Jessica Alba was slammed for her dance moves during Bad Bunny’s performance at the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
The show featured many surprise guests, including Lady Gaga, who sang a salsa version of Die With A Smile , and Ricky Martin, who performed Bad Bunny’s Lo Que Pasó a Hawaii .
At the beginning of the performance, Bad Bunny danced onstage with several artists who were either born in Latin America or are of Latino descent , including Pedro Pascal, Karol G, Cardi B, and Jessica Alba, whose father is Mexican-American.
- Jessica Alba faced harsh criticism for her dancing during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
- Bad Bunny became the first solo Latino to headline a Super Bowl halftime show.
- The halftime show sparked controversy among conservatives, including strong criticism from Donald Trump.
Jessica Alba smiling and posing at an event after Super Bowl halftime show dancing controversy.
Jessica Alba was criticized following her appearance at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
The stars appeared on the porch of his “casita,” a staple of his shows designed to look like a traditional Puerto Rican home.
While Karol and Cardi danced enthusiastically to the Puerto Rican artist’s reggaeton hits, Jessica—who sported a white corset top with jeans—appeared more timid, with her demeanor seeming inappropriate in the eyes of many football fans.
Jessica Alba and group posing in stylish outfits amid fans blasting her Super Bowl halftime show dancing controversy.
“Jessica Alba is genuinely pissing me off sister F****** DANCE,” one viewer fumed.
“Jessica Alba is an imposter! She can’t even rock side to side on beat lol,” read another comment.
“Jessica Alba: a friend invited me,” someone else joked.
Another user referenced Jessica’s 2003 dance film Honey , in which she played a hip-hop choreographer, and wondered why the star was “acting like she can’t dance.”
Tweet praising Jessica Alba’s Super Bowl halftime show dancing, highlighting star power and surprise appearance on stage.
Tweet from Anup Sharma questioning if halftime is becoming bigger than the game, related to Jessica Alba Super Bowl halftime dancing controversy.
One supporter suggested that the 44-year-old might not feel comfortable dancing playfully in the style of reggaeton, a music genre that emphasizes sensuality and often features explicit lyrics.
“To everyone dissing her, have you ever performed in front of so many millions?” asked a separate viewer.
Jessica Alba smiling and dancing with a group of people during the Super Bowl halftime show performance.
Jessica, who is of Mexican descent, danced on stage with other Latin American artists
While Jessica’s father is Mexican-American, her mother is of Dutch and French descent.
“I always took pride in being Latina, it’s something I always embraced,” the Sin City actress told People in 2008. “I like that I look different; I like having flavor.”
She added that, earlier in her career, she struggled to be accepted as “mainstream” in Hollywood.
“I was always trying to figure out ‘How the hell am I going to be mainstream? How are people going to accept me? When are they going to get a clue that I am American, that this is what America looks like – people like me who are mixed, have different blood, mixed with different ethnicities?“
Tweet screenshot showing a user praising Jessica Alba’s Super Bowl halftime show dancing as effortless and cool.
Jessica Alba smiling and posing near a pink wall with people in the background after Super Bowl Halftime Show dancing.
Jessica Alba dancing at Super Bowl halftime show with a group of performers amid fan reactions and lively stage atmosphere.
Bad Bunny’s historic halftime show was a celebration of his Puerto Rican roots
The Super Bowl , played to determine the champion of the US National Football League (NFL), was held on Sunday (February 8) at California’s Levi’s Stadium.
The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots with a score of 29-13, claiming their second Super Bowl victory.
The game was attended by several celebrities , including Kim Kardashian, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Adam Sandler, Roger Federer, and Sofía Vergara.
Tweet criticizing Jessica Alba’s Super Bowl halftime show dancing, questioning her role during the dance scene.
Jessica Alba dancing at Super Bowl halftime show with backup dancers in colorful stage setting.
With his 13-minute performance, Bad Bunny became the first solo Latino headliner to lead a Super Bowl halftime show.
The Grammy winner had previously made a guest appearance with co-headliners Jennifer Lopez and Shakira in 2020.
His show sparked fury among some conservative groups in the US, who protested that a Latino artist who sang in Spanish had been chosen to perform.
The criticism grew following the 31-year-old’s acceptance speech at the Grammys for Album of the Year this month, in which he declared “ICE out,” referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Jessica Alba dancing with backup dancers at a colorful Super Bowl halftime show performance stage.
The show was slammed by Donald Trump as “an affront to the Greatness of America”
His p erformance embraced many elements of Puerto Rican culture, such as street vendors, a traditional wedding, sugar cane fields, and straw hats traditionally worn by Puerto Rican rural farmers.
It also featured political symbolism. At the end, the singer, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, stared down the camera and spoke in English for the only time during the performance to say, “God Bless America.”
He then began listing more than 20 nations in North, Central, and South America as dancers trailed him displaying the flags of those nations.
Behind them, a billboard message read, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
Holding a football bearing the slogan “Together, We Are America,” Bad Bunny said “Seguimos aquí” (We’re still here) and placed the ball on the ground.
Screenshot of a tweet discussing Jessica Alba’s Super Bowl halftime show dancing and fans’ reactions online.
Fan criticizing Jessica Alba’s Super Bowl halftime show dancing, calling her performance awkward and clown-like.
Following the performance, Donald Trump criticized the Puerto Rican musician on social media, complaining that “nobody understands a word this guy is saying.”
He said the show was “absolutely terrible,” adding that it “doesn’t represent our standards.”
Jessica Alba dancing during Super Bowl halftime show with people around her in a colorful setting.
Turning Point USA streamed an alternative halftime show titled theAll-American Halftime Show
Spanish is the most common language spoken in US homes besides English, with more than 40 million speakers, as per The New York Times .
Jessica Alba dancing with backup dancers during a Super Bowl halftime show performance on a football field.
Jessica Alba, Cardi B, Karol G & Pedro Pascal vibing in Bad Bunny’s casita #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/Dwpv63Cxjn — Culture (@notgwendalupe) February 9, 2026
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