32.) Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Reactions & Everything You Missed (2/9/26)

Summary

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The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show

Episode 32: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Reactions & Everything You Missed

Date: February 9, 2026
Hosts: Ebro, Laura Styles, Rosenberg

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Overview

This lively “don’t call it a podcast” episode takes a deep dive into the Super Bowl weekend, centering on Bad Bunny’s much-anticipated halftime performance. The trio brings warmth, personal anecdotes, and incisive cultural commentary, touching on everything from behind-the-scenes access, Easter eggs in the performance, internet drama, and the pride and challenges of representation. Expect discussion on the intersection of music, sport, American identity, and community—all laced with humor and unfiltered opinions.

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Main Themes

• Celebration and Cultural Significance of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
• The intersection of politics, music, and sports at America’s biggest entertainment event
• Internet and celebrity reactions—positive, negative, and petty
• Behind-the-scenes stories, community representation, and personal reflections
• Highlighting immigrant and Latinx storytelling and pride
• The importance (and challenges) of unity, inclusivity, and artistic message amid divisive public discourse

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Vibe Check: Super Bowl Aftermath & Kickoff (00:00–04:00)

• Ebro opens by contrasting the post-Super Bowl mood: “You got the people angry and the people feeling emo and happy and overjoyed. I think we should focus on the people feeling emo happy, happy and overjoyed, not the negative, racist white supremacist trying to insert themselves in the convo.” (00:16)
• Laura enjoyed a chill family night, focusing on the halftime show: “We just ate some food, watched it… loved every single moment of it.” (01:35)
• Discussion of massive city watch parties—“Benito Bowl”—and how for many, the game took a back seat to the cultural festivities.

2. The Game Versus the Main Event (Halftime) (04:00–06:15)

• Rosenberg jokes: “No one cared about that game. No one give a damn about that game.” (02:05)
• Ebro admits to enjoying the defensive football game, but it’s clear the hosts—and much of the audience—were focused on the performance.
• Name-drop moments: Ebro shares that while working at Apple’s event suite, he occasionally snagged celebrity seats vacated by Justin Bieber or Dave Grohl. (03:48–04:14)

3. Bad Bunny Halftime Show: Masterclass in Pride & Representation (05:13–06:54; 09:06–10:19)

• Rosenberg: “Benito’s celebration of Puerto Rican and Latin culture was the clapback. That was the move… show you the beauty of this music, this culture, these people, this island and this, honestly, this whole continent.” (05:47)
• Ebro highlights the full show’s diversity: “How diverse and inclusive and American, really, representing all walks of life. Can you be… It was dope.” (08:52)
• Laura congratulates Ebro on being chosen for Bad Bunny’s pre-game interview: “We were so proud of you.” (06:39)

4. Detailing the Halftime Show’s Symbolism and Easter Eggs (20:32–26:15; 33:00–35:00)

• The performance opens in a sugar cane field: “Those fields really represented all our ancestry as well as immigrants today.” (20:46)
• Bad Bunny honored real-life community locations:
  • Taco stand from LA
  • Tonitas in Williamsburg, a Brooklyn social club and community space (21:22–22:16)
  • Local braid shop; nods to his mother (jersey number 64) (33:00)
• Emotional resonance with diverse viewers in attendance: “People…culturally have no connection to this…were crying. No boo hoo crying.” (23:06)
• The power line workers: highlighting Puerto Rico’s recurring blackouts and government failures (23:28).

5. Cameos and Collaborative Choices: Gaga, Cardi B, Ricky Martin (16:30–18:32; 22:53–28:28)

• Lady Gaga’s role discussed; Gaga appeared a bit nervous but delivered: “She was overjoyed to be invited into this cultural moment.” (16:30–17:11)
• Debate on guest choices (e.g., should it have been Marc Anthony?):
  • “He chose Lady Gaga… show the naysayers–she’s down with us” – Ebro (17:58)
  • Inviting English-speaking artists: “Using someone who’s an English-speaking performer is extending an olive branch to maybe people to…find their way into it.” – Rosenberg (19:06)
• Cardi B’s appearance, Ricky Martin’s performance with historical ties to anti-corruption protests in Puerto Rico (26:28)

6. Internet Reactions, Trolls & Media Drama (10:42–15:19; 35:34–38:29; 51:11–53:14)

• The hosts mock right-wing alternative events and bogus viewership numbers: “5 million views were botted live because you can literally see the chat wasn’t even moving.” (15:13)
• Laura recounts her CNN spot and the chaos of live TV with her daughter crashing in (12:34–14:00):
  • “That’s a meme, by the way. We’re going to cut it.” - Ebro (13:50)
• Internet negativity and “Congratulations, You Played Yourself” for Jake Paul, Chris Brown, and others who attempted to insert themselves into the discourse or shade Bad Bunny (52:11).

7. Super Bowl Performances & Politico-Cultural Statements (07:06–08:52; 39:11–41:02)

• Ebro: “And one of the first performances you see is Green Day…basically saying, singing American Idiot, which is just straight…talking that. Ish. That we love.” (07:06)
• Hosts play clips of Green Day’s Billy Armstrong calling out ICE, Stephen Miller, and Trump at Super Bowl parties (39:11).
• Praise for how the show's diversity reflects “the most American thing you can have” (08:52).

8. Unity vs. Manufactured Division / Political Chatter (37:19–38:29; 46:04–48:44)

• Ebro and Rosenberg critique populist tactics: “He creates problems where there isn’t a problem because he can benefit…positioning himself as the problem solver.” (37:19)
• “This whole thing of dividing us and figuring out ways to be divisive is a psyop. Dismantling and destabilizing our society…creating a narrative that we’re at each other and we’re disagreeing when…we’re more alike than we are different. But the more we're together…the less they can make their money.” – Ebro (47:23)
• Discussion: Right wing has little creative/cultural capital; best artists stand on “right side of history.” (46:24)

9. Weather, Urban Gripe & New York Life (28:06–32:42)

• Long tangent on the relentless winter cold, difficulties with alternate side parking, uncollected trash and dirty streets.
• Compounded city complaints—defensive but affectionate about NYC hardships.

10. Advice Segment & Life Honesty (61:04–65:53)

• Reading a listener letter: A teacher contemplates switching careers despite good salary, debt, and uncertainty.
• Advice: Don’t leave a steady job without another in place. “Never get up from the table, never give up your seat until you got another one.” (65:53)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Benito’s celebration of Puerto Rican and Latin culture was the clapback.” — Rosenberg (05:47)
• “How more positive could that be, where you have freedom of speech, freedom of expression in all walks of life taking place at one event?” — Ebro (09:26)
• “We were so proud of you… Everyone at CNN… are fans of the show.” — Laura to Ebro (13:10)
• “The performance opens up in a sugar cane field. Everybody’s clear on why that’s important, right?” — Ebro (20:32)
• “The NFL booked Green Day and Bad Bunny.” — Ebro breaking down corporate dynamics and progress (44:20)
• “Generally speaking, right wing people are not creative or talented. The pool of who to get is basically non-existent.” — Rosenberg’s riff on culture wars (46:24)
• “Everything is people coming together. The food we love…hip hop was multitude of people” — Ebro, on the power of collaboration (48:11)
• “People…were boohoo crying, bro.” — Ebro, on the emotional resonance of Bad Bunny's performance (23:06)
• “[Chris Brown] could have just sat there, ate your wings, and zip it.” — Laura, on unnecessary shade (53:14)
• “If you have to take out a loan [for a wedding], congratulations, you played yourself.” — Ebro (62:31)
• “We ain’t spending rooftop, where, what? Catering, who? Huh?” — Ebro, on wedding costs (64:53)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening Vibe Check: 00:00–04:00
• Name-drops and inside Super Bowl access: 03:48–04:21
• Halftime as Cultural Showdown: 05:13–06:54
• Bad Bunny’s Celebration, Symbolism, Inclusion: 09:06–10:19; 20:32–30:00
• Emotional Reactions to Halftime: 23:06–23:28
• Easter Eggs & Deep Dives on Performance: 33:00–35:00
• Lady Gaga, Guest Messaging: 16:30–18:32
• Internet & Media Drama / Right-wing Alt-Event: 10:42–15:19; 35:34–38:29
• Green Day’s Political Statement: 39:11–41:02
• Listener Advice Segment: 61:04–66:10
• Laura’s CNN Story/Family Meme Moment: 12:34–14:00
• Chris Brown’s Halftime Comments: 51:11–53:14

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Tone & Language

Warm, teasing, irreverent, occasionally combative but always rooted in real affection. The show balances hard-hitting cultural takes with laughter, pop culture references, and “inside-the-family” banter.

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Final Thoughts

The episode intricately weaves together the personal, cultural, and political threads of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl moment. The hosts offer not just recap but insight—decoding why the performance mattered, how it landed emotionally, and why representation on this stage means so much. In the background, there’s a persistent pitch for engagement (subscribe! like! join Patreon!) and a sense of building something new and communal together.

For anyone who missed the Super Bowl or the surrounding discourse, this rundown offers not just a play-by-play but the heart, spirit, and debate that made the moment singular.

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Transcript

[A]

Just don't call it a podcast. Hey, Ebro. Laura Rosenberg. Good morning, everybody.

[B]

Good morning.

[A]

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack. Cracking off on a Monday post Super Bowl Monday. It should be very festive today. You got the people angry and the people feeling emo and happy and overjoyed. I think we should focus on the people feeling emo happy, happy and overjoyed, not the negative, racist white supremacist trying to insert themselves in the convo. It dawned on me over the weekend, too, how much people just want to insert themselves and not be a part of a joyous celebration. They just want to be negative.

[B]

Right.

[A]

It's pretty remarkable, actually, if you think about it. And we're going to get some congratulations. You played yourself like Jake Paul playing himself again. Even his brother was like, yo, bro, shut up.

[B]

Right?

[A]

You sound ridiculous. You live in Puerto Rico.

[C]

And the funniest part was I saw, I did see a lot of people, I think, wishfully being like, I think this is, I think this is a setup for Logan Paul versus Bad Bunny. Well, when Logan Paul jumped in and goes, hey, I love my brother, but, yeah, that's not how I feel. I'm going to go ahead and say that wasn't a setup for wrestling match. If so, that was a terrible way to start things off.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I didn't even think about the wrestling angle. Not at all. But it was a very festive weekend. Let's start with you, Laura Styles. How'd you enjoy it?

[B]

Oh, I loved it. I mean, I, I, I had a chill evening with just me, my partner Ricardo and Kenza. We just ate some food, watched it just. And loved every single moment of it. We had a good time. He was watching the game. I just tapped in for the show.

[A]

Of course, like you and so many other hundreds of millions of people.

[B]

Yes. There were so many festivities going around in the city, though.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

A lot of watch parties, Right?

[B]

Huge watch parties. Yeah.

[C]

Oh, for Benito Bowl.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

No one cared about that game. No one give a damn about that game.

[A]

Listen, they didn't care about the game. I actually enjoyed why I like defensive games. So hit me with the button because I definitely enjoyed the football game.

[C]

Also, talk about an opinion I don't care about.

[A]

Congratulations. Exactly.

[C]

Don't watch football. Like, so they did.

[A]

Well, look, look, settle down.

[C]

It was a bad game.

[A]

Settle down, buddy. I've been closer to football, actual football in my life than you have, so I don't know why, personally, whether I watch it, whether I watch it all the time.

[C]

You want to start?

[A]

Well, I mean, you hit me with the. You hit me with the opinion. I don't care about. I like. I don't know what good football is.

[C]

I'm just saying the person who jumps in and goes, I enjoyed the game. It was the first game you watched this season.

[A]

Well, that's true. Maybe that's why. Maybe that's why. Maybe that's why I enjoyed it because I hadn't watched any games.

[C]

Yeah, you were like, I like.

[A]

Wow. I like this sport.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. Ebro was like, you know, being in person at the most exciting game of the year with getting to see it from a.

[A]

You know what's crazy?

[C]

That's great.

[A]

Well, you know what's crazy? I end up watching on TV anyway. It's not like I had a seat in that celeb fest.

[B]

Right, right, right. I can imagine.

[A]

I was standing in the back. I didn't get to sit down in the front.

[C]

So that's how it works. So some people have tickets where they can go sit, and then some people just have suite access and you can wander.

[A]

No, no, no. Everybody had tickets. I'm there. Just working. Me and Zayn just hanging out.

[C]

Got it.

[A]

I work for Apple. Everybody else got to come hang out.

[C]

Everyone else was invited. And everything has a ticket, a number on it.

[A]

Yeah, well, I have a ticket in a number two, but not. I don't have a seat.

[C]

Got it, Got it. So you. You have a. Congratulations.

[A]

You played yourself.

[C]

If you want to go sit down, that's what you get. Slapped.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, lucky. Luckily for me, Justin Bieber was, you know, playing. Playing the wal. What other name drops can I use right now? And his wife. So they gave up their seats a few times where I got to go sit down. They weren't really. And Dave Grohl wasn't using his seat, so I came and sat down a little bit.

[B]

Oh, wow. Nice.

[A]

You're really. Yo, that Dave Gro. That Dave Gro is a really nice guy, by the way.

[B]

He's like, hey, April, you tired? Come here.

[A]

Yeah. Nah. He was hanging out with his wife and having beers in the back. So I was like, oh, you're not using this seat. I can sit down for a second.

[C]

They. When they showed him on camera. When they showed him on camera, he was very funny. Immediately played to camera, started. Started pounding beer. But. But real quick, back to the game, because I. I do want to hear more about your name drops, though. Yeah. You may have enjoyed it. That was everything. I knew it was effing boring from beginning to end. Like, yes, but also bad offensive play. And yeah, yeah, call me. Call me a. Call me a casual. I don't enjoy a defensive battle like that. Now if they've been just sacking and intercepting and like we've been. It just felt like this is exactly why I don't like the Super Bowl. We talked about this last week. Super off kilter, weird pace. Doesn't feel like anything. You're like waiting for it to start. And then Ebro finally gets going and Drake May throws the most ridiculous interception to end the game.

[A]

Crazy. Crazy.

[C]

It was just. But the Benito was. I thought it did not disappoint at all. I just enjoyed it a lot. I mean, I totally understand why you'd be teared up watching it. And I think for a lot of people, they went into it maybe expecting controversy or him saying something that was outwardly divisive, of course. And what they got was. And I mean, even people who love him were thinking maybe he would take a big shot.

[A]

They didn't wanted him, that wanted him to clap back in some way or something like that.

[C]

When really what he was doing. Benito's cel. Benito's celebration of Puerto Rican and Latin culture was the clapback. That's right. That was the move. Like, I'm going to show you the beauty of this music, this culture, these people, this island and this, honestly, this whole continent. And that is gonna be the clapback. And I thought it was masterful.

[B]

Wait, but I wanna go back Ebro, because Ebro, how exciting it is. You were like the first one. When I saw you walk out at the press conference, you know how exciting that is? Everyone's texting me. I was like, I'm not there, but I'm just as excited.

[C]

Nah, it's cool, man.

[B]

It's such an amazing moment to be able to sit down with Bad Bunny, you and Zayn and just have the first major interview. I just was. We were so proud of you.

[A]

It's so cool.

[B]

It was just so cool. And for the fots that are. That are in the chat, I'm sure it makes everybody feel like, yo, one of our guys is there. You know what I mean? So I just want to make sure I let you know that how proud we are.

[A]

Oh, thank you for that, Laura. That means a lot. That means a lot. No, it's very cool and it's very cool.

[C]

And for people who didn't realize it was every year that he does that, literally does that every year. I know you played yourself, but it was Bad Bunny.

[B]

We're proud Again.

[A]

Yeah, we're proud again.

[C]

But it also. Last year was big, too. Let's not. L. That was a big.

[A]

But I think. I think the climate. One of the conversations that people were having a lot. I mean, and when I say people, literally everyone, even from the press conference, but specifically at the game was. The game was the most American thing you could think of. Right? Because you have the climate outside the game, which is people are pissed. People are pissed. People are pissed off. They're pissed off with the government. And so one of the first performances you see is Green Day. And it's like, yo, we're at. We're at. I mean, this is. This is as big as it gets. And you have a band up there basically saying, you know, call, you know, singing American Idiot, which is just straight, you know, straight talking. That. Ish. That we love. Right.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Then you get into Coco Jones singing Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Brandi Carlisle, who, you know, who, you know, is. Is. Is just an amazing human being. And then Charlie Puth, who did the most soulful, probably, rendition outside of, like, Whitney Houston's version of America, of the Star Spangled Banner I've seen in a long time with the choir in the background playing the key shout to Charlie. Poof. He really did his thing. And then the halftime is Bad Bunny, which is in Spanish. How diverse and inclusive and American, really, representing all walks of life. Can you be, you know, at a sport, at one of the biggest events in, you know, in the United. In the world for entertainment and sports? The only thing bigger than the super bowl is the World cup, and they're not known for their halftime.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

It's like the most American thing you can have, so. And it was dope. It was dope. So you had, like, all aspects of everything. You know, it. It was really good. The walk in was great. A lot of Seattle fans. It was like a home game for the Seahawks.

[C]

Yeah. It felt very Seattle from a distance.

[A]

Yeah. So it was. I mean, it was all good. I mean. And that's why, like, I started the show talking about, which I want to focus on the fact that this was amazing and uplifting and. And beautiful, or everybody trying to insert themselves and create, you know, a negative moment out of a immensely positive moment. How. How more positive could that be where you have freedom of speech, freedom of expression in all walks of life taking place at one event.

[C]

It doesn't get better than that also.

[B]

But it was beautifully done.

[C]

Celebration of culture. Hey, man. Celebration of the United States.

[B]

Celebration, everything.

[C]

It was all in there. So, yeah, it's funny. I was like, zapped of my need to even fight with these people. I mean, yes, except for when I saw, you know, Jake Paul's ridiculous tweet that did send me a bit, but for the most part, you know, I saw what was happening on the T pusa. I don't know where you find it, but I saw it on the Internet and I saw, you know, Kid Rock lip syncing. I saw the disaster that those no names performing looked like. And I'm like, why would I want to focus on this?

[A]

So, by the way, I saw a number that said 5 million people tuned into that. Hit the button. Who are you? Five million people. Congratulations, Tiffany. Play.

[B]

I just saw them having technical difficulties or licensing difficulties, so they couldn't go on Twitter. I think they were supposed to, like, stream through Twitter also. Or X. That didn't happen.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Whatever. Who cares, man?

[A]

I mean, listen, I would love to hear in the chat right now, anybody in there how you guys felt. One day we're going to have a phone number. You guys know that, right? One day, EO Laura Rosenberg will have a phone number where you guys will be able to call. It's. It's. It's a Studio 1.1.

[C]

Wait, it would be. It would be.

[A]

Well, were we all the way to 2.0?

[C]

Well, the. We. No, we're currently still in one 1.0. It's still really still 1.0.

[B]

It's coming.

[A]

It's a good 1.0, but we got plans.

[C]

We got plans, though.

[A]

Griff says we're still in 1.0.

[B]

Yes, yes, yes, yes. The anticipation for the whole thing was so dope. Oh, by the way, I was able to get a quick little plug in. I was on CNN on Friday. Plugging. Yeah, Super Bowl.

[A]

Yo. Do we have the clip? Let's run the clip. I thought we had the clip ready of Laura on cnn.

[B]

Yeah, it's a little long, but I.

[A]

Didn'T know that I'd be matching Bad bunny, but here we are. Laura Stiles, co host of the Ebro. Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it.

[C]

Stop the clip.

[A]

Laura, what's happening? What is you doing, bro?

[C]

Do you really not know? Are you asking?

[B]

No, I don't think he knows.

[A]

No, I saw her text, but I want her to explain the audience.

[B]

Okay. Okay. So I had, you know, I did this broadcast from home. So I had told, you know, my. My wonderful, like, the person who helps me with Kenza, right? I like my nanny. I was like, please don't come home till after 5:30.

[A]

Rewind it. Rewind it for the time. I gotta see this.

[B]

And she's like, yeah, sure, don't worry.

[A]

I didn't know that I'd be matching Bad Bunny, but here we are. Watch Laura. Watch Laura. Watch Laura. And Rosenberg show joins us now for a crash course in Bad Bunny 101. Laura, thank you so much for being here. Let's just get straight to it. The super bowl will be the first time that some people see Bad Bunny perform. If you had to describe who Bad Bunny is as an artist, it just goes ten words or less. What would you say?

[B]

Oh, God, there's so many words that come to mind. He is electric. He is welcoming.

[C]

She got it together. Yeah.

[B]

Culture. And we will. We're gonna definitely experience a beautiful representation. He's gonna take us to Puerto Rico. I'm sorry, Brett. I can go on and on and on.

[C]

I know what everyone's thinking right now.

[A]

This is undoubtedly the.

[C]

I know what everyone's thinking. Why is Laura's background better when she's on CNN than when she's on this program? That one's got art.

[A]

The whole situation.

[B]

Anyway, it was a good look.

[A]

Laura, great job. Congrats on that.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

And thanks for representing the show.

[B]

Yes, yes, yes. And everyone at cnn and Brad and Don, they're all awesome. They're fans of the show, and they're just great people. But Ebro. So I told her specifically, don't come home till after 5:30. As soon as they're like three, we're going live. Laura. In three, two, one. I see the door open.

[C]

Come on. You were so tight. You were so tight.

[B]

I was so. And then Kenza runs over to me and she's pulling my hand, like, you know, and I'm just like, I'm doing the getaway. Get away. And then at one point, they walk away, and then Kenza comes back and it's like pulling on my hand. That's why you see me going like this. I was like, please, I don't want to be a meme.

[A]

No. It's so good. No, that's a meme, by the way. We're going to cut it.

[C]

Yeah, we're still making it a meme. But Ebro, you realize that we were. We were two seconds away from the show really being on fire.

[A]

We were that close with Kenza coming on camera and, like, interrupting the whole thing.

[C]

If she goes fully on and destroys the whole thing. Bad moment for Laura. Great moment for the show. We would have been out of here, bro.

[A]

Phenomenal. And especially if Kenza would have jumped up there and said, f these kill kids.

[C]

Yeah, drop one of her. One of her catchphrases on.

[A]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

But it was great out of here.

[B]

It was great. It was great.

[A]

So, look, we need everybody to subscribe to the Patreon, if you have it in your. In your bank account, to. To support the program, so that we could pay the amazing people working behind the scenes and even pay Laura Styles Rosenberg and I won't get paid for some time, but we're still, you know, we're still working on it as. As the numbers get up, maybe, maybe Rosenberg might start stop showing up one day. If he does, it's because we. We haven't been able to pay him.

[C]

Well, it's been two years. Hey, I don't know when I signed up for this. We have some super chat people.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Oh, yes.

[C]

Let's see. Triple L. Deontel. Hi. He says streamers found that the 5 million views were botted live because you can literally see the chat wasn't even moving.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

So he's saying it was completely fake, and people knew that.

[A]

And you're talking about T? Pusa.

[C]

Yeah, that the T? Pusa wasn't even. The T? Pusa was not even a thing at all. Doesn't surprise me.

[A]

Now, what was real was the wedding at the Bad Bunny.

[C]

That was real.

[A]

That was real. And that couple had asked Bad Bunny to come to their wedding. I don't know the particulars of how they asked him or if they know him or how it got to him, but nonetheless, he spun it around and was like, yo, no, pull up, and you're going to be a part of the halftime.

[B]

That's amazing. Imagine it's like, hey, babe, you want to get married at the super bowl halftime show with Benito?

[C]

So nut. And I could tell. I could tell early on. I'm like, I bet this is the real deal. I bet these people are getting married. It just. And you. And then you go back and watch it, and he has the storyline. He goes, he gets the ring, he gives it the guy, the guy proposes. Then they. It was so dope.

[A]

Yo, can I tell y' all something? So I, I. I get to. Every year when we do this, we get to see a rehearsal show on Thursday.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Which obviously, I don't really talk about because it's confidential. And, you know, I don't want to get up here and be yapping, so. I knew Lady Gaga was Going to be there.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And I saw her perform at the rehearsal. I gotta say, I could tell that Lady Gaga was a little bit nervous when it was live yesterday. I, I, cuz I saw, I, I saw the difference in her. It just in her energy a little bit. And I was like, yo, Lady Gaga's a little bit nervous in this scenario. Like, this is very, like, new for her and she's doing something that, you know, she's, she's, she's a guest here. You know what I'm saying? Like, yo. And you could see it. But, but I mean, look, she nailed it. She's Gaga. It was phenomenal. But you could just, Even when she was in rehearsal, you could tell she was overjoyed to be invited into this cultural moment.

[B]

I love that. I know people had mixed feelings about her, but I, I didn't. I thought it was fantastic. I think the messaging is on point. You know, she's a huge advocate for the LGBTQ community. She's always on the right side of history.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I, I love her.

[C]

What was, what was people's downside on it? Like, should have just done himself or.

[A]

No, they wish it was Marc Anthony. They wish it was.

[B]

They wish it was. You know, he would have highlighted a Latina. You know what I mean? Like, everyone's always going to have an issue with something, but to me, it didn't bother me.

[A]

Why do we, I mean, we're speculating and I don't know and didn't ask, but why do we think he chose Lady Gaga in this moment?

[C]

I think it's because of what Laura just said, what she represents.

[B]

That's the only thing that, to me.

[C]

He just loves her and is a huge fan. I don't know.

[A]

Yeah, I think a part of it too, was to show the naysayers she's down with us.

[C]

Yeah, maybe.

[A]

Yeah, People. People who may be like her and were maybe unfamiliar with him or not quite sure if they were welcome in. Gaga makes people who, you know, like her and maybe feel like they can relate to her. Like, oh, okay. No, this is welcoming. This is an invitation for us all to be a part of this. So I felt like that was a powerful, powerful thing.

[C]

But, I mean, I thought. Had that same thought. But at the same time, if you're someone who's over there and you thought that Lady Gaga was down with you, congratulations.

[A]

Well, now, I guess that's what I'm saying.

[B]

She's so open about who she is.

[A]

Well, I guess I'm not talking about politics. I'm talking about culture. I'm talking about people who don't speak Spanish or people who don't know the dances or people who, you know, I'm not talking about people who were like, anti. I'm talking about people who just kind of just didn't necessarily know how to fit in.

[C]

Got it. Okay. Yes, that I could see that. That makes sense. That may well. No, it is extending. Using someone who's an English speaking performer is extending an olive branch to maybe people to be able to find their way into it a little bit more. I see what you're saying.

[A]

Well, and many of us, it's definitely all of us on this show, are accustomed in a good way to being outsiders to different cultures and being okay showing up and learning and not being the center of attention.

[B]

Right, right, right.

[A]

Like, that is not something that everybody's accustomed to. Right. Some people, and it's unfortunate, have only lived in their bubbles. Do not go out and want to learn. Are not. Are not. And sometimes some people aren't even sure if screwing up, you know, trying Spanish and screwing up or trying a different language or listening to people talk about a different religion or watching people pray in a different way like that it's okay for them to want to learn that. Mo. Not everybody grows up like that. We grew. We all grew up like that, experiencing different things and being okay with different things. And so I think the Lady Gaga thing helps people. Or at least maybe I'm dreaming. I hope that's what that's my hope is that it does.

[C]

I think it makes sense.

[A]

Yeah. Now, the, the super bowl halftime opens up in a sugar cane field. Everybody's clear on why that's important, right?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Are you sure?

[C]

Why don't you explain it?

[A]

Well, so our ancestors toiled in the fields, y', all, in these fields, and, and there's still people toiling in these fields who are being harassed by ice right now and making sure food gets on our table in an. In a. In a mostly inexpensive fashion. So those fields really represented all our ancestry as well as immigrants today. So that was super important. You guys are aware that some of the, the businesses, you know, when he was walking through the fields at some of those food carts are actual businesses.

[B]

Yes, yes.

[A]

That he was, you know, the, the taco stand, I believe, is a taco stand in la. The, the, the, the lady who gives him the shot, when he takes the shot, that's an actual business in Williamsburg.

[B]

That's Tony. Yeah. And it's very important to say because he, when he's in New York. He makes it a thing to visit Tonitas, right? But not only Tonita is it a social club, but it. You can go get a delicious plate of food. But it was. It's very meaningful because my. And my. My girl was explaining it to me because that's where a lot of people would go who wouldn't speak English to connect with others, to just get help translating documents and just get advice and just help. So it's a community hub. So it's really, really important to that part of Brooklyn. And what she's done is amazing. So I thought it was really beautiful that he honored her. It was just so fire to see.

[A]

Well, and he did. Didn't he do a fundraiser or something a while, help her save the business?

[B]

Yes. Yeah, he brought a lot of attention to her too. And this is really quick, Ebro. I squealed because one of my homegirls, Flaca, was in there. She does braids, and she has a braid shop in the Lower east side called Strand Addict. And she's straight boricua, straight from the island. Ricardo and I were watching, like, Flaca. We were all screaming.

[C]

No way.

[A]

Where was it?

[B]

She made it. She in. Outside of the casita. She's there smiling, braiding hair.

[C]

Wow, that's my gingi.

[B]

I was so happy to see my girl there. It was just. It was so dope. So dope.

[A]

And speaking of the casita, you guys also obviously saw Cardi B. And shout out to Carol G, who I got to hang out with a little bit in the suite. And she was. She was super. Yo, people were boohoo crying, bro.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

No, no, no, Rosenberg. There were people who work at Apple who culturally have no connection to this. They're just.

[C]

Oh, regular no connection.

[A]

And we're crying. No boo hoo crying.

[B]

I'm not gonna front. I. I shed some tears.

[A]

Had to excuse themselves. Had to be like, I'll. I'll be back. I can't.

[B]

Because everything. Everything has such incredible, like, meaning. Like the power line workers. That part right there was so beautiful because he's reminding people, yo, el apagon means the blackout. You know how many times families have to deal with not having electricity? Like, the privilege of having electricity that works and how it's affected the island over and over and over.

[A]

And by the way, this is an American. This is an American territory. They can't get power. And the corruption that exists in. In government, not just in Puerto Rico, but in their representation here in the mainland contributes to all of this.

[B]

And I believe the. Whoever Runs their electricity, has all these, like, corruption accusations. Like, it's bad, Rosenberg. It's bad. Ibrah. Ibrah. I really loved, like, obviously, when he gave his Grammy to his younger self.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

That part. I was like, oh, God, that.

[C]

Well, that's. That was the most, like, obvious, because a bunch of these would really need someone to explain it. Like, kind of like Kendrick in that way, like, going through it one more time to see all the little moments. But that one, whether you viewed it as him giving it to himself or just giving it to someone to a little.

[B]

That. When I saw that, I was like, anybody. Not that long ago, I was at Rosenberg's house and I was explaining. We were talking about that. But Rosenberg, when I was. Was telling you about the song Yo Perreo Sola, right? So I was breaking it down. Ibro, because first of all, Yo Perreo Sola is a banger, right? And I was so surprised that at the beginning, he actually, like, played a clip of it. But, you know, the video had a lot of controversy because when the music video came out, he went straight drag, like, prosthetics and everything. And you already know the homophobia Latino America. Everybody was like, oh, my God, like, literally dying. But the song is about, like, letting women, like. I don't want to say twerk by. By themselves, but, like, let them have their moment. Let them feel sexy and beautiful without harassing them. You know what I mean? Like, that's really, like, the core of the messaging. So for him to even, like, throw that as part of the super bowl halftime show, I thought it was beautifully done. So he took small, little pieces like that and make sure he included them. I thought that was wonderful.

[A]

And then he closes with the.

[B]

I.

[A]

You know, a celebration of unity, right? With the flags and. And everyone coming together. And, you know, the. The quote about, you know, love defeating love, defeating hate. And together we stand. I mean, and then. Spikes the football.

[C]

Yeah, spikes the football. And also Ebro in that moment when he's carrying the flags, goes through every. Every country in the Americas, ending with the United States and Canada was pretty cool, too.

[B]

That's him repping for all immigrants from all over. And also Ebro erosive. But we can't forget having Ricky Martin sing Lo Que Paso a Hawaii was done on purpose. You know what I mean? It's like him singing it. Everybody was like, whoa. But remember, we talked about this on the show. He was the one that dropped what he was doing and. And joined him with Residente to. To execute one of the biggest Protests that Puerto Rico ever had to get rid of a corrupt governor.

[A]

And what is the translation, English translation of that title?

[B]

Lo Capaso, Hawaii. What happened to Hawaii?

[A]

Well, and that's. And just so everybody knows, that story of the Hawaiian islands being stolen from. Stolen from the Hawaiian people. And they're. They're still struggling to hold on to their. Their culture and their heritage there and the connection between Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

[B]

Yes, yes, yes. That's why that was so important.

[C]

Real quick, super chat. DJ Taste Tastic says, tell a friend and tell a friend we got to get Laura paid. Lol. Chef Daniel Brown jumps in and says, erl, get that merch pop and tell Laura to get on the ball. Your team is straight dope, uncut. Much love.

[A]

The new merch is rolling out. We don't have a date, though, Laura.

[B]

No, we don't have a date just yet.

[A]

What are. What are we waiting for? By the way?

[C]

We didn't even confirm exactly what it was.

[B]

Yes, yes. We just. Well, we'll announce it this week. I'll say we'll announce it this week. Everyone's super excited, man. They've been hitting me up like, can we get a hoodie version? I'm like, chill, chill.

[A]

It's coming now, Laura, don't get crazy and drop hoodies in July when it's mad hot out, all right? It's cold right now.

[B]

People are like, yo, I know, I know.

[A]

Can I get a hoodie? How you guys are. Speaking of cold, I think I don't know where most of our audience is listening. Matter of fact, tell us where you're listening in the chat, but how are you guys handling this cold, man? How you guys holding up?

[C]

I'm going to hit you with this real quick. This is me. I'm tapping out to winner.

[A]

You got this.

[B]

I feel you.

[C]

Like, today was the morning I went outside and I was like, yo, this is the worst, bro. This is, though. It's. It's. It's been awful. Like, it's. It's not. I never. There are people going to jump out and go, oh, you don't remember? Global warming is not a thing. It's fine. It's always, yo, bro, non stop like this. We're in mid February, guys. When did it. It started getting horrible. I remember the first, like, freezing. Freezing was mid December. And we've basically been on it ranging between very cold and dangerous. Don't leave the house cold.

[B]

Yeah. The entire time my sister called me. She's like, how does it feel? I'm like, Like, I mean, I'm in.

[A]

A freezer, I think what comp. What compounds like the, the, the issues. I remember it being cold and it's definitely cold every winter like this. Like zeros. Not necessarily negatives, but definitely zeros for a couple of weeks. But with snow on the ground that won't go away.

[C]

Well, no, no. And the, the length, because you're talking about. Does it ever hit zero or minus? Sure. Ebro, we haven't. The forecast hasn't said it's going to be over 32, even in highs for weeks now. It did end up hitting it a couple of times.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

But like, I don't remember the last time at least where when you look at the, the future, you go out 10 days. It never says above 32.

[A]

Right now. Right now. The, the 10 day. The 10 day for our area. If you're living in a tri state and you worried about, you know, or care even what's going on. It looks like Wednesday we're supposed to hit 37. Saturday we're supposed to hit 37. And there might be a 42 on Sunday.

[C]

Oh, please.

[A]

But that comes. But that comes with snow.

[B]

Oh, lovely.

[A]

And it's supposed to snow on Tuesday.

[C]

Yo. So here's the crazy thing. Normally here, like when you see precipitation, it's in the winter time. It's more often rain. We don't. We haven't been getting much snow. Now we can't get rain right. To milk to melt this disgusting. Yo, anyone who has nasty things to say about New York and you're looking for like a time to back up your.

[A]

Now's the time. Now's the time.

[C]

You cannot argue. You cannot argue. Like my friends, you know, we all have friends that, who, who moved to the burbs, move far away from the city a long time ago, who are like, what are you doing, man? Life's hard. Don't be there. And you always argue back. Now is the time when I got to say, I look at y' all like, you know what? Y' all might be on to something.

[A]

You got terrible.

[C]

You guys, terrible. Yo. Yes to Mom, Donnie, he pushed the. He pushed alternate side again to tomorrow, which makes it now it's over two weeks where they haven't done alternate side, which if you're not from New York, that's street cleaning. We call it alternate side parking.

[A]

Now the streets need cleaning. The unfortunate part is people's cars are iced in. And so to actually get you now, Rosenberg, have you dug your car out?

[C]

Have I dug it out? I've knocked off most of the snow.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And I got in it, and I, like, literally went back and forth in the spot to see if I'd be able to get out.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But I didn't leave, and I. I think I can. The hard part is another reason you don't want to move your car is there are so many ice banks that spots are, like, cut in half.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So the idea of getting a spot again, once you.

[A]

Yeah, you're done, you're done.

[C]

Like, I can't move the car. I'd rather take the ticket this week.

[A]

You're done.

[C]

So it's.

[B]

Yo, the tickets are so foul, man. Again, I saw another meter made, put a ticket on a car. I was like, how is this woman gonna get this car out of here?

[C]

How?

[A]

And then, yeah, like. Like producer. Like producer Griff is saying people are just, like, halfway backing in the spots and then leaving, like, half their car in the middle of the street. Word about. Word about 3, 400 people tuned into the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show right about now. Please subscribe. Please hit the like. So we could get this going in the algorithm and build the brand a little bit more brolic. And with that, Rosenberg, we need an intro. Laura, you ready?

[B]

Sure. Yeah. Let's do it.

[A]

Is it time for the rundown?

[B]

Let's go, let's go.

[A]

Run it down. What you got today?

[B]

Well, we. You know, we've been talking about the super bowl halftime show. Of course.

[C]

Course.

[B]

Bad bunny shout out to him. Did you guys know? Because I was trying to figure out, like, his jersey if it meant anything. And he had Ocasio in the number 64 that was paying homage to his mom. Usually, you know, you take the dad's, like, you celebrate the dad's family name, but he decided to celebrate his mother, and the 64 was the year she was born. So I thought that was pretty cool. Right?

[A]

Okay. All right.

[B]

Yeah. So the more. The more.

[C]

Yo.

[B]

Going on the Internet and seeing all the Easter eggs is. Is really cool to watch. But.

[A]

Yes. Now, Laura, the Easter egg thing, and Rosenberg, chime in here. How long we been doing the Easter egg thing? Beyonce. Remember Beyonce came out with the black panther formation thing? That was a thing.

[B]

Yes, but.

[A]

And there was a few Easter eggs in that. I remember that. But has it been every year?

[C]

Nah. Last year is what took it to the next level. Because. Because the Rihanna. Rihanna's was very straightforward in. In a beautiful but simple way. No.

[A]

Yeah, I believe so.

[C]

And ushers pregnancy reveal. Right.

[A]

Ushers had the roller skating in Different Atlanta things and like. Yeah, I guess there was cultural things in it.

[C]

No, but Kendrick. Kendrick officially changed the game last year.

[A]

I believe, where it was like, oh, I got to do some research and there's going to be think pieces and Right. And whole, you know, rollout.

[C]

Give an opinion on if you like it for three days. You need some weight and say, I don't understand it yet. I haven't broke. I haven't done the best. I know if I like it, but I think I liked it. I. I literally today was like, I gotta. I really enjoyed it, but like, I gotta now go find a good piece to help me break. Now. Laura Styles has done a great job, so I don't really need to. But I was like, I. I understood.

[B]

There's more.

[C]

I'm sure there's more. There's so many little things. Yeah. Ebro, I really think that truly is a Kendrick thing.

[A]

Okay. Okay.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I. I didn't. I didn't. You know, if I would have attributed straight to Kendrick without thinking clearly, you know, I would have been accused of. Of sack riding, nut hugging and being a glazer.

[C]

So, you know, I mean, I mean, listen, those charges can't be beat, so it doesn't matter what you do. But I think. I mean, I'm thinking about the Dre. The Dre, Snoop, Eminem one. I don't think there was any sort.

[A]

Pretty straightforward, right?

[C]

You know? Yeah. Rihanna was pretty straightforward. Shakira. The Shakira JLO joint. Several years. I don't.

[B]

I mean, JLO did a little something, you know, but I remember she had like a. I think it was like she had like a piece where she was talking about the kids that were in cages. So I remember she did something along those lines, but I don't remember anything else.

[C]

Yeah. You know, it went bad for Donald Trump when I'm seeing people like Piers Morgan coming out, coming for him, saying, responding to Trump's truth about the event.

[A]

And then basically like, shut up. Oh, God.

[C]

Because Trump put out a long thing and like Piers Morgan, who I generally can't stand. But I will say this. But I will say this. He does. He doesn't live on one side of everything. He will give his opinions. I just generally think the opinions suck. He said, he said to the president's post. Couldn't disagree more, Mr. President. I absolutely love Bad Bunny's halftime show. Amazing parentheses, best in super bowl history. Theater choreography, great energy, superbly confident performance, and a very welcoming, unifying message.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Oh, and Spanish. And Spanish is first language for 50 million plus Americans. What?

[B]

For Piers Morgan?

[C]

That's Piers Morgan, bro. You may, it may have not hit the way you thought it was going to.

[A]

Well, and since we're on it, Laura, we're going to come back to you to finish the rundown. Since we're on it. What it. You know what it reeked of for me, that whole post from Trump that I need to create a problem here because. And it, and I want everybody to think about this. He creates problems where there isn't a problem because he can benefit from creating the problem and then try to be or position himself as the problem solver. Every single time something happens. I want you to remember that because there was no need for him to do that in this moment. There was an American flag. Puerto Rico's part of America. It was unification. It was love. It was a party. There was nothing negative.

[C]

Tried to run down the dancing. Of all people. You think you're going to make us believe that you were offended? You hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein, bouncing up and down looking.

[A]

You were just hanging out with Nicki Minaj.

[C]

Nicki Minaj is your best friend. You were offended by the dancing.

[B]

Stop.

[C]

You're right. It's completely. Didn't you talk about it the other day? The messaging in those, in those emails with Epstein and Peter Thiel about like them?

[A]

Oh, it's a psyop. It's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a psychological operation. This whole thing of dividing us and figuring out ways to be divisive is a psyop. And, and, and, and dismantling and destabilizing our society has been something that these billionaires and have been on. Creating a narrative that we're at each other and we're disagreeing when the truth is, is we're more alike than we are different. But the more we're together on things, the more we stop them from making the moves that they want to make and the money they want to make. They don't want us unified and moving together.

[B]

Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

[C]

John Mellon camp. I don't know what Bad Bunny is saying, however, I do know he's standing up for Puerto Rico and I'm standing up for him. His halftime show was great.

[A]

John Mellencamp, as middle American as you could get. Damn near.

[B]

Yeah. I'll give you guys another reason for people to be mad. You know, they were mad at Green Day. They were not happy. They were posting, like, all their favorite, like, moments of, like, them at concerts and be like, never again. Here's a clip, okay, of Green Day's Billy Armstrong as he has some words for ice. And this was at the Super Bowl. I think it was like a party. This was like a Spotify party.

[A]

Watch this goes down to all the ice regions, wherever you are.

[C]

Because when this is over, and it.

[B]

Will be over at some point in.

[C]

Time.

[B]

Christy, do Stephen Miller, J. Vance.

[C]

Donald Trump.

[A]

They're gonna drop you like a bad habit.

[B]

All right? You could. They were mad.

[A]

They were mad, yo. So good. Yo, man, I love them, man. They from the bay too, man.

[C]

Did they drop. I didn't know if. When they did American Idiot and Boulevard of Broken Dreams and the records they did to start the show, I didn't know if they also dropped any little bars in there or not.

[A]

I didn't hear any.

[B]

I saw, I saw that they did, but I don't know, just Internet talk, you know what I mean? I don't know, because people are saying that they switched some lyrics to give little subtle messages.

[C]

But also I just want to shout out Billy Joe Armstrong for, you know, the work he's done.

[A]

He, he, he.

[C]

I like him still looking young. I'm not ready to live in a world where Green day looks like 58 year old men. So I, I just want to shout out, what are you working with?

[A]

So you think he's. You think he's doing something? You think he's got some.

[C]

Did you see the youth in that face?

[A]

I mean, I. Listen, some people just got young face.

[C]

He's. Hold on.

[B]

He looks good.

[C]

He looks good. No, he looks good.

[A]

I don't know how old he is actually.

[C]

So I'm gonna look right now. 3.

[A]

Griff says they didn't do the second verse of American Idiot. That's the one that goes super hard. So they kind of. He's. I guess there's claims that since they didn't do that verse. Is that what you're saying, Griff? That people are saying they didn't. They didn't really, you know, but it.

[C]

Was a medley also. So what are you gonna do?

[A]

Yeah, well, look, man, listen. You guys saw me doing the dance, right? I was in there with corporate types. You guys saw me dancing in there.

[C]

I got a special one for you. Hold on. Come on, man.

[A]

You saw me.

[C]

Listen. No, listen, hold on. Let me say something about Ebro. Very excited for him. I mean, I was posting the Bad Bunny stuff. The whole thing's crazy. It's an amazing opportunity.

[B]

It is. It's so cool.

[C]

I just want to do What Ebro would do for me if this situation were reversed. Yo, Laurie, your man went from NFL crusader to the NFL. Would like to sincerely thank you for watching the Voice.

[A]

The Voice.

[C]

He's the voice of the NFL.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

No, I can honestly say we've never seen anything like this before.

[A]

You got to do the dance. You know what I'm saying? You got to do your dance.

[C]

You're going to dance, do that. Do the biggest dance.

[A]

Do the dance. Do the dance.

[C]

You know what I'm saying? This is. This is. He's not hosting the Pro Bowl. This.

[A]

This is. This is Super Bowl. This is.

[C]

No, it's the bowl that's super right here. It's the one you're going to dance.

[A]

It's the one.

[C]

Yo, my man is Savion Glover.

[A]

Savion Glover.

[B]

He cannot.

[C]

No, that's Sammy Davis right here. Gotta grab those joints.

[A]

No, listen, listen. I got on the good. Listen, I got on the good foot, you know what I'm saying? On the good.

[C]

You wanna know what James Brown meant? He meant this. He got on the good foot.

[A]

Yo, now. And you know what's crazy? I'm gonna tell you the ill part is I actually work with a group of people that we can have this conversation behind the scenes. Like everybody knows what it is. Like, you know what it is.

[B]

Right, right, right.

[A]

And no one is. No one is, you know, no one is acting like, you know, there aren't things that we are. Are. Are unhappy about and how things are in this. In this current climate, like, that's not a thing at all.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, and I hope people know that in general. And let me. They don't. Every. Every one of us who works someplace that has some ties or things that are questionable to us or blatantly or whatever level it is, you think the people who are there don't know it. Like, everyone's got. This is what it goes back to.

[A]

Is everyone who wants to do the dance. Yo, where do you work?

[C]

That's not connected to some part of this. This is how he got here, is. Cause big business and money likes this whole thing.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, and they. They put us. I think a lot of times put aside their moral values. It's not that they all agree with all of it. It's just that how can they disagree with the bottom line?

[B]

Right.

[A]

Well, and then. And then there's just other particulars of. Of just how you're going about doing business. Right. Because these companies are. They're. They're in business to do Business with everybody. They're not in business to make a political stand, which does make the NFL. I'm taking a political stand. But look, the nf. Listen, the NFL booked Green Day and Bad Bun.

[C]

Like that's the really interesting part here.

[A]

Well, they, they've allowed. They've, they've, they've done a deal with Jay Z where Roc Nation is booking the halftime and Roc Nation is booking Coco. Roc Nation got. Yeah, well, yeah, there's convo Roc Nation had. We weren't doing Lift every voice and sing before Roc Nation was involved. Let's be clear. We were not singing the black national anthem before Roc Nation was involved.

[C]

Well, that was also a 2020. That was a post George Floyd, 2020 NFL. You know, when they were putting up the things in the end zone and racism, they also said we're going to start every season. Yeah, I guess every super bowl with Lift every voice and sing. Which in some ways, I'm not gonna lie, guys, it greats. It gets me. It's like the most covering up thing of all time. Like I can't take it. And also. But it's like. But how can you not take it? I mean, it is the black national anthem. It's. But also I'm like, really? You just got to add a song. Are you still doing. But, but, but on the opposite. The NFL. I can't. This is the part I just can't quite figure out. Why did the 32 owners. Why are all of them good with Jay Z making these decisions? Why were they good with Green Day? You would think it goes absolutely against so much of what they actually believe. Or is it just more important? Back to what the important part is the bottom line. And these are the people getting as.

[A]

Many people and getting as many people in as possible. But the whole Green Day booking, I was told that that was an NFL straight up thing. Oh, that wasn't a part of the Roc Nation thing. The way it was articulated to me. I don't know if that's true, but that was how it was articulated to me.

[C]

Well, but let's be real. This is, this is the problem that the right has. Let me, let me explain something. Listen close. Get close to your radio or your television.

[A]

Are we still on the radio? Maybe you're. Why? Listen, I hope people get in their car and throw the YouTube on and you can listen to this in your car.

[C]

Turn it up loud.

[A]

Yeah. Here's the thing.

[C]

Generally speaking, generally speaking. And this is not hate, this is facts. Generally speaking. Right people, right wing people are not creative or talented. So the pool of who to get is basically non existent. This is, this goes all the way down. It literally trickles down to turn on Fox News for five minutes or don't give them any, don't give any eyeballs. Watch a clip or two on your timeline. I've said this for many years, Ebro. Even their graphics suck. Like these people don't have creative brains. They're not open minded. That's why they don't accept other people. So when you're trying to think of who can we get? If you want to get someone who's actually popping, who is the person that you would even get? Who's not on the right side of history? Because the best artists are usually on the right side of history.

[A]

Well, you know, I've whether. Which is the art side by the way, whether it's art, community, whatever. Collaboration is key. And if you're not open to connecting with people from other walks of life, other cultures, other beliefs, whatever, you're never going to make the best of anything. You're just not. If you think about the things that we love, it's people coming together from different experiences and walks of life to create a thing, something new, something, Something fly. Something that really strikes an emotional chord that we can all believe in. It's about, listen, I know I sound corny and it's After School Special, but if you think about everything, everything is people coming together. The food we love. Think about the food you love.

[C]

Yes, bruh. Facts. If you want to listen, if you want to have the foundational black movement on your head. Even hip hop was multitude of people.

[A]

Yeah, it was people, a lot of.

[C]

Different people coming together to make this thing.

[A]

Yeah, it was. But you know, look, I think, I think that's what most of us know and realize. And that's why, you know, we, we all have hope and belief that we can pull people together and do something better. You know what I mean? That's, that's what we're all, that's what we're all about here.

[C]

We had to shut down the damn Kennedy Center. That's how Babs from our chat, it's a great point. They are so uncreative. They have so few artists they can even go to. They're like, you know what? Just close the damn Kennedy Center. We don't.

[A]

We came book this joint.

[C]

Who are we going to put in here? How many times did Kid Rock play? Just know what, Close the joint. We don't have any room for anyone.

[A]

Now, now, Laura, we didn't put a bow on the rundown. We went on a bunch of tangents. Got anything else you want to.

[B]

We did. Well, let's just go to the lowdown. Let's go to the layout. Just because I'm just going to call out.

[A]

We don't. We don't want to talk to the. To the angel of Death, though.

[C]

Are you sure?

[B]

Hold on to your speakers.

[A]

It's time.

[B]

It's time for the Low down with Laura Star.

[A]

Now, that intro was provided by none other than the great Hot Rod Rick. Hot Rod Rick. Why are you trying to DM me and call me through Instagram in the middle of the Super Bowl?

[C]

No. Nah, he was drunk. Nah, my man was. Nah, my man.

[B]

He probably had.

[A]

Y' all know, I look, I follow him. I don't. Only DMs I see is people I follow. So I didn't see it at the time, but I saw, like, you know, in your DMs, where somebody could call you or something.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You're seeing missed calls.

[A]

I saw missed calls. Wow. I still got my. I still got my bracelet off in the Super Bowl. I just landed this morning. That's crazy.

[C]

Yo, yo, Rick. Let me tell you something about Rick. Rick was beat up out here because that. He was. No, he was just. He had to be super bold.

[A]

Oh, he was wasted.

[C]

And he's like. He heard your voice.

[A]

He was like, nah, that's my man.

[C]

I'm gonna call it right now. Yo, my man. What are you doing? Yo, man.

[A]

Yeah, that's funny.

[B]

Hilarious. All right, well, you guys, so there's this rumor that Stefan Diggs and Cardi B unfollowed each other from Instagram.

[C]

I saw this, man.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Now, why. Why right after the game, though?

[B]

Look, again, It's a rumor. So there was also rumor that Cardi B left before the game was over.

[A]

That just might be on some, like. Let me go ahead. Be traffic, though.

[C]

Why did they show Cardi B? Why did they show Cardi B?

[A]

Well, maybe she was sitting in a box. Was she sitting in a box? Well, I don't know if she was. I don't know.

[C]

I don't know. But maybe that speaks to the point that maybe they broke up this week.

[B]

So that's the big rumor right now. So let's see, man.

[A]

Yo, maybe she was like, yo, I'm putting up with all your bs, but if you lose this Super Bowl, I'm out.

[B]

No.

[A]

And then he was like, oh, you lost. I'm out.

[C]

Now, let me tell you something. Stefan turned this into a season. When they started dating, you guys remember, I was. I was killing it. I was like, why is she with Stefan Diggs? He's a mess. He's. He's going the wrong direction, and then he ends up putting together a great season, you know? Well, he wasn't, like, epic, but he had a good season on a team that goes to the damn Super Bowl. Maybe she was like, listen, I don't root for no damn loser. You ain't gonna get up here and get your ass kicked on tv, man. He didn't do much yesterday, I'll tell you that right now.

[B]

All right, well, another person that people were throwing tomatoes at just because virtual tomatoes was Chris Brown. So as soon as the super bowl halftime show is done, he decides to. To go on Instagram stories and say, I think it's safe to say they need me with, like, an emoji, like, shading Benito. People were like, can you shut up?

[A]

Nah, Chris, I'm gonna tell you, Chris.

[C]

I'm gonna tell you what you need.

[A]

Congratulations. You played yourself. Where did you even. Who? Yo, Chris, who were you watching the game with? I need to know what that environment was like and what you're talking about, Chris, is somebody who's collaborated with Caribbean artists, African artists. Like, well, what are you talking about?

[B]

I know. I was just like, really? You want to do this now? Okay, just say congratulations and keep it moving or don't say anything.

[A]

Well, and not only that, but, like, if we're trying to smooth this out, why you.

[B]

This ain't the way.

[A]

Why.

[B]

Why you hit the button?

[A]

Congratulations. You played yourself.

[C]

What? What is what? I know where I know.

[A]

Yo, and by the way, after coming off a massive tour, world tour celebration, like, why would you even be in a negative space about any body or anything or especially Bad Bunny?

[B]

I know. Even the Team Breezy's were like, I love you, but this is crazy. You could have just. Just sat there, ate your wings, and zip it.

[C]

And I'm not. And again, I'm not saying this is right. I'm just saying it's facts. They're. They're never calling, bro. The super bowl is never calling. I'm sorry. It's just. Listen, there's some things in life. Some things in life can't happen.

[A]

And maybe. Maybe five years from now, if there's a smooth five years over the next five, and then he has to have.

[C]

And then he has to have, like, some really big mainstream, you know, not just his people big, but, like, truly gigantic project or something. And even Then I just. When we live in an era now where if something happens, if someone gets popping, they all dig up the pictures and the. And the messages.

[A]

Oh, you're gonna have to tough it out. You're gonna have to tough it through all.

[C]

I don't. Reliving. I don't think there's really. I think once it goes up, people immediately go, oh, yeah, we can't. And I'm not saying that's fair because he was literally like, him and Rihanna were children, but.

[A]

And she. She's forgiven him. He's apologized. He's done, like. I mean, how much. How much. What's it called, forgiveness. Can you ask for over What. How long? 20 years.

[C]

20 years. When there is visual evidence of abuse there. Even the. Yo. Ray Rice and his wife are together. They've always been together since that video came out. They made up, they got back together. He goes around and speaks to people about domestic violence. He's like, done all the right things. He still. He can't get back in sports. Like, it's. When there's. Because that video, if you recall, he. Bro. The elevator video.

[A]

I remember. But that's like Cassie and Diddy video.

[C]

Correct that. And that was the thing we said. That's all the things that have been said about Diddy. He can't ever escape the video. Like, the. When people see a man abusing a woman like that, it never leaves your brain. You go, ah, I just.

[A]

Well. And by the way, since we're on, we're talking about abuse, and we're in the lowdown. Where is the Epstein survivor ad? Did you guys see this?

[C]

I did.

[A]

Because how. How. How is Trump. How is Trump talking about moving on from the Epstein files? How are we even having this conversation in public? Like, and to your point, Rosenberg, there's pictures of Epstein. There's a video. You saw the video of Epstein and Trump with the little girls in the room? I don't know. Is that a real video? Did you see that?

[C]

Yeah, I don't. I don't know.

[A]

I was looking to see if that was AI. Where they're basically looking at some little girls dance.

[B]

I don't know. Ebro, but I've seen photos. That's enough for me. It's enough.

[A]

Play this. Play. Do you have the ad, Rahsaan?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

After years of being kept apart, we're standing together.

[B]

Standing, standing together.

[A]

Because this girl deserves the truth.

[B]

Because she deserves the truth.

[C]

Because we all deserve the truth.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Now, I was told that that was playing. That played during the Super Bowl. Is that true?

[C]

I thought it was supposed to, but I didn't see it. I don't think. Do you see it?

[B]

I didn't see it. And I also read that it was just released during the super bowl, but, like, not necessarily aired, so I'm not sure. I'm not sure because that's very expensive to air.

[A]

So. Yeah, we're living in a time right now where we see names, we see correspondence. They say Donald Trump is mentioned more than in the Epstein files than Harry Potter is mentioned in the Harry Potter book.

[C]

Bro.

[B]

It's crazy. Of course he wants it to go.

[A]

Away, like, times three.

[B]

So why are we even talking about this?

[A]

They say Trump's name in Epstein files more times than they say Harry Potter. Harry Potter in the entire Harry Potter series.

[C]

Yeah. Whoever did the research to come up with it, congratulations.

[A]

You played yourself.

[C]

Like, it's interesting, but I, I.

[A]

It made. It made me cackle. Sadly.

[C]

No, it's crazy.

[A]

Sadly. I had to laugh. I had to laugh because it's that crazy.

[C]

No, but, Laura, you're right. Like, the quotes of him, like, I don't even think it's just time for us to move on. We need to just move on. Meanwhile, Hillary and Bill are like, hey, let's get this cracking. You want to have a conversation? Let's have this conversation in public.

[B]

In public. They're like, straight up. We're not trying to be behind closed doors. We want the world to see and hear. You think it's going to happen?

[C]

I just, I really.

[A]

I thought it was already scheduled.

[B]

Well, but, but the public part, yeah.

[C]

They don't want to do it if it's behind closed doors and just televised. Behind closed doors.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

They want it live.

[A]

And the Trump team doesn't want it in public. They want to be able to spin the narrative and control the narrative.

[B]

Mm. So it's going to be interesting to see.

[C]

It would be interesting. Even though the legal ramifications would be whatever. It would be super interesting if they just did a live. Got someone to interview them. Hell, get a lawyer. Get a lawyer. Pretend this is what's happening. Interrogate us. We're doing it ourselves, live on YouTube, wherever it is, we want the world to see it.

[A]

And then.

[C]

And then that way, whatever happens afterwards happens. But, like, maybe you just got to go live on your own.

[B]

Oh, wow. That would be something.

[A]

Sometimes you got to go on your own. Thank you for listening to the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[C]

Beautifully. I see what you did there, and I respect it.

[A]

Hit the like button. Get the Algorithm popping. And that was the low. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Down with Laura Styles. Hit that. Hit that outro. The intro is the outro for that. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

Just because it's good.

[C]

Intro's the outro.

[A]

Yeah, Yeah.

[C]

I didn't even realize the intro was the outro.

[A]

I just made that up right now. It's probably not, but still, I like this. I like it so much. I want to hear the game.

[C]

Okay, good.

[B]

Hold on to your speakers.

[A]

Thank you. Laura Styles, florist.

[C]

Yo, by the way, I heard my boy Mike Tyson had a horrible ad yesterday too.

[A]

I didn't see it.

[B]

He did.

[C]

I didn't see it, but I heard he had an ad for Maha.

[B]

Oh, Lord.

[A]

Congratulations. You played yourself. Yo, somebody find the ad. Load it up. We got to watch it.

[B]

Producer GR Said, yeah, nuts.

[A]

Wait, so Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson is talking about making America healthy again.

[C]

No, I need to see it. I want to see it.

[A]

Jason said, yeah, it was nuts. Talking about eating ice cream every day weighing 345 pounds. I don't get. I need to see this. I did not know this was a thing.

[C]

Raul. Raul hits us in the super chat. Raul says Trump's name is in the Epstein files more than Jesus in the Bible. Look it up.

[B]

Raul.

[C]

Yo, he just. He just made that up. But I'm here.

[A]

Yeah. Fact. Well, speaking since Jesus is only in the New Testament, it's possible because.

[C]

It's possible because your man trumps in every testament of the Bible, every testament chapter first.

[A]

He's in.

[C]

He's in. He's In. Ghislaine Maxwell, 311. He's in all of them.

[A]

Ah, man. It's time for the gurus.

[B]

Let's go.

[A]

Ebrolaurasenbergmail.com or for the gurus. Specifically the original gurus.

[B]

Cleanupmail.com yes, the original gurusmail.com where the original gurus unite to shine the light. Ebro, burn the sage.

[A]

Zen. Zen.

[C]

Zen.

[B]

Hi, Rosenberg. Who's out there? Who needs us?

[C]

Good morning, ogs. I need some work career advice. I've been a high school teacher, and I graduated from college nine years ago. I work in DOE Public School, Department of Education, public school for five years and then left to go work at a charter school. I can't say that I enjoy teaching because it's the only career I know, and I believe I'm good at it. I do want to change careers, but I'm afraid of starting over, especially in this economy. At a potential entry level salary, I make six figures And I'm not sure I'll find another job career that'll pay as much if I decide to switch careers at this point in my life. I know I'm very lucky to be a teacher in NYC and get paid as much as I do. But I'm unhappy with my career choice. Should I try to find a new career that would make me happy or stick with education because the money is good? Extra info. I have a bachelor's in math and master's in education. I pay a mortgage in Queens and I have a wedding slash honeymoon to pay off. So money is a concern of mine.

[A]

Wait, you have a wedding and honeymoon to pay off? Like you took out a loan to get married.

[B]

Maybe people do that.

[A]

But I just want to say if you have to take out a loan, congratulations. You play yourself facts. Am I bugging? Like, why would we do that to ourselves?

[C]

I had a bigger congrats for this person who's obviously lovely and we're going to still try to give you real advice. But when she hit us with the extra info, not a Master's in education.

[A]

Congratulations, you played yourself.

[C]

Go all the way to master's in education and then be like, but this teaching thing is not for me.

[B]

Group.

[C]

But.

[A]

But I'll give you this. Maybe where you're teaching is not for you.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

Maybe you need to explore other things you can do with your masters.

[C]

Maybe what you're teaching is not what.

[A]

You'Re teaching is not for you.

[B]

Yeah. But I do think you need to make a plan. Because right now, six figures as a teacher, I know so many teachers who can't even.

[A]

Well, that's because she has a master's law styles.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So in teaching you can make more money if you have more of your, you know.

[B]

So what I'm trying to say is I think she, this person needs a plan though, a financial plan. Because it will be a risk switching any kind of career. It's a risk. And if you have things you got to pay, maybe make it a goal to pay off certain things and have some money on the side if you want to experiment and try different things just in case. Because you never know, a lot of these jobs might be like, all right, we're going to start you at a super entry level position where you're probably not going to be making the same if. Because she did say, or he did say that money is a huge concern.

[A]

Well, yeah, you gotta pay off a wedding and a honeymoon. That's a lot like bruh, bruh. If. Listen, we could go I just want my lady to know, if this Ebro Laura Rosenberg thing doesn't work out, the wedding we're planning, it's not gonna happen. Congratulations. You played yourself. No, no, no. We're gonna get married, right? We're just not. We ain't spending rooftop. Where? What? Catering? Who? Huh?

[C]

Talking about we'll be ryobi.

[A]

We'll be right here in this living room. And. And you and I will cook the night before. And I'll let you taste. It's gonna be. It's gonna taste amazing. And maybe nobody shows up, but it doesn't matter, because we're in love and we have each other and we'll still be married, but we are not taking out a loan.

[B]

Yeah, it's tough.

[C]

If you want to, I would just say two things. One, consider teaching elsewhere. Switching up the teaching you're doing. If you want a complete career switch. I know how hard this will be. You're gonna have to do that. You're gonna have to build that in the off hours.

[B]

Mm.

[C]

You can't just, like, leave and hope something works out.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You would be hitting. Hitting the button. The button would be loud. If you leave what you have.

[C]

No, you can't.

[A]

And without a plan or without a. Without. Congratulations, you played yourself. Never get up from the table, never give up your seat until you got another one.

[B]

Yeah. So try. Try these things. Maybe change. Change where you teach or change subjects or change. I don't know, just try something different. And to Rosenberg's point, just start building whatever you want to do on the side. But definitely do not quit your job. So say the gurus.

[C]

I'm told before we hit the outro music, we have the Tyson ad. Wanna see it?

[A]

I need to see that. And I need to see Cardi B doing a. Trying to give a robot a lap dance.

[C]

Oh, yeah. All right. Two congrats in a row, apparently. Here we go.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

All right, let's see.

[A]

My sister's name was Denise. She died of obesity at 25. She had a heart attack. I was so fat and nasty, I would eat anything. I was like £345, a quart of ice cream every hour. I had so much self hate when I was like that, I just wanted to kill myself. We're the most powerful country in the world, and we have the most obese, fudgy people. Something has to be done by processed food in this country. Oh, that wasn't bad.

[C]

I mean, listen, guys, this is one of those things where you have to own up to. Yeah. It sucks that it's an ad for Rob RFK's thing, but, like, the message.

[A]

That wasn't a bad. The message. It was fine. Who said that that was bad? Like, how did that. Congratulations, you played.

[C]

Go ahead, Griff.

[A]

No, I was saying Griff said it was crazy. What was crazy about it?

[C]

Yeah, he said I was £345 and I was eating a quart of ice cream every hour because he really. Mike was really that fat. Listen, Mike has questionable choices and definitely seems to be around these people at times, so there's no way around that. But in spite of the fact that it's RFK and it's Make America Healthy Again, and the whole thing seems absurd. Listen, a broken clock is right twice a day. Eat real foods. We have a processed food. That's. You have to remember, that's how RFK got popping in the first place. When RFK got popping with people, it's because he is on the right side of being against processed food, which a.

[B]

Lot of us are. We're tired of our food being poisoned.

[A]

Well, yeah, and also. And also the things that we have in foods that are banned in other places around the globe. Wasn't he on that type of time, too?

[C]

Yeah. I mean, of course he's doing nothing now, but, you know, kissing. Kissing the feet at the altar. And that's probably doing anything to make. Actually make anyone healthy again. But that actual ad I don't actually have a problem with. I don't think.

[A]

Well. And I love Cardi B. And I hope that she found this funny like I did. I really do. She knowing Cardi B, I hope she laughed.

[C]

And before we watch it, I just want to say, you guys see the moment right before the last piece when she had done enough. She had done enough for the joke. She wanted to pop the photographers. I'm outside looking hot. There are cameras. There's a robot. Let's have fun. Let's do what I do. You'll see the moment when you go, yep, she's done. Walk away. And she goes for one more. And that's the butt. Let's see it.

[B]

Hi, Cardi. Get away from my man.

[C]

They love it. Cute. Oh, cute, cute.

[A]

It's still cute.

[C]

Still good. Still good.

[A]

We're done.

[C]

We're done.

[B]

Get me out.

[A]

Get me out.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Congratulations. You played yourself the game. Well, my first thought was, they haven't given the robot enough AI to know. Tell the robot he ain't supposed to be trying to fall on top of Cardi B.

[C]

That was My first thought, nah, he was hyped.

[A]

The robot was like, oh, this is what we doing. I'm going in. I'm going in.

[C]

Yo, and then the headline that I saw, though, the first headline of Cardi B threatens to sue tmz, bro. They posted a video and she commented under it, take this down or I suing. It was a joke.

[A]

Congratulations. You played yourself.

[C]

She gets it, bro.

[A]

Yeah, I love Cardi B. That was so good.

[C]

Yo, try to hook our. Did you hook our FOD up with Lewis Hamilton?

[A]

Nah. Based on what I was seeing, it wasn't appropriate for me to bring up another person.

[B]

Right. Because he was busy.

[C]

You see you saying going up while he's canoodling with Kim Kardashian going, yo.

[A]

Yo, Kim, chill for a second. Let me talk to Lewis about this voice note I got from somebody I've never seen before.

[C]

I don't know if y' all heard, but we're doing our thing, right? We got a studio. We got plans anyways.

[A]

We got plans. We didn't make it to the stew today. I just landed this morning. But we in there tomorrow for sure. And then we'd love to hear from you. You know, I mean, Ebro. Laura Rosenberg at Gmail. Laura, have a merch update? Please like and share. Please subscribe to the Patreon if you got it. Do you like or just subscribe here.

[C]

Do you like the idea of the, the Patreon this week being the origin story? I think that's a fun Patreon concept.

[A]

The origin story. What's the, the origin story?

[C]

How you got to hot. How I got there, how Laura got there, then how the show came together. Like they. The, the full origin story.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

People want it.

[C]

Yeah, It'll be a fun. I think it'll be a fun, interesting thing with the, with the.

[A]

Yeah, I was gonna say with the super bowl and Bad Bunny, we didn't get to J. Cole's album, which we'll be doing tomorrow, which I had a great time with the Cole album, but I'm sure we got a lot to talk about there.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

No, Rosenberg, I, I, I got to know how you feel about this cold album. I really do. I feel like you, I feel like you loved it.

[C]

Well, I guess you're going to have to wait till tomorrow. We teasing out here. We teasing.

[A]

That was professional. EO Laura Rosenberg. We'll see y' all tomorrow. Don't call it a pod.