News : Kid Rock Rejects Claims He Lip-Synced Their Halftime Performance

Kid Rock has pushed back against claims that he lip synced during his alternative Super Bowl halftime performance.

The 55 year old rap rock star turned country artist faced criticism from viewers tuning into his All American Halftime Show, which was organised by the conservative group Turning Point USA, but he said the issue came down to an audio syncing problem during his 1999 hit Bawitdaba.

He said in a video shared on X: "That song is chaos. The first thing is, if I was ever going to lip sync which I wouldn’t that would be the last song I would ever do it to.

"We performed this song every night on tour since 1998 since the day it was released. Turning Point USA sent me a first cut after we taped it and my comment was, ‘the sync is off.’

"They were trying to line it up. It was very difficult for them, because somebody clearly wasn’t super familiar with the song. It could have been done had we had more time.”

Kid Rock made clear he only had positive things to say about Turning Point USA and everyone involved in the production, adding that mistakes can happen.

He continued: "Some of you in the entertainment world can look at that and be like, ‘the sync is off.’

"But they had to lie and say, ‘Oh, he was lip syncing.’ Then people amplify this all over the internet. And I know most people don’t even care, but the certain people just keep repeating it, so people think it’s a fact.

"And this goes on on both sides. They did it to Bad Bunny, in his defence, when he was on Saturday Night Live they claim lip syncing far too often."

At the same time, he also took aim at the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny as the official Super Bowl halftime performer, a show that included the Grammy Award winning rapper delivering Spanish language tracks alongside elaborate choreography.

Kid Rock told The Ingraham Angle: "I didn’t understand any of it. I saw there’s a lot of dancers and a lot of big to-do stuff.

"And, you know, he said he wanted to have a dance party it looked like he had one.

"Not my cup of tea, but I don’t fault that kid for doing the Super Bowl, getting in front of a global audience.

"I fault the NFL for putting him in that position and Turning Point for having to come out and have an alternative for people to watch. You know, it’s just poor kid."

Bad Bunny, 31, performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California during halftime of the Seattle Seahawks game against the New England Patriots, where he delivered some of his biggest tracks including Tití Me Preguntó, MONACO and BAILE INoLVIDABLE.

The star, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also brought out special guests such as Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, while familiar faces including Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G and Jessica Alba made appearances during the performance.