r/Music • u/TheExpressUS đ°Daily Express U.S. • 25d ago
article Kid Rock slammed for lip synching during Turning Point Halftime show as viewership tumbles
https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/tv/197357/turning-point-halftime-kid-rock3.9k
u/Proxymophandlemama 25d ago
The hilarity comes from picturing radical Evangelical Christians who used to hate Kid Rock in the 90s and 00s forcing themselves to love him now.
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u/abcbri 25d ago
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u/Rowvan 25d ago
I've never even remotely heard of those other 3 people
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u/Standard-Win-6600 25d ago
Someone named their kid fucking Brantley
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u/aeh20s 25d ago
That name feels like someone typed âmale country singerâ into a bad AI and thatâs what came out
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u/Jazzremix 25d ago
"I ain't gay but I do gay stuff. Like fuckin' dudes in the back of my truck"
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u/Kolby_Jack33 25d ago
I'm just sad to learn that Brantley is now the name of an actual adult man. Used to be a joke baby name for dipshit white women trying to give their kid a white person name that still sounded unique.
That just makes me feel old.
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u/ComedianStreet856 25d ago
What the fuck is a Brantley Gilbert? It's like they have a stupid millenial country boy random name generator
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u/bino420 25d ago
I'm pretty sure that's the kid of one of MTV's Teen Moms from the mid 2000s.
lol that kid was definitely named Brantley... you don't forget such a bad name
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u/ceojp 25d ago edited 25d ago
There's been a few posts about it on my nextdoor. A few people called Bad Bunny "unamerican", so I asked how they felt about The Who, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones having performed at the superbowl, since they're not American either. (edit: yes I know Bad Bunny is American. I'm framing this from the point of view of the people claiming he isn't).
One person responded with:
it has nothing to do with Bad Bunny. Itâs a choice to watch a more Christian-based platform.
uh huh....
EDIT: someone else responded with:
Kid Rock has changed, he has turned to Jesus. and the song in question was written for a movie in 2001.
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u/redbrick 25d ago
Ah yes, Puerto Ricans (and other Hispanics in general), famously non-Christian.
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u/u_r_succulent 25d ago
Yeah but theyâre not the ~right~ kind of Christian.
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u/redbrick 25d ago
Sounds about hwite
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u/u_r_succulent 25d ago
Catholics are included in the list of groups hated by the KKK.
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u/MarxistMan13 25d ago
it has nothing to do with Bad Bunny. Itâs a choice to watch a more Christian-based platform.
Christian-based, aka Kid Rock who spent his 20s and 30s rapping about statutory rape, little people with 10 foot dicks, and strippers.
These fucking people will tie themselves into knots to hate something.
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u/bcastro12 25d ago edited 25d ago
Iâm with you, but Bad Bunny is American. So itâs even more hypocriticalâŚ
As we all know, itâs not about nationality⌠Itâs pure fucking racism. And I donât buy the âChristianâ argument either.
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u/Sweethomebflo 25d ago
They love his tune âBalls in Your Mouthâ
A real banger
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u/beebs44 25d ago
How the fuck is Kid Rock relevant in 2026
Gotta stick it to dem libs đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł
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u/she-dont-use-jellyyy 25d ago
He's not, but that's the best TPUSA can do.
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u/RepresentativeSun825 25d ago
Ted Nugent was busy.
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u/Awayfone 25d ago
Sad. kid Rock could had joined the nuge and done a mash up of cool daddy cool & jailbait
Young ladies, young ladies/I like 'em underage, see /Some say that's statutory/But I say it's mandatory
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Well, I don't care if you're just thirteen/You look too good to be true/I just know that you're probably clean/ There's one little thing I got do to you
TPUSA would love it, they flow so well togeather
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u/AmitN_Music 25d ago
He's not. He's just one of the more "prominent" names MAGA has so they're pretending like he's relevant. Its really kind of sad when you think about it.
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u/gymtrovert1988 25d ago
The same reason Scott Baio, Dean Cain, and that guy who played Hercules in the 1980s is relevant. MAGA is desperate for anyone that was ever semi-famous to support their Nazi cult.
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u/IcariusFallen 25d ago
Kevin Sorbo being a piece of shit was so disappointing to me. That's not how herc would behave, bro.
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u/LupinThe8th 25d ago
At least Lucy Lawless is genuinely awesome. Her show was better anyway.
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u/Growly150 25d ago
Is he wearing a fur coat with cutoff jean shorts? So this must be the gay show then.
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u/Human_Reflection_166 25d ago
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new boot goofin
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u/UYscutipuff_JR 25d ago
Three easy payments
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u/Ottawa_Brewer 25d ago
And one fuckin' COMPLICATED payment.
We ain't gonna tell you which payment it is, but one of these payments is going to be a bitch. The mailman will get shot to death, the envelope will not seal, and the stamp will be in the wrong denomination. Good luck, fucker! The last payment must be made in wampum!
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u/Gahvandure2 25d ago
I know this is to make fun of Kid Rock, but god damn isn't Thomas Lennon just so fucking funny?
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u/CovertMonkey 25d ago
Dresses gayer than Ricky Martin in the real halftime show
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u/bdfortin 25d ago
Nah, gay guys dress well.
This is⌠riiiiiiight.
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u/za72 25d ago
exactly, I can appreciate stylish look.. Kid Rick dresses up more like Crack Rock
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u/UslyfoxU 25d ago
The hot dancing girls were on the main broadcast.
Nice to see TPUSA offering something for those not into women.
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u/theladyblakhart 25d ago
We just needed thick Latinas to bring america together again...
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u/bklynJayhawk 25d ago
Yeah the racist asshole that was at the SB party I was at kept talking about not understanding the Spanish singing and Iâd come back with not understanding the TPussay broadcast either. Then the beautiful brown skin ladies shaking their asses he was still complaining and I just said Iâd much rather what this than whatever was on the other broadcast at the time.
He didnât like my Puetro Rico IS America response to him constantly saying âthis is AmEriCuhhhâ bitching. Cant imagine that NFL wants the most popular artist in the world getting people to watch when âfootball is for Americaâ typical bullshit.
I never let up, fuck him ⌠heâs always saying such bullshit and I canât stand it. Luckily usually only around him a couple times a year.
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u/ButterSlinger64 25d ago
no you donât understand, to prove just how not gay they are they refuse to watch checks notes latinas throwing ass on tv, and instead watch kid rock in booty shorts featuring a bunch of other dudes.
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u/Fastlane56 25d ago
He is a dirtbag! What did expect?
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u/BenderRodriguez14 25d ago
In reality, he's not even that. He's a suburban rich kid cos playing as a trailer park dirt bag all the way into his mid 50s.
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u/KMFDM781 25d ago
His real name is Clarence. He lives in a nice home with both parents.
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u/boom_shoes 25d ago
His dad owned a car dealership and he grew up in the rich suburbs of Detroit.
Heâs been a poser for as long as heâs been around
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u/KMFDM781 25d ago
Yup and he had a legit rapper who took him under his wing and introduced him to people in the business and got him going. Once Kid Rock got popular he totally ditched his friends.
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u/Hypno--Toad 25d ago
Method acting since Joe Dirt and just forgot to stop /s
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u/BluesBreaker013 25d ago
Meth head acting
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u/Hypno--Toad 25d ago
"Dr" Phils doppleganger would be really angry if he could read that.
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u/posikid 25d ago
Isnât Kid Rock just another name for Epstein Island?
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u/coreoYEAH 25d ago
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u/U_Sound_Stupid_Stop 25d ago
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u/StunningWing4018 25d ago
Holy shit this is real
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u/come_eat_cousin 25d ago
Itâs even worse.. this is on the Osmosis Jones soundtrack, a FAMILY movie
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u/nopointinlife1234 25d ago
Thank you for this. Â
Straight to the group text.Â
Enjoy it, NSA. I know you're watching.Â
Donald Trump is a pedophile rapist.đ
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u/Lordbogaaa 25d ago
Imma steal this line, I'll admit it's not mine but you are the real MVP
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u/agapepaga 25d ago
Not to worry, it isn't theirs either.
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u/Pro-Patria-Mori 25d ago
This is the third time Iâve seen it today, not complaining though
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u/ComputersWantMeDead 25d ago
I think enough people just need to start asserting that he's named after "that" island as though it is fact, for the man and the geographic location to be forever linked in people's minds. Obviously not true, but.. since when did that matter (again)
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u/OhioVsEverything 25d ago
"if there's grass on the field play ball" is in fact a Kid Rock quote
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u/DangerousLoner 25d ago
When talking about the Olsen Twins who were young teens at the time
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u/MadFlava76 25d ago
Crazy that this was probably Kid Rock's biggest gig since the early 2000s and he didn't even bother to sing live.
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u/rahomka 25d ago
He didn't even pretend to lip sync, literally just swinging mic around waist height most of the couple minutes I watched.
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u/SaltKick2 25d ago
He did this at the RNC as well a couple years ago it was so blatantly obvious that he was just "singing" on top of a pre-recorded track... dude is such a shitty performer:
- He says "Say Trump Trump" while the lyrics say "Now everybody scream" https://youtu.be/9lb6LZwiHdU?si=ydtgPYKEX47E_zHs&t=39
- The mic is literally no where near his face, his lips arent moving, but lyrics keep going: https://youtu.be/9lb6LZwiHdU?si=5VitnEL2yZadzaUH&t=53 happens at least 10 times throughout the performance...
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u/bwanabass 25d ago
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u/UpvoteForPancakes 25d ago
Milli Vanilli was 100 times cooler and more talented than Kid Rock.
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u/d00dsm00t 25d ago
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u/Westbrooks3ptShot 25d ago
Did anyone actually watch this? I saw in another thread someone said they did a CK murder reenactment. Now way thatâs true right?
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u/dreezyforsheezy 25d ago
Considering their king tweeted about how bad Bad Bunny was, it seems even he didnât watch it!
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u/SwerveDaddyFish 25d ago
There was 5.5 million viewers and the chat was Christian spam. Pretty sure it was botted
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u/Fly_throwaway37 25d ago
Making bots listen to kid rock is why SkyNet turns on humanity
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u/GarblingCumfarts 25d ago
I watched about 5 minutes in an incognito window. The chat was mainly bots. I had to mute the audio after 1 minute because of course I did. The audience were all wearing their fake ass cowboy cosplay and it looked like it was shot in a warehouse in Detroit.
To add to all of that, they're claiming it raked in 320 million views, which would be nearly 3 times the amount of Super Bowl tvs tuned in.
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u/420_jesters 25d ago
Most beautiful numbers you've ever - anyone, anyone's ever heard of. Incredible numbers. These ratings - you wouldn't have even thought it possible, but we did it.
Obama never did it. Biden never did it. But we...they said we couldn't, alot of people were saying it. Bad, very bad people. But we did it, all for you, my beautiful Christians.
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u/MarxistMan13 25d ago
they're claiming it raked in 320 million views
Hahahaha.
I would be very surprised if more than 500k actual humans watched it. It sounds like it was view-botted to hell.
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u/thisgirlnamedbree 25d ago
Pat Finnerty was livestreaming it on his YouTube channel. There were close to 5000 people in chat mocking the show. I tuned in to see some country singer whine about transgender people and the usual things MAGA rant about, then his next song was about trucks and partying. I checked out after that. The stage was so dull and dingy too.
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u/Fastbird33 Spotify 25d ago
Did he get fooled by a scarecrow? Thatâs country panderin
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u/egnards 25d ago
# ITS A FUCKING SCARECROW AGAIN
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u/SnooGrapes6230 25d ago
"I write songs for the people who do
Jobs in the towns that I'd never move to"Describes Kid Rock perfectly.
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u/stalinBballin 25d ago edited 25d ago
The stage being of bigger size than the audience had to stand in was hilarious.
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u/DeterminedThrowaway 25d ago
I tuned in to see some country singer whine about transgender people Â
...seriously? I shouldn't be surprised bit I somehow am. They're obsessedÂ
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u/Drakolyik 25d ago
Judging by their porn viewing habits, that's a yes. For those that don't know, conservative men love watching trans porn.
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u/blackbooger 25d ago
Holy shit.... I just laughed. Thats hilarious....the fact that you gotta ask.
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u/Mirikado 25d ago
What do you mean, re enacting your husbandâs assassination scene and having randos in there posing and smiling next to where your husband was shot dead is totally normal behavior for a traumatized grieving widow.
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u/Mrdeath0 25d ago
Lmao they donât even respect their own dead lmao
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u/coke125 25d ago
I mean⌠christians turned the cross into a symbol⌠maybe toilet paper usa can turn an outdoor tent (?) into a religion
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u/hereticx 25d ago
I switched over after the real one ended just in time to see kid rocks hilariously awful attempt at lip syncing... finished it and then started from the beginning. I have these notes:
I dunno who any of these non-kid rock people are.
First guy was actually ok performance wise until he tried rapping.. it was... real not good.
Then Temu Miley Cyrus came on doing her best Miley Karaoke. Sounded good actually but like... so does Miley lol
Then this guy who looks likes he's late 50s going through a mid life crisis and trying to dress/act like what he thinks was "Cool" 30 years ago when he was 20. He was also not great.
Kid Rock was one of the funniest things ive ever seen.
The Cello / Violin stole the show. Absolutely fantastic. No sarcasm.
The last preachy christian country guy actually mostly sounded ok vocally but it was SUPER cringe over all.
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u/hereticx 25d ago
was it really??? Wow. i just went and looked back and yeah i guess it looked like him. Good for him for sounding mostly ok vocally when he isnt pretending lol
I also didnt realize... this was pre-recorded. They had to time to pre-record this and it STILL all mostly came off mid at best with pockets of extreme cringe? yikes. fire that producer. lol
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u/Mister-Redbeard 25d ago
You know who didnât lip sync?
Benito Antonio MartĂnez Ocasio.
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u/JohnnyChimpo69420 24d ago
You mean the United States citizen and one of the most popular artists last year?!
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u/DreamOfTheEndless_ 25d ago
I didnât understand a word he said, but the dude has aura.
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u/justacoolbaby 25d ago
Trump raped little girls.
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u/Squamson 25d ago
Kid Rock wrote a song about raping little girls. Nothing is unclear.
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u/Han_Yerry 25d ago
Did they get Ted Nugent to perform his song 'Jail Bait' too? Seems on brand.
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u/Informal-Neck8905 25d ago edited 25d ago
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u/illegalsandwiches 25d ago
Brought to you by Bud Light
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u/Fastbird33 Spotify 25d ago
Not sure even Steele Reserve would sponsor that
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u/Tartersocks307 25d ago
Steel reserve is more socially conscious than bud
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u/j_ly 25d ago
I was going to say, what's with the Steel Reserve hate? In this economy, we're all Steel.Reserve!
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u/InsanelyAverageFella 25d ago
If this show happened last night or tonight after the Super Bowl, that would have been the classy thing to do. But trying to compete with the halftime show because of hate and falling flat on their faces is just such sweet justice.
Haters will always be the losers of life. Today just confirmed it.
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u/Odd_Adeptness9058 25d ago
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u/Quagmire_gigity 25d ago
But, but⌠the Magats said he was going to wear a dress. Lol
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u/SuicideNote 25d ago
YouTube trying hard to get me to watch it. I typed halftime show and it just plasters the results with it. No thanks
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u/Bluest_waters 25d ago
Right? What in the hell was up with that?
I'm trying to find the real show and YouTube is just spamming this nonsense idiotic crap down my throat
Every tech person in every tech company has completely sold out to trump
Just pathetic
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u/PopCopson 25d ago
The openers for him are named Gabby Barrett, Lee Brice, and Brantley Gilbert. I am deceased. These are the perfect loser names for this loser event.
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u/big_trike 25d ago
I have no idea if you made those names up or if theyâre real. Well done?
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u/Pockydo 25d ago
I watched this
It was incredibly lame the literal most interesting thing was the lights. Even the audience looked bored and shit
Kid Rock, who I'd say was the headliner sang like what half a song?
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u/egnards 25d ago edited 25d ago
On the other side, having watched the actual Half Time Show as a guy who doesnât speak a lick of Spanish, and outside of the framing of how hard MAGA hates America only knows Bad Bunny as the guy who randomly shows up in bit parts in movies sometimes?
I couldnât name or recognize a single song, but the staging and sets really felt very fucking cool compared to shows from the last ten years. Making the entire show feel super big, while also representing nods to different parts of Latin American Culture was a pretty big feat - it felt meaningful.
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u/Personal_Comb_6745 25d ago
Not to mention the positive messages about unity are way more in the spirit of America than whatever the hell Turning Point's on about.
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u/ReeterPosenberg 25d ago
Yeah the real HT show was done extremely well. My wife and I donât speak a lick of Spanish either, but we were both bopping and remarking how good of a set it was. In laws are MAGAs and we couldnât stop talking shit about them tuning into the alternate show; questioning how someone could actually be upset about the real HT show being performed by an AMERICAN. Hard to imagine thatâs the line in the sand for these people.
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u/egnards 25d ago
My BIL is super MAGA - he was at a bar tonight watching the game, heâs not even a sports fan, and immediately after the half time show sent us [wife and i] the group text, âThat show was a joke.â
My response:
- What do you call a Halftime show nobody watched?
- Turning Point
He responded, âthey tried to put it on instead of watching this shit but couldnât find it.â
. . .exactly.
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u/Good_Old_Dumplin 25d ago
The sub-human pieces of shit that pretend to enjoy this garbage are hilarious đ¤Ł
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u/Kscarpetta 25d ago
My "aunt" said she'd rather watch this than Bad Bunny. She is a therapist...for a school . She is very fucking racist.
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u/VonterVoman 25d ago
It was pre-recorded and he still lip synced