After a fanfare-filled 50th season celebrating the past, "Saturday Night Live" looks to the future with a cast that includes five new featured players. As for the high-wattage early hosts, none other than Bad Bunny kicked things off on Saturday.
He quipped about criticism of his selection as the headliner of the Super Bowl halftime show,
"I'm very happy. I'm very happy. And I think everyone is very happy
about it," he said, before showing a clips of Fox News hosts' reactions
spliced together to make their reaction sound positive.
He
addressed the crowd in Spanish, too, and ended the section, "If you
didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn," Bad
Bunny said.
The music superstar is having what can only be described as an enormous week: he's coming off a historic residency in Puerto Rico, and on Sunday was been announced as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner.
His
moment in the spotlight hasn't come without some political discourse.
The Puerto Rican artist has said one of the reasons his residency
bypassed the continental U.S. was a concern that U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement officials could target immigrants for deportation
outside his shows.
- Some conservatives supportive of President Donald
Trump's immigration crackdown have criticized the halftime show pick as a
result.
Asked Friday by a podcaster whether ICE officials would
be conducting enforcement at the Super Bowl, Homeland Security Secretary
Kristi Noem said they would, because DHS "is responsible for keeping it
safe." She didn't specify whether the officials would be conducting
immigration enforcement or other law enforcement duties that are typical
at the event.
The show picked up 12 Emmys last month for its 50th season and anniversary programming, including an award for outstanding variety special.
"I
won this award for the first time 50 years ago, in 1975," Michaels
said, accepting the Emmy, adding that he didn't dream of doing the same
show for the next 50 years.
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