Bad Bunny burning US flag hoax spreads before Super Bowl Halftime Show
Super Bowl LX halftime show performer and Grammy winner Bad Bunny appears to be the latest target of a right-wing hoax, as a widely circulating AI-generated image falsely depicts the Puerto Rican singer burning an American flag while wearing a pink, white, and blue dress.
The image appears to have originated from a Facebook post claiming, "Bad Bunny caught on stage last night preparing for his Super Bowl halftime show."
The post quickly falls apart under even minimal scrutiny. The image itself is riddled with obvious AI artifacts, including flames that don’t interact with the flag in any realistic way. More importantly, Bad Bunny is not currently touring. He has been on a brief break since Jan. 25 and isn’t scheduled to resume performances until Feb. 13.
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None of that has slowed the image’s spread. The fake photo continues to circulate on Facebook and X, where right-wing accounts have seized on it to attack the singer, largely over his outspoken criticism of ICE.
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