Rep. Mark Alford said the fallout “could be much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.”

House Republicans call to investigate Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show over ‘widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts’

Rep. Mark Alford said the fallout "could be much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

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February 10, 2026 10:15 p.m. ET

Bad Bunny performs during the NFL Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif. Credit:

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Two days out, Bad Bunny's epic Super Bowl halftime show, which featured cameos from stars such as Lady Gaga, Pedro Pascal, and Ricky Martin, is still getting a lot of attention, especially from Republican lawmakers. They were *not* entertained.

By Monday, one of the detractors, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), asked officials to look into the performance, which he called "pure smut" that he claimed was "illegal to be displayed on public airways."

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Ogles cited "choreography featuring overtly sexualized movements, including widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts and other sexually suggestive conduct."

He is, therefore, "requesting that the Energy and Commerce Committee launch a formal congressional inquiry into the National Football League and NBC immediately for their prior knowledge, deliberate approval, and facilitation of this indecent broadcast. American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."

Ogles' colleague Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) said Tuesday that he and his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives have already embarked on an investigation into the event.

Republican lawmakers are criticizing Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.

"On the Bad Bunny bad performance at the Super Bowl — we're still investigating this," he said on TV's *Real America's Voice*, per The Wrap. "There's a lot of information that has come out about the lyrics."

Alford referenced the halftime show held by conservative organization Turning Point USA, which was meant as an alternative to the official Super Bowl halftime that President Donald Trump and others had spoken against well before it took place.

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"I saw the halftime show — we were switching back and forth with the [Turning Point USA] halftime show," Alford said. "The lyrics from what we've seen from Bad Bunny are very disturbing. And if it holds true — I don't speak fluent Spanish, okay, I know how to ask where the bathroom is — but if it's true what was said on national television, we have a lot of questions for the entities that broadcast this and we'll be talking with Brendan Carr from the [Federal Communications Commission]."

He added, "This could be much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction," in a reference to the 2004 event in which more of Jackson's breasts showed than had been expected.

Trump himself called Sunday's show "absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!" and "an affront to the Greatness of America." He deemed the dancing "disgusting."

The preemptive criticism of Bad Bunny's halftime show was not enough to keep more than 128 million people from watching.**

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