Musician Bad Bunny did not break any rules during his Super Bowl halftime performance, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concluded after an investigation.
The investigation came after a large number of Republican congressmen accused the Puerto Rican of violating public broadcaster standards, despite the fact that all explicit words in his lyrics were censored during the show.
"What Americans witnessed during the Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny was indescribable and should never be allowed to be shown on television again... In America, our laws are not suggestions, and no matter what foreign language you speak, you must obey them," Congressman Randy Fine wrote in a letter to the FCC. He specifically pointed to the line "el perico es blanco" in the song "NUEVAYol," which refers to cocaine.
The New York Post now writes, citing sources, that the FCC "has waived any further scrutiny unless new evidence emerges," after determining that lyrics "containing references to sexual acts and genitals" had been removed from the songs "Titi Me Pregunto," "Monaco," and "Safaera."
Republicans have filed requests for compensation and control of the performance, after the US president described the Bad Bunny show as "a slap in the face to America".
The numbers still show that this was the fourth-largest show in Super Bowl history, given that 128.2 million people watched the live broadcast.
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