0:00 For me, everyone's just soft now. Like, everyone on the right likes to say that everyone on the left is hella soft, but then you put a guy in the Super Bowl doing a halftime show and then they're like, "Oh, I don't want to. We're going to do our own Super Bowl halftime show. We're going to get like Lee Greenwood and he's going to do Proud to be an American." I'm like, >> that's just gay, dude. >> Welcome back to another episode of the Careful Boys. >> Hey, let's talk about Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl halftime show. Does everybody know what's going on with that? >> Nope. >> It didn't happen already yet, right? >> No, the Super Bowl is in like February, something like that. >> Yeah. Okay. >> February. February. Yeah. >> Wait, so hold on. >> As a nonOT fan, right? What's the one that's happening around Thanksgiving that everyone always watches? That's >> This is Thanksgiving football. >> Oh, that's not that's not Super Bowl. >> Yeah, that's like the NBA Christmas
0:50 game. The Lions always play. >> There's a Pro Bowl, too, right? Is that something else? >> There's a Pro Bowl, but it's usually it's it's before the Super Bowl. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Used to be after the Super Bowl. Is that Thanksgiving or No, >> no, no. It's in February. >> Pro Bowl is in February. >> Pro Bowl's in February. Yeah. Or Pro Bowl is usually the week before the Super Bowl now, so it's probably late January. Oh, >> okay. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, basically, they always announce uh who's going to be the Super Bowl, halftime performer, uh months in advance. Uh, and it's it's a it's a huge deal. Like for >> I think when Rihanna performed one or two years ago, like there's a giant spike in viewership because there's already like tens of millions of people that watch the Super Bowl, but then some people who don't care about football that much, they're like, I'm going to tune into the halftime show. So, you already got the regular tens of millions of viewers that are watching and then suddenly a bunch of other people are like, free concert because it's a huge deal. And by the way, they don't even
1:40 pay the performers because that it's just so so many eyeballs that they make so much sales off of it, like off of their music, like going to new people that they're like, "Whatever, I'll do it for free." >> So, a lot of times artists will just do it uh pay out of pocket even if they want something extravagant. And then it's a great way to promo maybe their upcoming tour or their album release or whatever. But, it's historically just been like one of the biggest platforms period to like >> we're talking worldwide audience here. Like massive, massive. It's like getting a chance to perform at Madison Square Garden but times 10. >> Totally. >> Yeah. But Bad Bunny's the one who gets it and suddenly there's actually a lot of controversy surrounding this. What would your guess be on why the controversy is there? >> Uh because he said at first he said he wasn't going to um perform in America because of the whole icing, but out of nowhere he said yes to the whole NFL
2:31 thing. >> Oh, is that what it is? >> So he's a liar. People are go, "Oh, you're a liar." People were people were saying like you phony baloney. >> Well, people on the right tour are just like you don't like America. Why are you performing in America at the American Super Bowl? That's like the thing. >> Wait, so he's not American. >> He's Puerto Rican, which is a gray area on that one. >> Oh, >> yeah. They're on American territory, huh? >> That's crazy. It's crazy how there's politics tied to everything cuz I just if I when I first heard the news to me it was like usually it's one of the biggest artists that get to perform. >> Yeah. >> So it makes sense that it would be Bad Bunny cuz he's crushing it right now. >> Yeah. >> And I think a lot of people would be hyped to see what a Super Bowl Bad Bunny show would look like. It >> looks sick. >> Yeah, that's what I would think. And his music is ████ hype, too. >> Well, one of the biggest things is that
3:21 his music like a majority of it like is not in English at all. Yeah, it's like K-pop. They transcended. >> Didn't we have Sai do a big one >> back in the day? >> Didn't do Super Bowl. >> Okay. >> No, >> but he was massive. >> What What do you think like people's thoughts are on the idea of like a nonAmerican >> artist? I just think people are soft right now, dude. Like I don't get this at all. Like >> to me it's like he's just a performer. He's going to do his thing. He has his own beliefs. Let him do the Super Bowl halftime show. People ████ about the Super Bowl halftime show every year anyway. I had never seen a Super Bowl halftime show where half the people at the party weren't like, "Oh, this sucks. This is stupid." Or whatever. You know, >> I still watched the Michael Jackson one. >> Still one of the greatest of all time. Still one of the greatest time. >> The greatest one of all time is Prince, bro. Purple Rain in the rain. >> I think Purple Rain in the rain.
4:11 >> I think that moment is a goated moment. I still think MJ's in general is greatest. >> It was really It was It's my number two. I think the goated uh Star Spangled Banner was Chris Stapleton. >> No, you're just wrong. Whitney Houston was so >> so good. >> But that's legendary status. >> That's what I'm saying. >> Yeah, >> he's just wrong. >> Contemporary. I would say it's good. >> The most American I've ever felt >> was Chris. ████ yeah. >> To me. >> Whitney Houston made you want to surf. >> I Dude, I I My mom cried. >> My mom cried during that. She was glad that she was American because of that. >> No, because there's a black lady singing this American song. >> No, but her her when you think the Star Spangle, you you think of her version because of that show. >> I do 100%. >> Yeah. Like I think everyone >> she owns it. >> I think I did before until I heard the
5:02 Chris D. I was like, "Dude, this guy makes me want to be American." >> That's right. >> 42 Prince Colts won the Super Bowl, too. It was the greatest Super Bowl. >> That's a big one for you. I'll give that to you. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, agree to dis Who was the last one? Wasn't it like a wh which one was the ensemble night? Like >> 2000's rapping one. Remember that one where Eminem >> 50ent that was technically Dr. Dre's and then he brought on like Snoop Dog, Mary J Blige, Eminem, 50 Cent. >> That was like 2023 or something like that, right? >> Another good one was Bruno Mars. >> That was really >> It was really good. And he put a s███████ of his own money into that one. >> And he brought out Red Hot Chili Peppers. Pretty cool. >> All right. >> Does Bruno have a ████ ton of his own money though? Well, he did then, tell you that. No, but >> now MGM has it. >> For me, everyone's just soft now. Like, everyone on the right likes to say that everyone on the left is hella soft, but then you put a guy in the Super Bowl
5:53 doing a halftime show and then they're like, "Oh, I don't want to. We're going to do our own Super Bowl halftime show. We're going to get like ████ Lee Greenwood and he's going to do Proud to be an American." I'm like, >> that's just gay, dude. >> It's just gay, bud. >> Yeah, that was whack. I heard that. >> Like, it doesn't have to be wall to-wall American songs or nothing. Like, we don't have to do like all this stuff. like you got to do like you know seed from sea to shining sea and all this ████ like let people like enjoy the pop culture of the now. >> It's always been the top mainstream artist though. It's never been like >> yeah Bad Bunny is crushing it right now. >> Crushing it. But then there was a picture of him I guess you know the Yankees just lost um last night but he was Bad Bunny was there and he sat during the national anthem and then people were getting pissed about that too and it's just like just whatever Christ >> it was during that. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. during that. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, all these photos that are going around of him being seated while
6:44 people are standing during God Bless America and it's like this guy's unpatriotic. Uh he doesn't represent the American culture and this is like American football. It's like like literally football is like an American sport. So, the idea that you know a non-American but which is again like I said it's so weird when Puerto Rico is >> Yeah. I don't understand how American the NFL is then. Well, cuz I think with was it Kaepernick that that was doing the knee thing? Yeah. Yeah. And then like and then they had that commercial of like being a football player is like slavery and then like remember they had that like during So it's like to me it's already been um >> a thing >> a thing where it hasn't been like >> like do they want it to be like a rodeo where everyone's a cowboy and then like straight up >> not they some. No, no, but the ones they
7:35 as in the ones that are critiquing this whole thing and saying it's not American, right? So, I'm like, it's already been kind of like controversial. It's already been like a place where people protest. Like, it's not >> Yeah, it hasn't. I don't know. >> It's the same people who in the early 2000s, right, like Dick Cheny's wife was like on a crusade about Eminem and like rap lyrics and ████ like that. And it's like these same types of people are still out there. Like, >> they didn't get cooler. >> Yeah. >> You know what I mean? Not that I'm really cool. >> Censorship police. >> I suck too. So, >> and realistically too, like you can't deny the uh Latino American culture is like huge. They love football. This is going to be like a dope thing for them. There's going to be a bunch of people that are going to enjoy this regardless. Sure. Of like like Steve said, every Super Bowl halftime show has been scrutinized since the beginning of time.
8:27 >> Every Super Bowl party I've ever been to has had people b███████ about the halftime show. But I do think it's funny though that someone goes, "I'll never ever perform in America." Oh, wait. How much is that gig? All right, I'm down. >> Yeah. How many eyeballs on that gig? >> Right. Yeah. And and then I think I think from the NFL's point of view, too, it's like you're not just trying to only appease the fans, period. Like, you're also trying to draw in new people to the biggest event that you spent millions and millions of dollars on. >> By the way, the NFL has been hyperfocused on getting an international audience. Like I'm talking like there's NFL games like almost every other week now where they just played in Ireland, they're playing in the UK this weekend. Like they played Mexico City last year, right? Like >> So they're trying to grow beyond the US. >> Exactly. And and they they play in Europe every single year. They play the Jags in Europe almost every single year
9:17 because they're trying to make that like the team over there and kind of nobody cares. But but they get hell of people in the stadium. They fill stadiums over there. I mean, aside from the US and Polynesia, who watches American football? Does Canadians? >> Yeah. I mean, but but it's not just they're not it's not as um ubiquitous. Like there's not as many people watching. >> No, that's what I'm saying is like it's kind of like NBA like really crossed over to China. Like I think that's the biggest watched sport in China, the NBA worldide. >> Yeah. Then but but I think American football they haven't pushed beyond the boundaries of America yet in the same way. >> They they definitely not in the same way but they're working on that. That's exactly what Roger Goodell is trying to do is expand and grow the fan bases like more internationally. So >> which makes it a brilliant move to have somebody like Bad Boy. >> That's exactly what I'm saying. Like I
10:07 totally get it >> cuz like there's a ton of money. There's way more money in soccer. Like >> Yep. >> The soccer players they the have you seen how much they make? Like they're like they they're like the most paid athletes in the world because of how >> United is worth more than the Dallas Cowboys. >> It's Ronaldo's is now officially a billionaire. >> He's he's worth 1.4 billion after the the Saudi deal or whatever. >> Yeah. But their contracts are insane because of the the scale is like worldwide. >> Soccer is worldwide. >> Yeah. Just not >> Well, technically football. >> Football. >> Yeah. Football. >> Yeah. What would they if they're if they're already calling that football, what would they call American football? They call it American football. >> Oh, but that's too many words. >> No, brown ball. >> Brown ball >> cuz football is brown. >> Oh, >> they really call that. >> No, I just you're pitching. >> They should change it to brown ball.
10:57 >> It doesn't sound as good though. Football sounds good. >> Uh, spin ball. >> Spinball. >> That's crazy. >> Catch ball. >> You know what I You know what I can't believe about this though? Genuinely can't believe about this is that Taylor Swift is not doing the halftime show. I lost the bet with my fantasy football boys because we were all like who's gonna do the halftime show and I was like Taylor Swift easy money. >> They did try to get her. >> Did they? >> Yeah, they tried to get her but I think uh apparently Let me conf >> I don't know if she's hype enough though. >> No, she but she's >> but she's mad. >> No, no, she's huge but I'm saying like her style of music that cuz like usually uh halftime shows they hit hard. I can't see her music hitting hard. But think about like how she's sort of synonymous with the NFL now cuz she's with Kelsey, right? So I just thought it was like let's ████ go. Easy money. It's going to be like money in my hands. And then >> I thought they were going to break up
11:47 cuz they lost. >> Does seem like easy money. >> During an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon uh re like this week, Taylor Swift revealed that the reason she wouldn't headline the show, aside from there being no official offer for her to perform, is because she's too locked in on the game to focus on her own performance. I am >> her official explanation. >> I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field. That is violent chess. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. >> Apparently, she kind of knows ball. >> I just can't see her music banging like that. >> Like to get people to stand up out of their seats. >> Oh, bro. You haven't seen Taylor Swift concerts, my friend. >> Yeah, people would. >> People would. And I'm talking about like they'll fill like like a huge stadium like say Wembley or something. >> I know they'll fill seats, but I don't know the vibe. >> No, but check this out. They'll fill an entire stadium up >> and then across the street there's like
12:38 fields covered in people who are just listening to the sound bounce off the walls. >> She's probably the biggest. >> I get the that's what I'm getting. I I get the draw and I get how big she is. >> But to me, Bad Bunny is such a good fit because the football players themselves probably listen to them in the locker room, >> right? Kendrick Lamar in the locker room like things that hype them up like pregame music. Yeah. >> So, Bad Bunny, I think, fits the venue, >> but they're not allowed to watch the halftime show. >> Who? The players can't watch the halftime show >> cuz they're going to get distracted. >> They have to be in the locker room now. >> I mean, if you were playing I don't even think you'd want to watch the show. You >> There's been a lot of issues in the past cuz players have snuck a little peaky of >> like on their phone or something. >> No, no. They'll like walk out of the tunnel and like like watch the show. >> Why? Why? Why can't they watch it? I think it's about discipline and like making sure the team's like a cohesive
13:28 unit and also working on like what they want to adjust on halftime. >> If the coach is like running through play and the guys like >> what if they're what if they're up like 50 though? >> I think they should all get to go out there if 50. >> That's fair. >> Yeah. >> And then they lose after that cuz they're distracted. >> Oh ████ That could happen. I could have them.
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