‘The View’s Whoopi Goldberg Delivers a Message to Bad Bunny Halftime Show Haters: ‘Snowflake-ian’
The cohosts of The View spent a second consecutive day discussing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show by Bad Bunny — specifically, those who were offended by the all-Spanish set — and Whoopi Goldberg in particular had a strong message to share with the artist’s haters.
In response to those critics who have called the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show “un-American” because it was headlined by a Puerto Rican rapper and singer, Goldberg said, “It’s OK if you didn’t understand what he was saying; if you didn’t catch the vibe of, ‘We’re proud to be here. We’re happy to be American’; if you didn’t understand that he is American because Puerto Rico is part of the United States; if you didn’t get anything, that’s OK. All those things are OK. The truth of the matter is, you’re not a large majority, and that’s the mistake we make. You are not a large majority. You’re loud, but you’re not the largest majority.”
When prompted by cohost Joy Behar to answer, “Who are you talking to?” Goldberg explained, “I’m talking to the people who say, ‘Well, this is not an American thing. This is not this… You shouldn’t be doing this.’ Those are not the majority of people. The majority of people are doing the work they need to do to take care of their families. They are not snowflake-ian because real people don’t have time to be snowflakes, OK? Y’all, on the other hand, you are the most snowflake-ian people I’ve ever seen. Everything bothers you. ‘Oh no, that’s not the truth. That’s not the real history. We shouldn’t tell the truth about…'”
Behar then credited Goldberg with having “coined” the new term, “snowflake-ian,” and she was happy to use it. “It is a wonderful term, because people always say, ‘Oh, you’re such snowflakes.’ It ain’t us, babe. No, no, no.”
The cohosts previously discussed Bad Bunny’s halftime show on Monday, with cohosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro both having emotional reactions to the performance, which included many symbols of honor to the heritage of Puerto Rico and Latin America at large.
“Micro joys help us deal with macro sadness. I have had macro sadness for over a year under [Donald] Trump, seeing what he has done to my community and what he continues to do to my community, I am so grateful to Bad Bunny for having given me that micro joy,” Navarro said, while tearing up.
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"I am grateful to Bad Bunny for giving me that micro joy!" Thanks, Ana, for that!
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Gb all of us, like bad bunny said in his message. UNITY is the key to all our disasters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!
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You have a long way to go before the major language in this country is "Spanish". Go to every economically depressed nation in the western hemisphere and the major language is "Spanish". that alone should tell you something.
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Rubbish....I currentlly live in a western country whose economy has pretty much curled up its toes and died. No-one speaks Spanish here. They don't even teach it in schools.
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You have a better chance of being hired for a job in America if you're bilingual mainly Spanish speaking what are you talking about none of what you said is true
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As far as the MAGA followers saying that the SuperBowl halftime is not American and they couldn't understand a single word, I just have one question, should all the great opera be only in English, I never heard anyone say, "Why should I go to any opera as I don't speak or understand what they are saying".
Just another example of the true meaning of MAGA ( Make America Gaumless Again)
Google the word Gaumless
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Don’t prejudged me. Not that I care what you think of me. You assume I’m a MAGA. Not sure why.
My only complaint again was it was entirely in Spanish.
I have a choice to go to an opera or not. The halftime show I had no choice. I know I could have turned it off but I chose to watch it in its entirety.
By the way I didn’t have to google gaumless. Here you go again assuming
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I have no problem with the artist. I have no issues where he’s from and not being an American. We’ve had quite a few non American people perform at halftime and it was no big deal. I do have a problem with show being entirley in Spanish. One song is fine but for the whole show is ridiculous.
What knucklehead approved the entire show could be sung in Spanish.
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He is from Puerto Rico, owned by America. He lives in the americas. North America/ South America. America isn’t just the USA.
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I stand corrected, he is an American. I wasn’t, however, complaining about that. I just don’t think it should be all in Spanish.
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Sounds like you need to learn spanish Amigo...
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Its a territory, "owned" implies something else.
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The knucklehead that approved it is one that broke the record for the amount of views that watched the NFL Super Bowl… I have several friends and family who came together for this due to the fact that Bad Bunny performed… Did you know that Bad Bunny was on stage with Shakira another Hispanic when she did the halftime show in 2020. No one gave two thoughts then…
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Once again, my only complaint is that it was entirely in Spanish.
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Your fact about the Super Bowl viewers is almost correct. It’s was the second most viewed. Halftime was 4th in viewership. They are, however, pretty impressive stats.
The person or persons who ok’d an entire show in Spanish are still knuckleheads.
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Exactly and all the commercials where in English, NFL looking to make more money
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He is American Puerto Rico is America and in this country you have a better chance of being hired if you're bilingual.
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He is American! We have US Passports.
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I know. I corrected myself earlier
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Then learn spanish.
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Isn't Spanish the second most widely spoken language on earth? Mandarin, English, Arabic also in the top four.
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I speak Spanish but that was not what was spoken. What I saw (on replay) was offensive. I’ve dropped Verizon and won’t be buying Bud Light anytime soon. I vote with my dollars.
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lol byeee
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Their it goes again, spreading hate and diversion because it think it know what it talking about, it does not
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I'm hoping you were referring to Megyn Kelly and her ridiculous rebuttals to Piers Morgan's defending Bad Bunny, him not even reading anything about him or the Half Time show beforehand. She was mainly upset that he didn't speak or sing in English! (He did say, "God Bless America" so she gets one demerit for that.)
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I am greatly surprised that Sunny and Ana gave gushing approval to such nasty,vile language being spewed out in front of children. I know they don't care about others' children, but I thought they'd have higher standards, considering the fact that their kids were being spewed out at too.
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Wopiee your not the majority either..
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The last time I cared about anything Whoopie had to say - should have had something to say- was when she dragged Ted Danson to a party in black face then left him out in the cold to face the condemnation all on his own. Gutless then, now and always.
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I'm sorry AmazingDave did you say something??
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