The everyday stars of Bad Bunny's halftime show speak out
The everyday people who played integral roles in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show are speaking about their experience.
Alongside Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, small business owners, beloved community members, and performance extras from all over the map took the stage to showcase aspects of culture and celebration in Latino communities, which Bad Bunny aimed to highlight on Sunday.
"I was extremely grateful and thankful to be able to represent my culture, my family, my city," said Victor Villa, who runs the taqueria Villa's Tacos Los Angeles, in an interview with "Good Morning America" that aired Tuesday.
On the Super Bowl stage, Villa could be seen greeting Bad Bunny while standing behind a grill with his taqueria's name on it in blue print.
"He brought us all together, and he showed what we could accomplish if we just work as a group, as a collective, and that love is the most powerful force," Villa added, referring to the Puerto Rican superstar.
Bad Bunny also included in his halftime show Maria Antonia Cay, known as Toñita, who runs Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn, a New York City cultural fixture for 50 years and a bar the Puerto Rican superstar has visited himself.
During the show, Bad Bunny approached Cay and took a shot from her, knocking it back in the middle of a song.
Bad Bunny also incorporated into his show a couple who wed onstage. The moment, like many from Sunday's halftime show, went viral on social media, showcasing not only the wedding itself but a brief, celebratory reception onstage, filled with dancing and a performance from Lady Gaga, who sang a salsa version of her song "Die With a Smile."
Another aspect of the halftime show that garnered viral attention online was the tall bushes meant to evoke the grasslands and sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico. Show producers told Variety that the bushes seen on the field for much of the performance were, in reality, roughly 380 people recruited to stand around the stage in grass costumes, in order to help make the setup more efficient.
Humberto Martinez was one of those performers, telling "Good Morning America" that the experience was "so much fun."
Martinez said he took home part of his costume following the show.
"I definitely was not about to do all of that and not bring some type of, you know, souvenir," he said, adding, "I need proof that I was Benito's 'grass bunny.'"
Bad Bunny's halftime show paid homage to the global sensation's Puerto Rican heritage, complete with a collection of his hit songs, many of them from his latest album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," which earned him the award for album of the year at this year's Grammys.
The halftime show concluded with Bad Bunny saying "God bless America" before listing off nations that make up the Americas, capping his performance with a shoutout to "my homeland," Puerto Rico.
"Seguimo aquí," he added, Spanish for "we're still here," before spiking a football emblazoned with the words "Together we are America."
