Gracie Hunt has seen her fair share of Super Bowl halftime shows but apparently would prefer to skip this year’s edition featuring Bad Bunny.
The Kansas City Chiefs heiress showed her support for Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA attempting to create their own halftime show to go against the Latino music star at this season’s NFL championship game.
Bad Bunny, who hails from Puerto Rico, has been outspoken with his criticism of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents over the past year.
Hunt, the daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, praised the effort of Kirk during an appearance Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s The Will Cain Show, saying she “most definitely” was looking forward to Turning Point USA’s alternative halftime show.
“I really respect Erika for all that she’s done, especially with creating a halftime show for America. You know, children are young, they’re impressionable. Young women, young men and everyone, they just need someone to look up to,” Hunt said.
“As someone who doesn’t yet have young children of my own, I can’t imagine how difficult that is to navigate. But I think she’s done an incredible job leading Turning Point, leading young women and really leading an alternative for young Americans. Football’s becoming the world sport, but, at its heart, it’s America’s sport built around family.”
Hunt family football legacy
The Hunt family essentially is football royalty, with her grandfather Lamar Hunt founding the American Football League and coining the term ‘Super Bowl’ when the league merged with the NFL in 1966.
“When my grandfather named the Super Bowl, he intended it to be something children and families of all ages could come together and watch and really believed that the game should come first, that football is the attraction and that it didn’t need to compromise its character or rely on cheap appeal to draw an audience, especially when that approach can alienate so much of the fan base,” Gracie said.
“The NFL honours women, the military, this country, celebrates communities. So, I think that whoever they select going forward for the halftime show needs to reflect those values more closely. So, I respect Erika.”
As for who Gracie would like to see perform at the alternative halftime show, the 26-year-old pitched country star Jason Aldean or Taylor Swift – with whom Gracie has been spotted hanging out with during Chiefs games.
“I think our generation gets a bad rap, but I am so excited by this movement I’ve seen within this younger generation,” she said. “They are hungry for a deeper ‘why.’ They are hungry for Jesus. November is global Bible month, and Bible sales are up.
“And I’m just seeing this massive resurgence in young women, in young men, across college campuses getting baptized, sharing the Gospel and wanting to leave this world a better place.”