--- title: Republican Congressman Calls for Investigation Into Bad Bunny Halftime Show description: Rep. Andy Ogles accused the NFL and NBC of broadcasting a sexually explicit performance during the Super Bowl. canonical: https://time.com/7376165/ogles-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-sexual-lyrics-congress-investigation/ author: Chad de Guzman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-02-10T06:45:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:59.617Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Congressman Calls for Investigation Into Bad Bunny Halftime Show og:description: Rep. 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Andy Ogles accused the NFL and NBC of broadcasting a sexually explicit performance during the Super Bowl. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte041069fcd67017c/6998cee307a30dad3277de21/bad-bunny.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # GOP Lawmaker Calls for Probe Into NFL and NBC Over ‘Indecent’ Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: September 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. 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Andy Ogles accused the NFL and NBC of broadcasting a sexually explicit performance during the Super Bowl._  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Feb 10, 2026 6:45 AM UTC  Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Feb. 8, 2026. Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Feb. 8, 2026. Kindell Buchanan—PA Images/Getty Images  by [Chad de Guzman](https://time.com/author/chad-de-guzman/)  ## Chad de Guzman Reporter Feb 10, 2026 6:45 AM UTC Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was [divisive before it even started](https://time.com/7372704/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show/), with many conservatives criticizing the [Puerto Rican singer](https://time.com/7204771/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-interview-2025/)’s [political outspokenness](https://time.com/7368945/bad-bunny-super-bowl-2026-halftime-fashion/), including [condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement](https://time.com/7364632/grammys-2026-trump-ice-out-immigration/) last week at the Grammy Awards, where he took home the prize for album of the year. But while many fans [lauded the Latin hitmaker’s 13-minute set on Sunday](https://time.com/7373018/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-analysis/), despite [President Donald Trump calling it “absolutely terrible”](https://time.com/7373048/trump-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-criticism/) and “an affront to the Greatness of America,” one Republican critic is taking his offense to another level. Rep. Andy Ogles (R, Tenn.) [posted on X](https://x.com/RepOgles/status/2021002549491302715) on Monday evening a letter addressed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee in which he called for an immediate inquiry into the National Football League and broadcaster NBCUniversal over their “prior knowledge, review, and approval” of what he alleged to be “a performance dominated by sexually explicit lyrical themes and suggestive choreography.” In his post, Ogles called the halftime show “pure smut” and claimed that it featured “explicit displays of gay sexual acts, women gyrating provocatively, and Bad Bunny shamelessly grabbing his crotch while dry-humping the air” and that the singer’s mostly Spanish-language lyrics “openly glorified sodomy and countless other unspeakable depravities.” The Tennessee lawmaker, whom Trump [has previously called](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115487637340888017) a “Conservative Warrior,” argued in his letter to the House committee that songs in Bad Bunny’s set, including “Safaera” and “Yo Perreo Sola,” included references to sexual content that would be “readily apparent across any language barrier.” While Bad Bunny did [perform parts](https://youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?list=RDMMG6FuWd4wNd8&t=152) of his song “[Safaera](https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-bad-bunny-jowell-and-randy-and-nengo-flow-safaera-english-translation-lyrics),” which includes lines in Spanish such as “My d-ck is being chased and I want you to hide it” and “If your boyfriend doesn’t eat your ass / He better f-ck off,” he refrained from singing the more explicit parts of those lyrics during the halftime show.  Rep. Andy Ogles (R, Tenn.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura—Bloomberg/Getty Images Ogles argued that it was “highly implausible” that the NFL and NBC lacked advance knowledge of the set’s content. He requested that the House committee examine the extent of executives’ and producers’ knowledge of the songs’ nature and accompanying choreography, the internal review and translation processes, and whether safeguards—such as broadcast delay protocols and standards review procedures—were “properly applied” or “intentionally disregarded.” “These flagrant, indecent acts are illegal to be displayed on public airways,” Ogles declared. “American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence.” TIME reached out to the NFL and NBC for comment. In [a previous X post](https://x.com/RepOgles/status/2020870660755435692), Ogles said that Bad Bunny’s halftime performance was “conclusive proof that Puerto Rico should never be a state.” Another GOP congressman, Rep. Randy Fine (R, Fla.), [asserted on X](https://x.com/RepFine/status/2020925409043313023?s=20) earlier Monday that the halftime show was “illegal,” attaching screenshots of the translated lyrics of “Safaera” (many lines of which Bad Bunny did not actually perform). Fine said he would send Federal Communications Commission chairperson and Trump ally Brendan Carr—who last year pressured ABC to [suspend late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel](https://time.com/7318177/jimmy-kimmel-live-preempt-indefinitely-abc-nexstar-fcc-kirk-trump/)—a letter to call for “dramatic action,” including potentially fines and broadcast license reviews, against the NFL, NBC, and Bad Bunny. Anticipating the controversy over Bad Bunny’s performance, conservative activist group Turning Point USA [staged](https://tpusa.com/live/tpusa-s-all-american-halftime-show-set-to-air-sunday-february-8-lineup-and-streaming-details-announced/) counterprogramming advertised as a celebration of “faith, family, and freedom” to cater to the MAGA crowd. The group’s “All-American Halftime Show” was headlined by Trump-supporting musician Kid Rock—known for songs such as “[Cool, Daddy Cool](https://genius.com/Kid-rock-cool-daddy-cool-lyrics),” which features the lines “Young ladies, young ladies / I like ’em underage, see / Some say that’s statutory / But I say it’s mandatory,” which he didn’t perform during the Turning Point USA halftime show, as well as “[Bawitdaba](https://genius.com/Kid-rock-bawitdaba-lyrics),” which he did perform, including a verse that shouts out “topless dancers” and “hookers” in Hollywood. ## Transcript Yo siempre todo el mundo se sienta bien y todo el mundo se sienta aceptado y todo el mundo se sienta feliz libre. ASI es Como me siento yo en la tarima Y si me siento yo cuando estoy haciendo musica. Entonces ha sido también se sienten mi fanatico la gente qué me escucha la gente disfruta de mi musica es Como yo. Yo voy a hablar por esto. Y voy a lucha por esto Y voy a no es una accion. Qué se hace de me de querer cell. Este con la gente de Choiseul. Ayudar a alguien darle la mano a alguien simplemente aportar todo el mundo se sienta mejor en un mundo mejor. Si yo no sé si fuera famoso y tuviera todavia trabajando en el supermercado seria igual. Siempre puede haber a alguien Q yo puedo defender o q puedo ayudar o q o q puedo mejorar su dia lo voy a hacer. No lo tengo Como esto esta tan natural en mi no es Como lo tengo Como esta. Ahi esta en la nivel de todos Los dias. Es Como me hace porque soy de ahi y asi somos también Puerto Rico. Tuve q q y. O por lo menos hacer el ejemplo Q ve también de mi familia y mi papa siempre ayudar a alguien siempre estaba ayudando a alguien de la comunidad. 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