>> LET ME BE HONEST.

IN THE NEARLY 10 YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN BOSTON I HAVE NEVER ROOTED FOR THE PATRIOTS.

I KNOW, SUMIT.

.

AFTER THAT.

GAME I REGRET DOING THAT THIS YEAR THIS YEAR’S SUPER BOWL WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PATRIOTIC.

RED, WHITE AND BLUE WAS EVERYWHERE.

IT DAWNED THE PATS’ UNIFORMS, LADY GAGA’S ATTIRE AND THE SMOKE THAT WENT UP AT THE END OF BAD BUNNY’S HALFTIME SHOW.

COMMERCIALS TOUTED TOGETHERNESS, BE IT REDFIN AND ROCKET MORTGAGE TRYING TO GET YOU TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, OR COINBASE GETTING YOU TO SING KARAOKE.

AS LEVI’S MAY CLEAR, THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN HATE IS LOVE.

JUST TAKE IT FROM SEAHAWKS SAFETY JULIAN LOVE.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT NOT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

THERE WAS ANOTHER HALFTIME SHOW HAPPENING, PUT ON BY RIGHT WING STUDENT ORGANIZATION TURNING POINT USA THAT FEATURED KID ROCK AND HOIST -- HOST OF OTHERS.

ACCORDING TO THE EL PASO TIMES, 6 MILLION TUNE INTO THAT WHILE BAD BUNNY ATTRACTED 135 MILLION AND ITS ELECT THE PRESIDENT WAS ONE OF THOSE AFTER ALL.

AT A TIME OF THE COUNTRY IS HURTING, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO HEAL AND WE NEED EACH OTHER TO DO THAT.

WHETHER YOU WERE BORN HERE OR NOT, WHETHER YOU SPEAK ENGLISH OR NOT.

WE ARE INDEED AMERICA AND IT IS NOT OUR FAULT IF SOME FOLKS CANNOT ACCEPT IT.

WE KNOW THE PROBLEM.

LET’S GET TO THE ROOT OF IT.

I AM PARIS ALSTON AND THIS IS "ROOTED."

♪ >> WHAT IS NOT.

THIS IS ASKED UPON WITH GBH NEWS.

WE ARE HERE IN SUNNY SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA TALKING ABOUT THE GAME BETWEEN THE PATRIOTS AND SEAHAWKS.

>> SEA!

>> HAWKS!

>> IT IS THAT UNDERDOG THING.

THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS ROOTING AGAINST THE PATRIOTS.

I WALKED IN HERE WEARING MY GONZALEZ JERSEY AND PEOPLE RELY, "YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE!"

IT IS US AGAINST THE COUNTRY.

♪ VANESSA: SOMETIMES IT IS UP AND DOWN.

I AM JUST FOR THE PATRIOTS.

THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

>> IT WILL BE A TOUGH GAME.

I FEEL LIKE IF THEY CAN PROTECT DRAKE, GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THE POCKET, AND JUST GET THE BALL OUT, HOPEFULLY IT WILL WORK.

♪ PARIS: SUPER BOWL 60 GAVE US A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN WITH US IS A REPORTER FROM GBH NEWS, THE FOUNDER OF EXPOSED TV, AND A DEVELOPMENT FELLOW AT THE BOSTON GLOBE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO AROUND THE TABLE.

ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE LAST NIGHT.

>> UNITY.

>> LOVE.

>> CULTURE.

PARIS: AND NOT A WIN.

[LAUGHTER] NOT CHAMPIONS FOR THE PATRIOTS, NOT DYNASTY.

THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING.

THAT WAS A BIG STORY LINE.

THE PATS WERE BACK IN THE SUPER BOWL, A DIFFERENT TEAM FROM THE BRADY DYNASTY.

WHY DID THEY FALL SHORT?

>> THE FIRST THING IS EXPERIENCE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR OLD PATRIOTS TEAM THAT WAS SUPER DYNAMIC AND HISTORIC IN A LOT OF WAYS.

A NEW TEAM THAT WAS MAKING SIMILAR STRIDES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY EXPERIENCE WAS THE CALL BACK.

IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE’S FIRST SUPER BOWL ON THE TEAM.

IT SHOWED GOING AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE LEAGUE.

YOU LOOK AT THE PATRIOTS’ PLAYOFF RUN, I LOOK BACK AT THE GAME AGAINST THE RAMS, IT WAS NOT THE STRONGEST SHOWING.

I THINK EXPERIENCE, MORE EXPERIENCE WOULD HAVE DONE THEM WELL IN THIS GAME.

PARIS: YOU MENTIONED IT SEEMED LIKE THEY KIND OF SHOWED UP AND THEY WERE LIKE, WOW, WE ARE JUST GLAD TO BE HERE.

[LAUGHTER] >> EVERYBODY WAS SUPER EXCITED BUT I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE PATRIOTS KIND OF STOPPED RUNNING.

I FORGOT WHAT PLAYER IT WAS.

PARIS: THEY WERE RUNNING SLOW.

[LAUGHTER] >> IS MY TV LAGGING?

PARIS: IT DID SEEM LIKE THE SEAHAWKS, EVERY TIME THEY GOT THE BALL ON THOSE BREAKAWAY TOUCHDOWNS, THEY WERE WIDE OPEN.

>> WHAT IS GOING ON?

PARIS: YOU ARE A FOOTBALL FAN.

HOW DID YOU SEE THE FAILURES ON THE PATRIOTS’ END?

>> THE NORTH CAROLINIAN IN ME WAS ROOTING FOR DRAKE MAYE BUT I THINK IT TIES DOWN TO WHAT YOU SAID.

THAT A LOT OF ROOKIES ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

THE NERVES KIND OF GET TO YOU.

THE SEAHAWKS JUST HAD INCREDIBLE DEFENSE.

DRAKE MAYE WAS RUNNING AROUND FOR HIS LIFE.

[LAUGHTER] IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, HE IS 23, THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE TEAM, MIKE VRABEL IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS COACH.

THE PATRIOTS WILL BE BACK.

PARIS: HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BACK STRONGER.

>> AND FASTER.

[LAUGHTER] PARIS: HOPEFULLY.

THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE TEAM WITH WIDE RECEIVER STEFON DIGGS AND THE LATEST ALLEGATION AGAINST HIM.

THIS WAS ON TOP OF THE ASSAULT AND BATTERY LAWSUIT.

DO YOU THINK THAT AFFECTED THE MOOD?

AUZZY: TREMENDOUSLY.

IN CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS AND CONVERSATIONS.

THERE WERE TIES TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

I HEARD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO REFER TO THE PATRIOTS IN THE MIDST OF SO MANY THINGS THAT MAY NOT ALIGN WITH CERTAIN FANS.

PARIS: NOT ONLY DID HE LOSE THE CHANCE AT A SUPER BOWL RING BUT THERE IS A LOOM OR -- A RUMOR HE LOST HIS WOMAN.

[LAUGHTER] RAPPER CARDI B, WHO HAD BEEN DATING STEFON DIGGS AND HAD A CHILD WITH HIM, THEY UNFOLLOWED EACH OTHER ON INSTAGRAM.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THE PHOTOS ARE STILL THERE.

>> I THINK THE COMMENTARY WHEN THEY ASKED HER, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR STEFON?

AND SHE WAS LIKE, GOOD LUCK.

[LAUGHTER] >> GOOD LUCK ON THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

[LAUGHTER] PARIS: I THINK IT IS HARDER TO IGNORE.

THE NFL REALLY HAS TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY TREAT AND HANDLE PLAYERS WHO HAVE THESE THINGS AROUND THEM.

WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE NFL AS A BUSINESS?

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A PLAYER HAS HAD CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THEM?

>> A FALCONS PLAYER, JAMES PIERCE, JUST GOT IN TROUBLE FOR BATTERY AGAINST HIS PARTNER, AN WNBA PLAYER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THEY NEED TO ADDRESS SOONER THAN LATER.

THERE IS CONTROVERSY WITH THE NFL AS FAR AS ADVERSITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AMONGST ITS PLAYERS AND EMPLOYEES THERE IS A SERIOUS CONVERSATION THE NFL NEEDS TO HAVE.

PARIS: WHERE IS THE NFL AS A WHOLE?

YOU MENTIONED UNITY AS A HUGE THEME.

YOU SAID LOVE.

I AM CURIOUS HOW THAT CAME THROUGH WITH THE SUPER BOWL AS A WHOLE?

DO WE HAVE THIS COMMON CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE IS TUNING INTO THIS?

>> BAD BUNNY IS A SUPERSTAR AND HE IS REALLY BIG.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM, YOU KNOW WHO BAD BUNNY IS.

ME AND MY FRIEND WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

PUERTO RICO IS A PART OF THE UNITED STATES BUT WE FEEL LIKE A BLACK SHEEP.

WHEN THERE IS A DISASTER, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES EVEN IF THEY WANT TO AID US.

WE COUNT ON THAT SUPPORT FROM THE STATES.

IT LACKS IN IT.

OUR ELECTRICITY.

EVERY HOUSE HAS GENERATORS.

EVERY HOUSE HAS A WATER TANK.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NECESSITIES.

.

TO BE A PART OF THE UNITED STATES, IT IS CRAZY.

JUST TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, I DO FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF UNITY.

YOU SEE LADY GAGA.

SHE IS SHOWING SUPPORT.

YOU SEE ALL OF THE PLAYERS.

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS SAYING BUT I LOVE IT.

YOU SEE CELEBRITIES COMING TOGETHER.

EVEN THE PORCH SCENE, JESSICA ALBA WAS THERE.

>> CARDI B WAS THERE.

[LAUGHTER] MIKE NOT MAKE IT TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

[LAUGHTER] >> THERE ARE PARTS OF THE PERFORMANCE THAT DEFINITELY THREW ME OFF.

IT WAS LADY GAGA.

LISTEN, I LOVE LADY GAGA, BUT AS A PUERTO RICAN, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO DO A SALSA SONG, A PUERTO RICAN SALSA SINGER, EVEN IF IT WAS MARC ANTHONY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPERPOWERFUL.

I WAS READING A LOT OF ARTICLES ONLINE AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH BAD BUNNY ALWAYS WANTED TO PERFORM WITH LADY GAGA AND HE LOVES HER PRESENCE, BUT IN THAT MOMENT -- WHICH WAS A BAD BUNNY BUBBA -- AS US PUERTO RICANS, WE ARE LOOKING, WHAT IS GOING ON?

WHERE ARE ALL THE SALSA SENIORS?

WHERE ALL THE LATIN ARTISTS?

THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.

PARIS: EVEN AS WE DEBATE WHETHER THE SUPER BOWL IS THIS HUGE CULTURAL MOMENT, PEOPLE STILL -- THERE IS THIS EXPECTATION TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND A STAND.

WHY IS THERE PRESSURE STILL ON THIS MOMENT?

AUZZY: I THINK WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE TUNED INTO THE SUPER BOWL -- THE SUPER BOWL IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK AT, THE NBA FINALS, SUPER BOWL, WORLD CUP, TIME STOPS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND EVERYONE IS TUNED INTO THE SAME THING.

EVEN THE GRAMMYS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL STATEMENTS MADE.

WHENEVER A LOT OF HEADS ARE TURNING AT ONE POINT, AND YOU CAN CAPTURE ATTENTION, I THINK THAT IS A STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ARTIST LIKE BAD BUNNY WHO HAS SUCH A GREAT FOLLOWING TO MAKE A STATEMENT, DEMAND A STATEMENT, AND I THINK HE JUST DID THAT.

I AM NOT PUERTO RICAN, I DO NOT SPEAK SPANISH, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THE INTENT, THE MESSAGE OF THE SHOW.

UNAPOLOGETICALLY EXPRESSING WHO YOU ARE, THAT YOU BELONG, THAT THERE IS A SPACE FOR YOU.

AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE TRANSCENDS ANY NATIVE TONGUE.

SEEING THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PUERTO RICAN CULTURE ON THIS BIG STAGE, SEEING BAD BUNNY ON THE POLL AND HE IS SINGING A SONG MENTIONING PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN NEGLECTED, POWER OUTAGES FROM -- WHAT IS THE WORD OF LOOKING FOR?

HE IS LITERALLY ON ELECTRICAL POLE.

NOW I CAN GO HOME AND GOOGLE WHATEVER I NEED TO LEARN.

NOW I KNOW HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I CAN DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.

IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SAME THINGS.

HAVING THAT STAGED AND THAT KIND OF INFLUENCE IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL.

PARIS: 100%.

YOU WERE IN PUERTO RICO RECENTLY.

[LAUGHTER] >> I WAS IN SAN JUAN.

[LAUGHTER] >> I HAD A BEAUTIFUL TIME.

PARIS: HOW DID THIS PERFORMANCE RESONATE WITH YOU?

SOMEONE WHO IS A BLACK-AMERICAN, WHO HAS BEEN TO PUERTO RICO AND CAN UNDERSTAND THESE THEMES?

>> I AM NOT PUERTO RICAN, I DO NOT SPEAK SPANISH BUT YOU GET A GLIMPSE INTO THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURE.

STREET VENDORS WALKING THROUGH THE MAZE.

[LAUGHTER] THE WOMAN IN NEW YORK WHO RUNS THE CARIBBEAN SOCIAL CLUB THAT WAS HANDED THE DRINK.

THESE LITTLE EASTER EGGS.

IT WAS A DISPLAY OF WHAT PUERTO RICO IS FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR.

EVEN MY DAD WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO BAD BUNNY IS SAID THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT JUST OPENS THE DOOR TO THE GREAT ISLAND AND COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE AND HISTORY AND CULTURE OF WHAT PUERTO RICO IS TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ALL THAT VERSED IN IT.

PARIS: YOU HAVE PUT ON EVENTS OF LARGE-SCALE THAT HAVE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND THAT YOU ARE DOING IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT -- LIKE BOSTON THAT MAY NOT BE USED TO THIS.

BAD BUNNY IS BRINGING SOMETHING THE TYPICAL NFL CRAB MIGHT NOT BE USED TO BUT IS MAKING IT INTENTIONAL SO EVERYONE CAN BE A PART OF IT.

>> A LOT GOES INTO IT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPRESENTATION.

BAD BUNNY OPENED THE DOOR FOR A LOT OF LATINOS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

I LOVE HOW HE MENTIONED JAMAICA, HAITI, CANADA, ALL THESE COUNTRIES.

WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING ON AN EVENT AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU ARE THINKING, WHERE DOES REPRESENTATION COME?

THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, OK, WHO ARE WE BRINGING INTO THE INDUSTRY THAT CAN COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE MUSIC BUSINESS OR SPEAK ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS?

WE ARE LOOKING AT, WHO WILL BE ON STAGE REPRESENTING WHOM?

THAT IS A REALLY BIG THING.

PARIS: THAT IS WHY LADY GAGA DID NOT LAND FOR YOU?

[LAUGHTER] >> DON’T COME FOR ME.

[LAUGHTER] REPRESENTATION IS A BIG THING AND THAT WAS A BIG STATEMENTS.

OVER ALL PERFORMANCE IS AMAZING.

I LITERALLY LIKE CRIED.

EVEN HIM GIVING THE GRAMMY AWARD TO THAT KID.

THAT IS REPRESENTATION.

I THINK ABOUT THAT AND I LOOK AT THAT AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ANGIE MARTINEZ ON THE RADIO AND SHE LOOKED LIKE ME.

I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING ANGIE MARTINEZ IS BUILDING.

I AM LOOKING AT BAD BUNNY AND I SEE EVERYTHING THAT WAS BUILT BEFORE HIM.

DADDY YANKEE.

THESE ARE STATEMENTS.

WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE MUSIC, PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS GHETTO.

IT WAS NOT WORTH NATIONAL NEWS.

HE BROUGHT IT TO THE FOREFRONT.

FOR HIM TO DO THAT, AND FOR ME BUILDING THIS RIGHT NOW IN BOSTON, IT IS SO BIG.

I DO IT FOR REPRESENTATION.

I DO IT FOR PEOPLE WHO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ELEVATED AND EMPOWERED.

I STILL HAVE CHILLS OF HIM SAYING YOU DID TO BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE IN ME.

I THINK THAT MESSAGE RIGHT THERE WAS THE MOST POWERFUL OUT OF THE WHOLE THING.

PARIS: SOMETHING WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR.

WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A LOT OF DESPAIR.

IT IS EASY TO GET IN -- GET DISCOURAGED.

THE LEVIS SPONSOR OF LOVE.

IT IS A GOOD REMINDER.

WHAT ALSO STRUCK ME WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF BILINGUALNESS HAPPENING AROUND THE SUPER BOWL.

THAT WHEN WILSON COMMERCIAL WHERE SHE IS TRYING TO GET HIM TO SPEAK SPANISH.

OR EVEN MELISSA MCCARTHY.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON?

THAT SPOKE TO THE THEME OF UNITY AND THIS IDEA THAT FLIPPING THE SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PROFOUND.

AUZZY: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT -- REFERENCING THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE -- YOU MENTIONED WHEN HE IS GIVING CALL BACKS TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

HE LISTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS, HE PAYS HOMAGE AND ATTENTION TO NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE IS DOING IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS TRYING TO PUSH A RIGID IDEOLOGY OF WHAT AMERICAN IDEALS ARE.

PARIS: THERE WAS ANOTHER HALFTIME SHOW TO TRY TO REINFORCE THAT.

AUZZY: TO GO ON A STAGE LIKE THE SUPER BOWL WERE ALL THE HEADS ARE TURNING AND TIME STANDS STILL AND TO RECOGNIZE AMERICA IS SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE, AMERICA IS PUERTO RICO, AMERICA IS ALL THESE DIFFERENT CULTURES.

>> LOOK AT THE BRONX IN NEW YORK.

GO TO BROOKLYN, YOU SEE IT.

THE STORYTELLING WAS AMAZING.

THE FACT HE WAS NOT ON THE STAGE , HE WAS WALKING AND WEAVING, THAT.

WAS AMAZING I ENJOYED HIM NOT BEING ON ONE STAGE.

AUZZY: I ENJOYED THEM PLAYING DOMINOES.

YOUNG KIDS IN THE CHAIRS AT THE WEDDING.

[LAUGHTER] SMALL BITS OF CULTURE.

ALL OF IT PUT TOGETHER.

THE WEDDING.

>> HE WAS THE WITNESS FOR THE COUPLE THAT GOT MARRIED IN REAL LIFE.

IS THIS STAGED?

NO.

>> EVEN THE CAKE.

ALL OF THE PUERTO RICAN WEDDINGS I HAVE BEEN TO.

IT WAS SO NOSTALGIC.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE, THAT IS PUERTO RICO.

IF HE COULD HAVE BROUGHT THE BEACH, HE WOULD HAVE.

[LAUGHTER] HE WAS PROBABLY TRYING TO BRING SOME SAND.

[LAUGHTER] PARIS: ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WAS ALL THE AI COMMERCIALS.

IT IS EVERYWHERE.

IT WILL PROBABLY BE WATCHING US ON YOUTUBE.

[LAUGHTER] IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF THE FEW MINUTES HE WE SAW IN THE PERFORMANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUPPORTING THE PERFORMANCE AND THE SUPER BOWL IN GENERAL.

YOU HAVE COMMERCIALS THAT WERE TRYING TO HUMANIZE AI IN A WAY AND DOING A VERY BAD JOB OF IT.

>> THEY WERE GIVING ROBOTS -- NOT JUST THE WEIRD SITCOM DUNKIN DONUTS COMMERCIAL.

>> WHY DID EVERYONE LOOKED SUPER YOUNG?

[LAUGHTER] PARIS: HOW DID YOU GET CARLTON FROM 30 YEARS AGO?

>> HE IS A 50.

WHY DOES HE LOOK 15?

PARIS: IT SPEAKS TO THE NOSTALGIA WE ARE ALL HAVING FOR SIMPLER DAYS.

>> THAT IS DEFINITELY A PIECE OF IT.

I DON’T KNOW.

THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE HUMANITY OF THE HALFTIME SHOW AND SEEING A LOT OF THE AI SLOP COMMERCIALS.

>> I WAS NOT TOO BIG ON THE COMMERCIALS.

I AM USUALLY ANTICIPATING.

I DON’T KNOW.

I HAD MIXED FEELINGS.

PARIS: THERE IS SO MUCH CAPITALISM.

THE PARTY I WAS OUT, THERE WAS A KID -- I CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH COMMERCIAL, WHY ARE THEY TELLING US ABOUT THIS?

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU TO BUY SOMETHING.

[LAUGHTER] IT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE SAID EARLIER, YES THE SUPER BOWL IS A STAGE AND ALL THE EYES ARE WATCHING BUT THE ROOTS OF AMERICA ARE STILL CAPITALISTIC AND THAT IS OUR PATRIOTISM.

I THINK IT WILL BE HARD, LEST YEAR WE SAID IT WOULD BE HARD TO TOP KENDRICK’S PERFORMANCE BUT BAD BUNNY DID.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT CHRIS BROWN SAID?

CHRIS BROWN, I LOVE YOU.

MY WHOLE DANCING CAREER, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE A CHRIS BROWN BACK TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU TO SAY THEY NEED ME.

I WANT TO AT THE SUPER BOWL, TRUST ME, BUT YOU CANNOT SAY THAT AFTER BAD BUNNY.

PARIS: I THINK HE FELT LIKE HE WAS ROBBED.

>> THEY NEED ME.

I WANT TO SEE CHRIS BROWN NEXT.

THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

HE IS AN AMAZING DANCER, ENTERTAINER.

CHRIS BROWN, WATCH OUT.

PARIS: WE SHALL SEE.

THIS HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

>> THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ >> I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS PERFECT REPRESENTATION FOR ME BECAUSE I’M ALSO PUERTO RICAN AND I’M FROM THE BRONX.

YOU KNOW I WAS DANCING.

WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SPANISH PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN BOSTON.

WE HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE IN LAWRENCE.

IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA WE DO NOT HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM LIVE WITH THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN OUR COUNTRY.

IT MAY BE CRITE IT WAS SUPER EMOTIONAL.

SELMA: I THINK GREATER REPRESENTATION IN SPORTS IS IMPORTANT.

JUST HOW CONSERVATIVE AND HOW CLOSED THINGS LIKE THE NFL ARE.

I KNOW IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT ON SCREEN BUT A LOT OF THE MAKEUP OF THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THAT WORLD OF SPORTS AND PEOPLE WHO DECIDE -- LOOK AT SANDERS.

THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE WHAT MAJOR DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE, IT IS A CLOSED WORLD.

BY HAVING A HALFTIME SHOW THAT IS BASED ON REPRESENTATION, YOU ARE OPENING MORE AMERICANS’ EYES TO THE POSSIBILITIES.

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REPRESENT OTHER PEOPLE MORE.

>> I THINK IT WAS AWESOME.

IT WAS INSANE.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOVE.

WITH THE STATE OF OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE FEEL UNDER ATTACK AT ALL TIMES NOW.

EVEN AS A POC.

IT IS CRAZY TO BE IN THE CITY LIKE THIS.

I THINK THAT WAS AN AWESOME MOVE FOR THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE TO REPRESENT ALMOST HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

>> I LOVE THE HALFTIME SHOW.

IT SHOW THERE IS A WAY TO BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS IS LOVE AND NOT HATE.

>> WE LOVED IT.

WE LOVE BAD BUNNY AND WE THINK HE IS DOING A LOT.

>> WE ARE A COLONY OF THE UNITED STATES.

WE NEED TO BE FREE.

WE ABSOLUTELY HATE ICE.

WE LOVED THE HALFTIME PERFORMANCE.

>> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS ART AND WE LOVE THAT.

>> FREE PUERTO RICO.

>> THE HALFTIME SHOW WAS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMES WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

IT IS A WAY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OUT THERE TO BE GOT.

I WAS LISTENING TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.

>> ESPECIALLY IN A SPORTS BAR ENVIRONMENT, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THAT WOULD GO.

I THINK THE RESPONSE WAS AWESOME AND AMAZING.

REALLY GREAT TO SEE REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

>> MY PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS.

WHAT HE DID WAS PRETTY GOOD.

HE PUT THE WORD OUT.

PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

TRYING TO BRING THEM PEACE.

>> IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.

BAD BUNNY’S MUSIC, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU COULD NOT WANT TO DANCE WHEN YOU HEAR HIS MUSIC.

THE CULTURE HE REPRESENTS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT AND PUT THAT ON SCREENS FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO SEE?

I THINK IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

>> I THOUGHT THAT THE HALF SHOW WAS GREAT.

USING BAD BUNNY TO REPRESENT THE AMERICAS WAS AN AMAZING WAY TO INTRODUCE TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL, ESPECIALLY AT THE END WHEN HE NAMED ALL THE COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

>> I AGREE.

I LOVE HOW BAD BUNNY IS A REPRESENTATION OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.

RIGHT NOW.

>> I THINK ALSO THE