RM Did Jason Kelce call Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl detractors ‘bad fit for America’s future’?
According to the alleged quote, the retired Super Bowl-winning center defended the NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Published Oct. 14, 2025
Claim:
Retired Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce said, “If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America’s future.”
A rumor that circulated online in October 2025 claimed Super Bowl-winning center Jason Kelce commented in defense of the NFL announcing rapper Bad Bunny as the headline act for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. Jason Kelce — who retired from the NFL in 2024 after playing for Philadelphia Eagles for over a decade — allegedly said, “If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America’s future.” Users searched Google for “Jason Kelce Bad Bunny comment” in an attempt to confirm the veracity of the quote.
Politico reported U.S. President Donald Trump “blasted” the NFL for their decision to cast the Puerto Rico-born rapper — who mostly performs in Spanish — in the halftime performance’s lead role, including saying, “Never heard of him.” The conservative organization Turning Point USA, co-founded by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has since announced their own alternative halftime show they dubbed “The All American Halftime Show,” which they said will celebrate “faith, family and freedom.”
As for the Jason Kelce rumor, on Oct. 14, conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza shared (archived) a meme featuring the quote on Instagram.
(Dinesh D’Souza/Instagram)
Conservative activist David Harris Jr. also posted (archived) the quote on Oct. 13 with a single image displaying two photos, including one of Bad Bunny and another of Jason Kelce.
(David Harris Jr./Facebook)
An Oct. 12 post (archived) from X user @smc429 received around 1.5 million views. Additionally, another popular user reposted (archived) the quote on Facebook, as did other users on Bluesky (archived), Facebook, Reddit (archived), Threads (archived) and X (archived).
(@smc429/X)
In short, Jason Kelce never made any such statements. Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo found no news media outlets, sports-centric or otherwise, reporting any news of Kelce saying these words. Had he issued the comments, outlets worldwide would have widely covered the matter.
Snopes contacted Jason Kelce for comment via the Wondery podcast company, including asking for official confirmation that he never made any such remarks. Wondery manages the “New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce” podcast, featuring Jason Kelce with his brother, Travis. Travis Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl-winning tight-end, is engaged to be married to 14-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist Taylor Swift.
We also reached out to D’Souza and Harris to ask for comment regarding this matter, as well as to inquire about the source they consulted before reposting the quote.
According to searches of the “New Heights” podcast’s YouTube text captions, the Kelces did not mention Bad Bunny or the upcoming halftime show by name on any recent episodes.
For further reading, we previously reported on many rumors about Travis Kelce, including one claiming he sued White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for $50 million.
