Danica Patrick has continued her crusade against Bad Bunny being named Super Bowl halftime show performer, even suggesting a bit of counterprogramming. 

The former professional race car driver, 43, appeared on the Friday, October 3 episode of the “War Room” podcast, hosted by Steve Bannon, where she addressed the Puerto Rican rapper —who primarily performs in Spanish — being named the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl LX in February 2026. 

“The Super Bowl is the most highly-watched show that we have on television in the whole year,” Patrick said. “127 million people are estimated to watch it. It’s the crown jewel on television and in sports, in particular. It’s where we come together as a country. We enjoy it, we have parties, we love watching the halftime performance. We know we love to sing along to the halftime performance and it’s usually one of those that’s very versatile across so many different age ranges.”

Patrick clarified that her pushback to Bad Bunny being chosen has nothing to do with him being born in Puerto Rico. 

“I don’t have any problem with someone performing at halftime that is not from the United States, although Bad Bunny is technically a citizen because he was born in Puerto Rico,” she continued. “He wasn’t necessarily born in America. I don’t care where you’re actually born. What I care about is that I can sing along to the music. His music is almost nothing in English.” 

She continued, “I don’t think it will be as much fun. I don’t think it will be as uniting. What I would hate to see is that it would divide us again, in yet another way.”

In spite of that sentiment, Patrick theorized that “counter-shows” could be programmed to provide an alternative to Bad Bunny’s halftime set.

“To say, ‘Look, if you don’t want to watch a halftime performance and watch Bad Bunny, come watch this,’” Patrick said. “And it’s probably going to be tempting, even for me. Because I like to watch a great performance and I like to sing along.”

The former NASCAR driver first criticized Bad Bunny being chosen via social media on Sunday, September 9. 

“Oh fun,” Patrick wrote via X. “No songs in English should not be allowed at one of America’s highest rated television events of the year … not just for sports.”

Patrick has become very vocal about conservative political causes over the course of the last year, which came after she felt muzzled by her financial backers during her racing career. 

“So long as you’re paid by someone else and your career is up to someone else, you kinda gotta follow the rules,” Patrick explained. “There was never a direct ask, but [there was] an unspoken rule that you really don’t talk about politics and religion. Those are just the things you stay away from. I was totally fine with that agreement.”

She continued, “Obviously now in my post-career and retirement and being able to choose my venture, politics brought me in last year.”

Patrick credited late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk for galvanizing her interest in all things political. 

“It’s definitely a lot my belief system growing up in the Midwest,” said Patrick, who was born in Wisconsin and raised in Illinois. “I guess I would truly describe myself as someone that probably lives a little bit more liberally. I go to Burning Man. I generally feel like people should be able to live their lives the way they want. But I’ve always believed the country should be run in a more conservative fashion and definitely by a businessman.”