NFL legend Brett Favre would pick 'someone who loves this country' to perform Super Bowl halftime show

NFL fable Brett Favre named the philharmonic enactment helium would similar to spot execute the Super Bowl LV halftime amusement successful Santa Clara, California, adjacent twelvemonth alternatively of Bad Bunny.

The NFL’s enactment of Bad Bunny for the amusement drew backlash past period arsenic the Grammy Award-winning creator has been captious of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

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Brett Favre warms up earlier the crippled betwixt the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks astatine M. M. Roberts Stadium connected Sept. 8, 2018. (Chuck Cook/USA TODAY Sports)

Favre said during an occurrence of his "4th & Favre" podcast helium would prime idiosyncratic else.

"I’d prime idiosyncratic who … possibly Jason Aldean, or, you know, idiosyncratic who loves this state and that everyone could subordinate to," Favre said. "I deliberation Jason Aldean close present is arsenic large a patriot and has a large voice. But I similar George Strait – that’s aged school. There’s a batch of choices retired there.

"I retrieve erstwhile Whitney Houston sang the nationalist anthem and I was blown away. If you didn’t person tears successful your eyes watching and listening to that, something’s incorrect with you. I envision a nationalist anthem and a halftime show, they’re 2 antithetic things but, it truly grabs you."

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Then-former President Donald Trump seen with Jason Aldean successful the Fiserv Forum connected the past nighttime of the Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, connected Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Despite the backlash against Bad Bunny, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held steadfast that the Puerto Rico autochthonal would inactive beryllium successful the spotlight.

"It’s cautiously thought through," Goodell said of the decision-making process for the halftime amusement past month. "I’m not definite we’ve ever selected an creator wherever we didn’t person immoderate blowback oregon criticism. It’s beauteous hard to bash erstwhile you person virtually hundreds of millions of radical that are watching."

Bad Bunny performs connected the Coachella Stage astatine the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival astatine the Empire Polo Club successful Indio, California, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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"We're assured it's going to beryllium a large show," Goodell added. "He understands the level that he's on, and I deliberation it's going to beryllium breathtaking and a agreed moment."

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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