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00:00If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.
00:09Bad Bunny had a lot to say during his Saturday Night Live opening monologue,
00:13but if you don't speak Spanish, you were probably left in the dark.
00:16The Puerto Rican singer used his precious time on SNL's season opener
00:19to respond to backlash surrounding the NFL's decision to book him for this year's Super Bowl halftime show.
00:26After joking that everyone was happy he was slated as the halftime performer,
00:29the 31-year-old singer took 30 seconds to call out his critics in his native tongue.
00:35The artist told the SNL crowd that he knew his fans were excited for his Super Bowl performance,
00:39then switched to Spanish, saying,
00:42especially all the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors.
00:48It's more than a win for myself, it's a win for all of us.
00:52Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.
00:58The NFL has been criticized by pundits and politicians for choosing Bad Bunny,
01:02whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez-Ocasio, as the halftime show performer,
01:08after the three-time Grammy winner refused to bring his tour to the U.S., except for Puerto Rico,
01:13because he feared federal agents would be outside his concerts.
01:17During a press conference last week, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt
01:21was coy about how President Trump felt about the NFL's decision.
01:24I know there are many in this room who are very anxious to hear the president's response to Bad Bunny being the halftime show,
01:30so I won't get ahead of him.
01:32I won't reveal what he feels about this.
01:34As far as I speak at the Super Bowl, as far as I'm aware,
01:37there's no tangible plan for that in store right now.
01:40In an interview with conservative influencer Benny Johnson,
01:43Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski added some clarity.
01:46Benny, there is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally,
01:51not the Super Bowl and nowhere else.
01:53We will find you, we will apprehend you, we will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you.
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