Logan Paul comes to Bad Bunny's defense after brother Jake calls him 'fake American citizen'

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA: Social media influencer and pro-wrestler Logan Paul publicly disagreed with his brother Jake over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 2026 halftime performance. 

The sibling squabble played out on social media on Sunday, February 8, after Jake blasted the National Football League's (NFL) choice of halftime act.

Jake Paul slams Bad Bunny online

Jake took a shot at six-time Grammy winner Bad Bunny as he headlined the halftime show.

The singer’s selection had already stirred controversy thanks to his Spanish-language catalog and anti-immigration enforcement remarks made less than a week earlier during his Grammy Awards acceptance speech.

Jake hopped on social media to voice his opinion during the game Patriots vs Seahawks game itself.

“Purposefully turning off the halftime show,” he wrote on X.

“Let’s rally together and show big corporations they can’t just do whatever they want without consequences (which equals viewership for them). You are their benefit. Realize you have power. Turn off this halftime."

Referring to Bad Bunny, a Purto Rican, Jake said, "A fake American citizen performing who publicly hates America. I cannot support that.”

He joined a long list of public figures slamming the performance. 

Logan Paul defends Bad Bunny after Super Bowl

Logan Paul, however, distanced himself from his brother’s take.

“I love my brother but I don’t agree with this,” he wrote in a quoted response to his Jake's post.

“Puerto Ricans are Americans & I’m happy they were given the opportunity to showcase the talent that comes from the island.”

The comment earned appreciation from fellow WWE star Damian Priest, himself a Puerto Rican who has personal ties to Bad Bunny.

“Very kind of you to say,” Priest, who has wrestled with Logan Paul, posted on X. “You have a platform that can actually mean something to many. Thank you.”

Meanwhile, mixed-martial artist Dillon Danis accused Jake of double standards

Logan Paul's shift in stance under spotlight

Logan’s pushback against his brother comes just a day after his blunt reaction towards Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl.

He appeared on the red carpet at the Fanatics Super Bowl Party and gave a rather sharp-toned response when a reporter asked if he was excited about the halftime show.

“No!” Logan Paul said when asked if he was “looking forward to the halftime show,” though Bad Bunny was not mentioned directly in the question.

Meanwhile, at the halftime show, Bad Bunny wrapped up the performance with a unifying message.

“God bless America,” he said before listing off countries across South and Central America and holding up a football that read, “Together we are America.”

The halftime show notably sidestepped the artist’s past messaging from the Grammys, where he had called for “ICE out” and urged audiences to fight hate “with love.” Throughout his performance, the Levi’s Stadium scoreboard displayed the message, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had already defended the league’s selection of Bad Bunny in the lead-up to the game. He maintained that the artist recognized the event’s purpose was “to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents.”