‘Nah, I Like My Half Time Shows in English’: Megyn Kelly Cries Over Kid Rock as Bad Bunny Breaks Super Bowl Record

Megyn Kelly made it very clear which halftime show moved her on Super Bowl Sunday. The former Fox News host said she was “in tears” watching Kid Rock headline Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show,” an alternative stream timed against Bad Bunny’s official Super Bowl LX performance at Levi’s Stadium.After the show, Kelly jumped on X and posted, "Congratulations @TPUSA, I am in tears at that BEAUTIFUL half time show. Everyone did a spectacular job - it was perfect. THANK YOU!" She then doubled down when former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul praised Bad Bunny, firing back, "Nah, I like my half time shows in English from ppl who love America."

Megyn Kelly cries over Kid Rock’s TPUSA show and takes a public swipe at Bad Bunny

Turning Point USA pitched its event as a family-friendly answer to the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny, branding the concert a celebration of “faith, family, and freedom” and closing with a tribute to late founder Charlie Kirk.

Kelly’s reaction gave the show one of its loudest media boosts on the right, framing it as the “real” halftime option for viewers who share her politics and language preferences.

Her “in English” line turned a simple concert review into culture-war content. In one post, Kelly managed to praise Kid Rock, signal frustration with a Spanish-language Super Bowl headliner, and cast TPUSA’s production as the patriotic choice.

That is exactly the type of signal that plays well with an audience already angry about the NFL’s pick.

Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl audience shows where most fans actually tuned in

The numbers, though, tell a very different story from Kelly’s timeline. TPUSA’s “All-American Halftime Show” drew about 6.1 million concurrent viewers on YouTube, a strong figure for a political media brand but a fraction of the main event.Bad Bunny’s official Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show is estimated at roughly 142.3 million viewers, breaking the previous all-time halftime record and underscoring how much bigger the NFL stage still is than any rival stream.

He also made history as the first artist to perform a Super Bowl halftime show primarily in Spanish, turning what critics framed as a “controversial” booking into a record-setting moment.So while Kelly was in tears over Kid Rock’s set and TPUSA’s message, most football fans were still watching Bad Bunny under the league’s lights. Her posts didn’t change who won the ratings battle, they just made her halftime allegiance impossible to miss.