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Boxer Jake Paul explained his “fake citizen” stunt targeting singer Bad Bunny on Sunday ahead of the Grammy Award winner’s Super Bowl LX halftime show.
Paul wrote on social media that he wasn’t picking on Bad Bunny because he was from Puerto Rico, but rather because he was speaking out against things like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Bad Bunny performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
“To clarify: I was not calling anyone a ‘fake citizen’ because they are from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico and I love Puerto Rico. I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and always will,” he wrote. “But if you publicly criticize ICE for doing its job and openly hating America, I’m going to speak out about it. Period. It’s the same reason I called Hunter Hess.
“If you benefit from a country and the platform it gives you, but you publicly disrespect it at the same time, that’s what I mean by being a false citizen. And I recognize that love is more powerful than hate. Love America.”
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Jake Paul is shown during a weigh-in before his heavyweight boxing match against Anthony Joshua on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Paul wrote earlier today that he was boycotting the Super Bowl halftime show because of Bad Bunny’s stance against ICE, adding that he was a fake American citizen who performed and publicly hated America. »
The singer clearly came out against ICE when he received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year earlier this month.
Bad Bunny performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (AP Photo/Julio Cortés)
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“ICE out,” he said. “We are not savages, we are not animals, we are not aliens – we are humans and we are Americans.”
