No, that wasn't Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime set
No, that wasn't Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime set
Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY Mon, February 9, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC
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Bad Bunny has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, including the uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids as the president's administration cracks down on illegal immigration.
But no, the Puerto Rican superstar did not feature Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who became a symbol of the Trump administration's immigration raids in Minnesota.
At one point during Bad Bunny's performance, there was a scene where a young child was sitting on a couch between two adults, seemingly his parents. The child was watching Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, on television as he gave his speech at last week's Grammy Awards after winning the album of the year honor.
Bad Bunny performs during the halftime show at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8, 2026.
Bad Bunny's last studio album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS," became the first fully Spanish-language album to win a Grammy in that category.
Then, the child gets up from the couch as Bad Bunny appears with one of his golden Grammy awards, handing it to the child as he ruffles his hair.
The emotional moment became viral online, and many people speculated that the young boy in Bad Bunny's halftime show was Liam.
Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained with his father by immigration officers during a raid in Minnesota and then taken to a detention center in Texas, is back at home after a judge ordered their release, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media Feb. 1, 2026.
Liam and his father, asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias, were taken by ICE agents while in their driveway after the boy came home from school on Jan. 20. Agents at the time refused an offer made by another adult living in the home to take the child.
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Liam and his father were released from a Texas detention facility last week after being held there for over a week.
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Who was the little boy in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance?
Five-year-old actor Lincoln Fox posted on Instagram that it was his "truest honor" to be part of the halftime show.
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"I'll remember this day forever!" the post on Lincoln's Instagram page was captioned. The video was taken from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and showed the moment when Bad Bunny handed the Grammy award to him.
In the post's caption, the hashtags "#youngbadbunny" and "#littlebadbunny" were also featured, implying that he was likely representing Bad Bunny's younger self during his performance.
A representative for Bad Bunny also confirmed that the young boy was a child actor and not Liam.
Contributing: James Powel
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