Yes, the wedding ceremony during Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl half-time show – the first where a headliner performed entirely in Spanish – was genuine.
About five minutes into the Puerto Rican artist‘s 13-minute performance at Levi’s Stadium in California, cameras panned to a couple’s wedding ceremony.
“I declare you husband and wife, you can kiss the bride,” a smiling officiant declared in Spanish.
The newlyweds then parted to reveal Lady Gaga and Los Sobrinos, a Puerto Rican salsa band who played on Bad Bunny’s most recent album and at his Puerto Rican residency.
The couple are serenaded by Gaga, who sings “Die With A Smile,” before cameras focus in on the couple cutting their wedding cake and dancing to Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” (Unforgettable Dance).
The star, who recently won album of the year at the Grammys, performed on a heavily Puerto Rican-inspired stage.
After the show, his representative confirmed that the couple had actually been married during the show.
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The unnamed husband and wife had invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, but he said they should instead be part of his half-time show.
The artist served as a witness and signed their marriage certificate.
The wedding scene, which recreated a small outdoor plaza, was part of the show’s greater celebration of Puerto Rico.
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The scene quickly went viral, with one person commenting on the NFL’s official YouTube video of the performance: “Imagine being in your 80s telling your grandchildren you got to have a wedding in the Super Bowl”.
Another jokingly commented, “‘How many people came to your wedding?’
“‘Idk (I don’t know), like 70,000’ – that couple”.
The joyous half-time show was labelled as the “worst ever” by US President Donald Trump.
Trump, who attended last year’s show, called Bad Bunny’s show “an affront to the Greatness of America”.
“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” he added.
Mr Trump’s administration has long been hostile to the use of Spanish within the US.
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Within hours of Trump’s second inauguration in 2025, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.
The president shut down the Spanish version of the website during his first term. It was restored when President Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021.
In March 2025, Trump signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.
The order allows government agencies and organisations which receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in languages other than English.
According to a 2022 US Census Bureau report, 67.8 million (almost one in five) people in the US spoke a language other than English at home in 2019.
