NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell brushed aside the right-wing backlash to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance , saying, “I think it’s going to be an exciting and united moment.”

Goodell shared his first comments on the matter while speaking with reporters Wednesday, Oct. 22, during the NFL’s fall meeting. “He’s one of the most popular entertainers in the world,” Goodell said of Bad Bunny , via The Athletic . “That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important element to the entertainment value. It’s carefully thought through. I would say I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. We have hundreds of millions of people watching, but I have full confidence it’ll be a good show.”

The commissioner’s comments come as conservative

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