[10:12] website here because I said it before

[10:15] but I'm not okay. Okay, it is

[10:17] americanhalimeshow.com.

[10:18] americanhalftimeshow.com.

[10:21] I can already tell you that the response

[10:22] has been pretty dramatic.

[10:25] >> I'm super curious to see what the

[10:26] viewership will be like that on this. I

[10:28] mean, well, look what happened with the

[10:29] service, obviously, and those being

[10:31] Christian bands and the the moment of

[10:34] course that sort of led to what when it

[10:37] transitioned into all of the amazing

[10:39] speakers coming up like with the it was

[10:42] like almost like a hymn and everybody I

[10:44] mean I was balling my eyes out there

[10:46] while that was all going on. The music

[10:47] is really powerful and there's something

[10:49] to do with like the coming together and

[10:51] the community nature of it when

[10:53] everybody's sort of in the same energy

[10:54] space. So, um, I I'm I'm very

[10:57] interested. And there's there's so many

[10:59] great Christian bands these days that

[11:00] are are really fun.

[11:02] >> My sister plays a lot of them for her

[11:03] kids, so I listen to a lot of them.

[11:05] >> I think it's going to be a mix of, if

[11:07] you will, like crossover bands, uh,

[11:10] Christian,

[11:11] >> you guys got creeped. You guys got

[11:13] >> We're not prepared. We're not prepared

[11:14] to make any announcements yet, but uh,

[11:17] >> it could be a lot. It could be a lot of

[11:18] different things.

[11:18] >> And we're gonna have just, you know,

[11:20] just mainstream. the Red Clay Strays

[11:22] into the mix because the Red Clay

[11:23] Strays, have you ever heard of them?

[11:25] They're kind of like I don't know if

[11:26] they'd be considered rock, but they're a

[11:28] fantastic band. Check them out. But they

[11:29] they sing a lot of like Christian driven

[11:33] music and they say, "Why do we s we sing

[11:35] about our life and we're not here to

[11:37] sing Christian music, but God is in our

[11:39] life and and so anyway, there's some

[11:41] great songs there." So, I'm I'm going to

[11:43] throw them in the hat for you guys. He

[11:45] said he had um reached out to he sent

[11:47] the lead singer had sent him an email to

[11:50] Turning Point and just said, "Look, I

[11:51] don't know if anyone's going to get it.

[11:52] I just want you guys to have the music

[11:54] and know it's there for you." So anyway,

[11:57] there's a lot of incredible bands that

[11:58] I'm sure would put on a fantastic

[12:00] performance.

[12:01] >> Well, this has spurred a lot of

[12:02] conversation too around just again the

[12:04] broader sports community. Uh, we've been

[12:07] talking for many years about what would

[12:08] it be like look like to have a Pro

[12:10] America bowl game, like a real bowl game

[12:12] that had all the stuff for on the

[12:15] college side.

[12:16] >> Oh, you mean

[12:17] >> leading in? So, I we've had some

[12:19] conversations. So, we're hope hoping

[12:21] this all spurs

[12:22] >> and this is all a testament to Charlie's

[12:23] legacy. I mean, nothing like this would

[12:25] have been possible, you know, without

[12:27] just this outpouring and of of just

[12:30] energy that's just flushed with energy

[12:32] and people want to get involved. want to

[12:34] see the culture changed

[12:36] >> and I think this is a great way to do it

[12:37] is just flex our muscles in this