{"id":739811,"date":"2026-02-09T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739811\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:24:16","slug":"michele-tafoya-didnt-watch-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739811\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Tafoya didn’t watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michele Tafoya did not tune into the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, instead opting to do something she\u2019d never done before during the Big Game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former NFL sideline reporter turned conservative commentator took to social media to express that she wasn\u2019t tuning in for Bad Bunny\u2019s halftime performance <\/a>at Super Bowl 2026 from Levi\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring halftime tonight, I\u2019m going to do something I\u2019ve never done before: fold laundry,\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\"BadBad Bunny performing during the Super Bowl halftime show, wearing a white outfit and pointing up. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s decision to have Bad Bunny perform the halftime show created controversy in the lead-up<\/a> to the Seahawks\u2019 29-13 win over the Patriots on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Tafoya was a longtime sports reporter and did stints on the sidelines for \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d on ESPN and with \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d on NBC, a role she held from 2011 to 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her last assignment was covering the Rams\u2019 Super Bowl win in February 2022, when they defeated the Bengals 23-20 in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her broadcast career started at KFAN in Minneapolis, covering the Vikings and the University of Minneapolis before moving over to CBS in 1994.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tafoya filed paperwork last month <\/a>to launch a bid to be the Republican nominee for governor of the state of Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MicheleNBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is seen before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. AP<\/p>\n

She joined a crowded field that includes former Minnesota Senate Minority Leader David Hann, ex-NBA player Royce White and US Navy SEAL veteran Adam Schwarze.<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny\u2019s performance at the Super Bowl ran for a little more than 13 minutes and the Puerto Rican artist was joined on stage<\/a> by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Celeb cameos also included Cardi B, Alix Earle, Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal, Karol G and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the field, the Seahawks opened a 9-0 lead over the Pats at halftime and Seattle broke the game open in the second half to capture their first Super Bowl title since 2014, when they defeated the Broncos at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michele Tafoya did not tune into the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, instead opting to do something…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[70481,7,14458,1372,6,9,10,203,505,41484],"class_list":{"0":"post-739811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bad-bunny","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-halftime-show","11":"tag-nbc-sports","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-sports-entertainment","15":"tag-sports-media","16":"tag-super-bowl","17":"tag-super-bowl-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116039718412300869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}