A reality TV star was reportedly fired for her controversial comments on Bad Bunny's Super Bowl 60 halftime show.
Jill Zarin of "The Real Housewives of New York" fame was reportedly participating in a new project for E!, titled "The Golden Life." However, Variety has reported that Zarin has been fired from the show. Those close to Zarin claim that she was fired for her comments on Bad Bunny's Super Bowl 60 halftime show.
"We all agree - it was the worst halftime show ever. It's 250 years that we're celebrating right now in the United States, and I just don't think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish," Zarin said in a video shared online.
She added that the show "looked like a political statement, because there were literally no white people in the *entire *thing."
Feb 8, 2026; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga perform the halftime show in Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images © Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Those close to the reality TV star are "disappointed" by the decision, according to Page Six.
"A lot of people were not happy about the Bad Bunny show," said an insider familiar with Zarin's thinking, "Megyn Kelly had a viral video slamming it. Whether you like him or not, the President of the United states slammed it."
One source added: "E! completely overreacted. If they'd waited a week, it would have been fine. The show doesn't air for nine months."
Stephen A. Smith among those critical, too
ESPN star Stephen A. Smith said on his radio show on Tuesday that he's receiving "cancelation" threats after his comments on Bad Bunny. Smith criticized the show for being in Spanish.
"Because I said that, they got me all over the place with pictures pairing me with right-wingers talking about ‘I was against Bad Bunny.' I was not against Bad Bunny," Smith said on his show Tuesday. "One lie after another after another. And ladies and gentlemen, let me say this: I honor my contracts. I'm not going away. I say stuff on my political channel or my YouTube channel. Why are folks calling ESPN? I didn't say it on their airwaves.
"They have nothing to do with what I'm saying. I own this show," Smith continued. "I own both my shows, and I own my own YouTube channel. Why you constantly bringing up my day job? ‘Stephen A. of ESPN.' Because you want to get me canceled. Why don't you bring up about me on SiriusXM? Because you know there's no way in (expletive) Scott Greenstein or SiriusXM is going to cancel me. We live in a society where people are sitting up there looking at it, and it's like, ‘Yo, if you disagree with somebody, that's a reason to go scorched earth on them,' as if they committed a crime. That's what these soft-(expletive), irrelevant, nonproductive people try to do. It's not appropriate to say on SiriusXM, I'm gonna say it anyway, they can kiss my (expletive)."
Super Bowl 61 is set for Los Angeles in February 2027.
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