DONKEY: Jesse Watters & Megyn Kelly Criticize Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club

Episode: DONKEY: Jesse Watters & Megyn Kelly Criticize Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Date: February 10, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Breakfast Club focuses on the backlash towards Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, particularly criticisms from conservative commentators Jesse Watters and Megyn Kelly. Charlamagne Tha God delivers his signature “Donkey of the Day,” calling out Watters, Kelly, and others who took issue with Bad Bunny performing in Spanish and featuring Latin culture during a major American televised event. The hosts unpack themes of American identity, double standards in cultural representation, and the deeper meaning of diversity in the United States.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. “Donkey of the Day” and Its Rationale (03:03–10:15)

• Targeted Criticism: Charlamagne assigns "Donkey of the Day" to Jesse Watters, Megyn Kelly, and “everyone highly upset over Bad Bunny’s performance at the Super Bowl.”

  • “There is nothing in life that doesn't receive criticism, okay? ... Three people gonna like it. Three people not gonna like it, and four people don't even know what the hell happened, okay? And that applies to everything in life, including the Super Bowl.” — Charlamagne Tha God (03:21)

• Positive Reception to Bad Bunny:

  • Charlamagne expresses his appreciation for the energy and message of Bad Bunny’s performance:
    “I loved it, okay? I don’t have to know the words to know the vibes, all right? Positive energy is contagious.” — Charlamagne Tha God (03:31)

• Republican Criticism: Reads tweets from Laura Loomer and former President Donald Trump lambasting the show for foreign flags and a focus on Latin heritage.

  • “President Trump said a Puerto Rican man. Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory. By the way, a Puerto Rican man, U.S. Citizen performing at the Super Bowl is a slap in the face to our country.” — Charlamagne Tha God (05:18)

  • Trump quote as shared:
    “The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible… Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children… There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a halftime show.” (Paraphrased/Read by Charlamagne, 04:35–05:26)

  • Charlamagne points out the flawed logic of considering Puerto Rico “foreign.”

2. Megyn Kelly & Jesse Watters Critique the Halftime Show (05:40–06:59)

• Audio is played of Watters and Kelly criticizing the show for being in Spanish and featuring “foreigners”:

  • “I like the Super Bowl not to be an international event. I like it when we kind of all come together as Americans. Especially when it feels like the NFL is just using it as a marketing ploy to recruit Latin American audience on the heels of Latin America invading this country. 20 million pouring in and that's what you see. You see all these foreigners speaking a foreign language with foreign flags marching into the camera like a caravan.” — Jesse Watters / Megyn Kelly audio (05:40)

  • Further comments escalate:
    “To get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America. This is supposed to be a unifying event for the country. Not for the Latinos, not for one small group, but for the country. ... The halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American. Not Spanish, not Muslim, not anything other than good old fashioned American apple pie. There should be a meatloaf, maybe some fried chicken and an English speaking performer. That's what the Super Bowl should be.” — Guest Commentator (06:16–06:59)

  • Envy and Charlamagne react with disbelief:
    “Jesus.” — DJ Envy (06:59)
    “Fried chicken. The black. Yeah, the black side was fried chicken.” — Charlamagne Tha God (07:00)

3. Addressing Hypocrisy and American Identity (07:00–10:15)

• Pointing Out Double Standards:

  • "[Before this year], there have been 13 non-American performers, okay? ... Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, YouTube, Shania Twain, Sting, Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Coldplay, Shakira, The Weeknd, Rihanna. I don't remember y'all complaining about any of them…” — Charlamagne Tha God (07:17)

• Debate over Language and Inclusion:

  • “So is it the language?... Is the issue that he wasn't performing in English? Because Puerto Rico is part of U.S. territory. Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens.” — Charlamagne Tha God (07:10)

• Comparison with More Pressing Issues:

  • Shifting focus to real national controversies, Charlamagne mentions the Epstein files:
    “The way y'all acting over Bad Bunny is how y'all should be acting over the Epstein list, okay?” — Charlamagne Tha God (08:12)
  • “That's what people should be upset about… how the government is playing in our face and protecting powerful men who are potentially pedophiles.” — Charlamagne Tha God (08:39)

• Celebrating Multiculturalism:

  • "And that is the beauty of America. Okay? America is the great American melting pot. A society where immigrants from diverse cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds blend together to form a single, harmonious and stronger unified culture. … That is what makes America truly great and always has.” — Charlamagne Tha God (09:18)

  • He closes with a challenge:

    • “If you stop learning, you start dying. You know who said that? Albert Einstein. So guess what, Jesse and Megyn, you might be dead on the inside. Please give Jesse Watters and Megyn Kelly the biggest Hee Haw. Jesus Christ.” — Charlamagne Tha God (09:50)

4. Hosts Stand in Solidarity (07:08)

• Envy and Jess Hilarious are directly referenced in terms of their backgrounds and families, underscoring the personal impact of anti-Latin and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
  • "Bread. You're Puerto Rican. I'm sorry that you got to go through this. Envy. You're Dominican. I'm sorry that you have to go through this. … Jess, your in-laws are Mexican. I'm sorry that y’all have to go through this, okay?” — Charlamagne Tha God (07:00)

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• Charlamagne on Criticism:
  “I tell y’all about the rule of 10 all the time... Three people gonna like it. Three people not gonna like it, and four people don't even know what the hell happened.” (03:20)

• On U.S. Identity:
  “Puerto Rico is a US Territory. By the way, a Puerto Rican man, US Citizen performing at the Super Bowl is a slap in the face to our country. Okay. As if that's not our country too.” (05:18)

• On Multicultural America:
  “America is the great American melting pot. ... That is what makes America truly great and always has.” (09:18)

• On Real Issues:
  “The way y'all acting over Bad Bunny is how y'all should be acting over the Epstein list, okay?” (08:12)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:03] — Donkey of the Day Intro: Targeting Watters, Kelly, and critics of Bad Bunny
• [05:40] — Audio of Jesse Watters/Megyn Kelly’s criticism
• [06:59] — Hosts’ immediate reactions to the roastworthy commentary
• [07:17] — Charlamagne debunks the “American performer” fallacy
• [08:12] — Real outrage should be about Epstein files, not a halftime show
• [09:18] — Celebration of multiculturalism and American diversity
• [09:50] — Closing “Hee Haw” callout

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Tone and Style

Throughout the segment, Charlamagne blends pointed critique, humor, and social commentary while DJ Envy and Jess Hilarious provide support and light interjection. The tone is direct, irreverent, and unapologetically supportive of cultural diversity, consistent with The Breakfast Club’s approach to hot-button issues.

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For Listeners

If you missed the episode, expect to hear incisive critique of ethnonationalist rhetoric, a spirited defense of Latin and immigrant culture in the U.S., and a reminder that American identity is inherently diverse. The hosts urge focus on what really matters in America—justice, inclusion, and addressing deeply rooted systemic issues over manufactured outrage at multicultural celebrations.

Transcript

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The Breakfast Club, bitches. All right, Charlene, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the Day? Yes. Donkey of the day for Tuesday, February 10, goes to Megan Kelly, Jesse Waters, and everyone who is highly, and I mean highly upset over Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl. We knew there was going to be criticism. There is nothing in life that doesn't receive criticism, okay? I tell y' all about the rule of 10 all the time. My guy, Cadillac Jack. Drop on a close bombs for Cadillac Jack. Cadillac and G spin. They put the Breakfast Club together. And Cadillac told me this years, years, years ago. Man, three people gonna lie. I mean, three people. Three people gonna like it. Three people not gonna like it, and four people don't even know what the hell happened, okay? And that applies to everything in life, including Super Bowl. Personally, I'm one of the people who liked it. I loved it, okay? I don't have to know the words to know the vibes, all right? Positive energy is contagious. And there was a lot of positive energy coming from that stage. And if you can find a way to be mad at a man for performing in front of hundreds of millions of people and saying the only thing more powerful than hate is love. If you can find a way to be mad at that, then I have to be the first to tell you that you probably missed a message. Okay? Yesterday, I saw Laura Looma tweet, the NFL should apologize to the American people for flooding the super bowl with foreign flags. Totally disgraceful. There's nothing American about this. President Donald Trump said, the super bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst ever. It makes no sense, is an affront to the greatness of America, and doesn't represent our standards of success, creativity, or excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying. And the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching throughout the USA and all over the world. This show is just a slap in the face to our country which is setting new standards and records every single day, including the best stock market and 401ks in history. There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a halftime show. And watch, it will get great reviews from the fake news media because they haven't got a clue of what is going on in the real world. And by the way, the NFL should immediately replace this ridiculous new kickoff rule. Make America great again. Latinos for Trump. How do y' all feel? I really would like to know. How do y' all feel? President Trump said a Puerto Rican man. Puerto Rico is a US Territory. By the way, a Puerto Rican man, US Citizen performing at the super bowl is a slap in the face to our country. Okay. As if that's not our country too. Okay. My God. But then you have Megyn Kelly and Jesse Walters mad that the whole show was done in Spanish. Let's listen.

[Megyn Kelly / Jesse Watters]

I like the super bowl not to be an international event. I like it when we kind of all come together as Americans. Especially when it feels like the NFL is just using it as a marketing ploy to recruit Latin American audience on the heels of Latin America invading this country. 20 million pouring in and that's what you see. You see all these foreigners speaking a foreign language with foreign flags marching into the camera like a caravan.

[DJ Envy]

Too soon.

[Megyn Kelly / Jesse Watters]

This was an open borders moment. Everybody knows it. That's what's going on here.

[Guest Commentator]

To get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America. This is supposed to be a unifying event for the country. Not for the Latinos, not for one small group, but for the country. We don't need a black national anthem. We don't need a Spanish speaking, non English performing performer. And we don't need an Ice or America hater featured as our primetime entertainment. And the halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American. Not Spanish, not Muslim, not anything other than good old fashioned American apple pie. There should be a meatloaf, maybe some fried chicken and an English speaking performer. That's what the super bowl should be.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fried chicken. The black. Yeah, the black side was fried chicken. Bread. You're Puerto Rican. I'm sorry that you got to go through this. Envy. You're Dominican. I'm sorry that you have to go through this.

[Charlene]

I'm black, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jess, your in laws are Mexican. I'm sorry that y' all have to go through this, okay? Meghan Kelly said that we should keep it quintessential American when it comes to the super bowl halftime performance. Jesse waters said he doesn't like when the super bowl is an international event. America. I don't know if y' all know or not, but before this year, there have been 13 non American performers, okay? So I'm trying to figure out is the issue that he wasn't performing in english because Puerto Rico is part of u. S. Territory. Residents of Puerto Rico are u. S. Citizens. So is it the language? Because you can't, you know, tell me that you want to keep it an international event. It should be quintessential American when 13 non American performers have already performed, okay? Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, YouTube, Shania Twain, Sting, Celine Dion, Paul mccartney, the Rolling Stones, the who, Coldplay, Shakira, the weeknd, Rihanna. I don't remember y' all complaining about any of them, okay? I wonder if Enrique Iglesia, Shakira would upset this administration, and if so, why? If they would have performed now, would they upset this administration, and if so, why? I think I know the answer, okay? And I have a question. What did brown do to you? Jesse Watters, Megyn Kelly? The way y' all acting over bad bunny is how y' all should be acting over the Epstein list, okay? Yesterday, lawmakers Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie was supposed to be reviewing some of the Epstein files under the epstein files transparency act, which Connor and Massey co author. And it requires federal agencies to. Federal agencies to provide unredacted records from the FBI and grand juries related to Epstein's criminal case. And guess what? They were still redacted, okay? In fact, Ro Conni and Thomas Matthew said the justice department redacted the names of at least six men who are likely incriminated by their inclusion in the Epstein files. Why aren't you outraged about that? Megyn Kelly and Jesse Walters. That's what people should be upset about, okay? They should be upset about how the government movement is playing in our face and protecting powerful men who are potentially pedophiles. Okay? Listen, you know, a bad bunny performance made me want to do learn Spanish, okay? Because I like the energy of his music, okay? And my kids, you know, learn Spanish in school. So I'm like, you know what? Let me keep up so they're not cursing me out behind my back, okay? And. And I want to know what the hell he is saying, okay? I'm not going to sit around and complain that it's not in English. I'm going to get on his level. And that is the beauty of America. Okay? America is the great American melting pot. A society where immigrants from diverse cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds blend together to form a single, harmonious and stronger unified culture. That is what makes America truly great and always has. Okay? America for a lot of people is one big teachable moment. And if you stop learning, you start dying. You know who said that? Albert Einstein. So guess what, Jesse and Megan, you might be dead on the inside. Please give Jesse Waters and Megyn Kelly the biggest. Hee Haw. Jesus Christ.

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