Karoline Leavitt Sampled Bad Bunny Song on Instagram Weeks Before Bashing Him as Super Bowl Performer
- - Karoline Leavitt Sampled Bad Bunny Song on Instagram Weeks Before Bashing Him as Super Bowl Performer
Ingrid VasquezFebruary 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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Karoline Leavitt (left); Bad Bunny (right)
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Bad Bunny performed during the 2026 Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly bashed Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show performer
After, online users discovered that she sampled one of his songs on an Instagram post in December 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly bashed Bad Bunny as the 2026 Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show performer — but, weeks before the big show, she sampled one of his songs on Instagram.
On New Year's Eve, Leavitt posted an Instagram compilation of her top moments of 2025 set to a music mashup that includes one of the most popular songs of 31-year-old rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, "DtMF."
Fans didn't miss the track near the top of her Instagram Reel. "Bad bunny playing for the recap is the funniest s--- I’ve seen so far this year. And we’re only 19 days in 🤣 she lowkey loves him like the rest of us 🤣," one person wrote.
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Another comment included a photo of the Puerto Rican rapper at the 2026 Grammys, where he took home the awards for Best Música Urbana Album and Album of the Year for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.
The Grammy winner earned a standing ovation for his Best Música Urbana Album acceptance speech as he began with "ICE Out."
"We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens — we are humans, and we are Americans," he continued.
When asked about Bad Bunny's comments at the Grammys, in a press conference following the Feb. 1 event, Leavitt said she found it "very ironic and frankly sad to see celebrities who live in gated communities, with private security with millions of dollars to spend protecting themselves, trying to demonize law enforcement, public servants who work for the United States government to enforce our nation's laws."
White House press secretary Karole Leavitt on Feb. 10
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Leavitt added, "You didn't hear this same type of uproar from celebrities in Hollywood when the previous administration allowed an invasion of our nation's borders and allowed innocent women and girls like Jocelyn Nungaray and Laken Riley to be killed, raped, and murdered at the hands of people who should have never been in our country in the first place."
"Now you have law enforcement who are simply trying to do their jobs to remove violent predators like those who took the lives of innocent Americans," she continued. "There was no uproar from Hollywood and the alitest crowd at the Grammys then, but there is now, and I think that speaks to the unfortunate irony we're seeing in Hollywood."
Bad Bunny performs during the Apple Music halftime show at Super Bowl LX
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Leavitt also slammed Bad Bunny when she was asked whether President Donald Trump would be watching his halftime show or Turning Point USA's "All-American Halftime Show."
"I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny, I must say that," she said while speaking to reporters from the podium.
A clip later posted on X appeared to show Trump at a Super Bowl 2026 watch party with Bad Bunny's halftime show playing in the background, despite his criticism of the performance.
"The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence."
Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show
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"Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World," he continued. "This 'Show' is just a 'slap in the face' to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!"
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Trump went on to say, "There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD — And, by the way, the NFL should immediately replace its ridiculous new Kickoff Rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
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