The ‘Bad Rabbit’ not only won, he also spoke clearly
The night of the 2026 Grammys had a clear winner: Bad Bunny. It took home the award for Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album. But what really got everyone talking was what happened next.
Instead of a typical thank you speech, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—his real name—took the microphone and blurted out this:
“Before thanking God. I want to say: ICE out. We are not savages, we are not animals… we are Americans too.”
A direct message against the Immigration Service (ICE) and immigration policies. In less than a minute, he transformed the red carpet into a political platform. And of course, social networks exploded.
The answer that no one expected (well, maybe yes)
Among all the reactions, one stood out for its intensity. That of the Mexican actor and producer Eduardo Verástegui. He didn’t bite his tongue.
In a series of publications, he attacked the artist. First he questioned the quality of the music awarded today versus before.
Then he went straight to the message of the scenario: “This character claims that we are not animals, but behaves like one,” he wrote. For Verástegui, there is a contradiction between the discourse and the content of the songs.
But where the temperature really rose was in his second publication. He described Bad Bunny’s music bluntly:
“TOXIC GARBAGE. One thing is music and another very different thing is noise… That is no longer a matter of taste: it is objectively garbage. And yes, I am talking about the Bad Bunny.”
The clash was almost inevitable if we look at the history. In recent years, Bad Bunny has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump. Verástegui, on the other hand, has publicly expressed his support for the former president.
What started as an awards night ended up being another cultural battle in the eternal war over the meaning of art, politics and who has the right to speak.
