Texas led – Texas filed the most FCC complaints tied to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance, a new report says, with the complaints heavily focused on language and whether the show was family-friendly.
The Super Bowl halftime show drew heat quickly—so quickly that regulators ended up with thousands of complaints, and Texas led the way.
After the Federal Communications Commission released the total of 2. 155 complaints it received about the Super Bowl. a May 11 report found that most of the filings were tied to Bad Bunny’s halftime performance. A records request to the FCC by a publication seeking public information surfaced the numbers. and the geographic pattern was stark: Texas. Florida and California filed the most complaints. in that order.
Texas topped the list even as complaints arrived from across the country. In the filings reviewed, 497 complaints included the word “vulgar,” 735 included the word “Spanish,” and 919 contained Bad Bunny’s name.
In Grapevine, outside Dallas, one complaint focused on both the language and the sexual imagery it said viewers saw. The writer argued that the performance was primarily in Spanish but still offensive because. in their view. “the lyrics translation is vulgar as well as the scantily clad women twerking and the men clutching their crotches.” The complaint added. “Certainly not family friendly and not what children orany of the rest of us should be exposed to.”.
Another complaint from Kaufaman. near Dallas. raised a different accusation: that the show was not appropriate for families and that NBC’s marketing set the wrong expectation. The filing said the performance was not family friendly. and then criticized NBC for advertising the halftime act as “wholesome and family-friendly. characterized by traditional family values”. The complaint asked how a performance featuring explicit sexual themes could be considered family-friendly. writing: “I have NO idea how a man singingabout his private parts. about a woman playing with his private parts. talking about sexual intercourse and how horny they are could possibly be considered ‘wholesome and family friendly. ‘”.
The concerns about children showed up repeatedly in the complaints. One filing from Katy said. “Children should not be exposed as such and a warning should have been provided that is was not suitable.” The writer then urged action by saying. “Additionally. please consider what is right for our nation and nations children by censoring such national broadcast behavior. ” framing the issue as broader than one performance.
That surge landed on a day when the Super Bowl was already a massive national event. The game ranked as the second-most-watched broadcast, with an estimated 124.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen—behind the 2025 game that averaged 127.7 million viewers.
The complaints’ wording and volume point to the same flashpoint in different forms: whether the halftime show’s lyrics and imagery crossed a line for households expecting a family-friendly broadcast, and whether the way it was presented before airtime matched what viewers later saw.
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FCC wasting money again.
I’m sorry but if there are thousands of complaints, it’s basically proof people were offended for no reason? Like it’s the Super Bowl not church. Also “family-friendly” should be on the parents.
Texas “ranks first” bc they’re mad about Spanish? That’s kinda wild, like the word “vulgar” doesn’t mean they even watched it right. My cousin said Bad Bunny was censored or something but idk. Anyway seems dumb that NBC had to be blamed too, marketing is always a lie.
So Texas filed the most, cool. But they’re counting words like “Spanish” and “vulgar” like that automatically equals the whole show being disgusting. Then one complaint is like “clutching their crotches” and “twerking” and “not family friendly” — ok but why is the FCC even involved with halftime drama. If the marketing said wholesome, then complain about advertising, not the language. Also I thought FCC only cared about indecency on radio/TV? Idk, I’m just sick of everyone making everything a complaint form.