Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show on February 8 was a dazzling celebration of Puerto Rican culture — full of stunning visuals, lively guest performances, and energy that had millions glued to their screens.
But one tiny detail has gone completely viral: the “grass” onstage wasn’t just decoration — it was real people dressed as plants.
1 of 500 dancers
After months of hype, the Super Bowl is finally over, but Bad Bunny’s halftime show is still dominating conversations days later.
The Puerto Rican superstar’s bold, culturally rich set, featuring high‑energy choreography, guest stars like Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, and a unifying message of love and unity, captured huge attention and sparked widespread reaction online.
On Truth Social, Donald Trump slammed Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, calling it “absolutely terrible, one of the worst,” and “a slap in the face to our country.”
Piers Morgan fired back at the former president, tweeting: “Couldn’t disagree more, Mr President. I absolutely loved Bad Bunny’s halftime show … Oh, and Spanish is 1st language for 50m+ Americans!”
But back to the show itself. Viewers quickly realized that the “tall grass” covering the field during parts of the rapper’s 14-minute set wasn’t just a stage prop.
One of those leafy performers, Andrew Athias, better known on X as “The Reese’s Guy”, has now spilled the details of this very unique Super Bowl gig.
Andrew, who flew from Philadelphia to join the crew, was part of the 500 dancers bringing Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican sugarcane field set to life. But being a human blade of grass wasn’t as easy as it looked.
Performers had to fit strict physical requirements, between 5’7” and 6’ with an athletic build to handle the 50-pound costume worn for up to five hours at a time.
“My part was actually really easy. They just told me where to stand, and they said, ‘Don’t move. Stand here and be one with the grass,’” Andrew told Business Insider.
The trickiest part? Keeping the secret.
“They made us sign an NDA to not talk about it or post anything on social media for two weeks,” he recalled. “So when I saw people posting about what his setlist was going to be, it was so hard to have so much knowledge and power and not be able to do anything with it.”
And the pay? Surprisingly modest. Andrew revealed he made $18.70 per hour, including fittings and rehearsals. Still, he said he would have done it for free for the experience alone.
Another performer, José Villanueva, also played a “bush” on the field and called the experience surreal.
“Being on the field is something totally different. I wanted to cry, but I was holding in the tears,” he said.
The halftime show was nothing short of a spectacle. Bad Bunny kicked things off with Tití Me Preguntó and took the audience on a whirlwind tour of Puerto Rican life — from bustling nail salons and spirited domino games to a colorful rooftop wedding — with Lady Gaga delivering a sizzling salsa-infused version of Die With a Smile.
Millions of viewers — around 135.4 million — were swept up in the celebration as flags from across the Americas waved proudly. Bad Bunny closed the performance with a heartfelt shoutout to every country in the hemisphere, including his cherished Puerto Rico, declaring, “God Bless America.”
One moment caused a social media stir when Bad Bunny handed a Grammy Award to a young boy. Rumors spread that it was Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old detained by ICE in January.
But TMZ confirmed the child was Lincoln Fox Ramadan, a young actor. According to reports, the moment wasn’t political, it was simply meant to inspire kids everywhere to dream big, even as big as performing at the Super Bowl.
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