{"id":609621,"date":"2026-02-18T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609621\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:31:17","slug":"devin-booker-shades-bad-bunny-halftime-performance-im-mexican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609621\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker shades Bad Bunny Halftime performance: &#8216;I&#8217;m Mexican&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"255\" data-start=\"71\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/news\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> guard Devin Booker offered a short and unexpected response when asked about Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl LX halftime show, revealing he didn\u2019t tune in to the performance at all.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"531\" data-start=\"257\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/devin-booker-bad-bunny-halftime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Complex<\/a>, the moment came during NBA All-Star Weekend media availability in Inglewood, California. A reporter mistakenly referred to Booker as Puerto Rican while bringing up Bad Bunny\u2019s set. Booker quickly corrected the assumption before explaining why he skipped the show altogether.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"531\" data-start=\"257\">MORE:\u00a0<a data-testid=\"card--article-thumbnail\" role=\"article\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/culture\/entertainment\/news\/cardi-b-has-all-smoke-would-be-stefon-diggs-hater\/668a463779b675294421b712\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardi B has all the smoke for a would-be Stefon Diggs hater<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"603\" data-start=\"533\">\u201cI\u2019m Mexican, I didn\u2019t watch it to be completely honest,\u201d Booker said.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"892\" data-start=\"605\">The exchange gained traction given the overlapping history between Booker and Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio. Both have previously been linked to model and media personality Kendall Jenner, adding another layer of familiarity between the two public figures.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1246\" data-start=\"894\">There has also been at least one indirect lyrical reference in the past. On the 2023 track \u201cCoco Chanel,\u201d a collaboration with Eladio Carri\u00f3n, Bad Bunny delivered a line in Spanish widely interpreted as a subtle jab: \u201cPero el sol de PR calienta m\u00e1&#8217; que el de Phoenix,\u201d which translates to \u201cBut the sun in Puerto Rico is hotter than the one in Phoenix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1596\" data-start=\"1248\">While Booker made it clear he didn\u2019t watch the halftime performance, Jenner was at the Super Bowl and has maintained a friendly dynamic with both Booker and Bad Bunny in recent months. Earlier this year, she and Booker exchanged lighthearted comments on social media during the game, including a playful moment referencing his ankle.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1675\" data-start=\"1598\">\u201cCome rub it,\u201d Booker replied after Jenner teased him during the interaction.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1675\" data-start=\"1598\">MORE:\u00a0<a data-testid=\"card--article-thumbnail\" role=\"article\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/culture\/entertainment\/news\/angel-reese-blesses-timeline-floral-bikini-pic\/811b8c369b239785f928d2fa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Angel Reese blesses the timeline with a floral bikini pic<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1900\" data-start=\"1677\">Jenner has also publicly leaned into her dating history. In a recent Fanatics campaign titled \u201cBet On Kendall,\u201d she referenced past relationships with high-profile athletes, including Booker, as part of the brand\u2019s rollout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker offered a short and unexpected response when asked about Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":["post-609621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix-suns","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenixsuns","tag-suns"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116091413411922283","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}