- - Super Bowl Halftime Show Director Says Bad Bunny ‘Refused to Wear a Harness’ for His Stunts

Ilana KaplanFebruary 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM

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Bad Bunny performs during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in February 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Bad Bunny "refused to wear a harness" for his stunts during this Super Bowl Halftime Show performance

In a Monday, Feb. 9, the Halftime Show's director Hamish Hamilton spoke about how the Puerto Rican superstar's performance was "the biggest team effort"

Bad Bunny performed with special guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin at the 2026 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 8

Bad Bunny went all out for his 2026 Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show performance.

In an interview with Variety on Monday, Feb. 9, the Halftime Show's director Hamish Hamilton spoke about how the Puerto Rican superstar's performance was "the biggest team effort of a show I have ever been involved in.”

According to Hamilton, Bad Bunny — who climbed a utility poll without any safety guardrails — was determine to do his stunts on his own terms.

Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX in February 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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“He refused to wear a harness,” said the Halftime Show's director. “He was like, ‘I don’t need it.’ There are all kinds of legal ramifications to that, which is not really my thing, but interestingly enough, when he decided he wasn’t going to wear a harness, we were able to then put a camera on the pole to look down at him climbing up!”

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in February 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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The show's creative director Harriet Cuddeford noted that there "was all safety and rigging and all of that available," however, Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, "didn't want it."

"He does his own stunts, that guy, and he learned it in about three minutes," she said. "Straight up that pole. At rehearsal, we were all like, ‘Is he gonna be OK?’ But he just went straight up there, and managed his vocals. Very agile. He could just, like, handle anything."

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in February 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Cuddeford then opened up about the moment when the roof of La Casita collapsed and the 31-year-old rapper and singer fell through it.

“The stunt itself, to fall through the roof, wasn’t so crazy — there’s a trap door,” Cuddeford said. “They just literally open it, and pull it out underneath him."

However, according to her, "it required so much meticulous planning, because we cut straight into the pre-tape."

"Inside the pre-tape was the shot on the TV of him falling through the roof of the Super Bowl — so the family in the La Casita were watching the Super Bowl live, and then he fell onto their table," Cuddeford said.

She continued, "That’s basically two different pre-tapes: The pre-tape inside the house, and then there’s the pre-tape on the field of him falling through the roof during the dress rehearsal. And then comping that all together, then cutting to the transition of him falling through the roof and be able to kick the front door open."

On Sunday, Feb. 8, Bad Bunny made history as the first artist to perform a Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show entirely in Spanish.

During the show's La Casita segment, there were celebrity appearances by Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, Karol G, Young Miko, Cardi B and more.

Later in the show, Lady Gaga appeared as a surprise guest to perform a salsa rendition of her hit "Die with a Smile," and Ricky Martin sang Bad Bunny's "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii."

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