A young actor who took part in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday evening has spoken out to dismiss rumours about their identity.
Social media was awash with claims that the Puerto Rican star had handed his Grammy trophy to Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old boy detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last month.
The speculation arose during Sunday’s divisive routine at Levi’s Stadium in California, when the 31-year-old musician approached a young boy on stage and presented him with the award he had won just over a week earlier.
Some social media users noted a resemblance between the child and Ramos, leading to widespread but incorrect assumptions about whether the moment was another politcally-charged swipe at the current administration.
Bad Bunny gave his Grammy to a young boy during his Super Bowl half-time show
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The child featured in the performance was, in fact, Lincoln Fox, a five-year-old actor who subsequently shared footage of his appearance on Instagram.
“I’ll remember this day forever! @badbunnypr – it was my truest honour,” read the caption on his post.
The scene depicted a family gathered around a television set, watching Bad Bunny’s recent Grammy acceptance speech, before the artist himself appeared and handed the trophy to the youngster.
Fox’s Instagram post included hashtags referencing “youngbadbunny” and “littlebadbunny,” indicating his role was intended to portray a younger version of the Puerto Rican performer.
The young boy in Bad Bunny’s show was not the child detained by Ice
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The moment was designed to inspire young viewers rather than deliver any political meaning.
Instead, it has been suggested that the symbolism of the scene was to convey a message about dreaming big and the possibility of one day performing on the world’s biggest stage, just as Bad Bunny himself did on Sunday evening.
Whilst the musician, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has previously been vocal about his views on Ice during his Grammy acceptance speeches, this particular moment carried no such intent.
However, there was a nod to his speech on the stadium’s big screen as he danced with his fellow performers.
The halftime show avoided explicitly mentioning politics, instead featuring surprise appearances from Lady Gaga, Pedro Pascal, Ricky Martin and numerous other celebrities.
The real Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, were apprehended by ICE agents on January 20, 2026, in a Minneapolis suburb after the child had walked home from preschool.
The pair were subsequently transferred to a holding facility in Texas, where they remained until a federal judge ordered their release.
Judge Fred Biery of the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas issued his ruling on January 31, describing the situation as an “ill-conceived and incompetent government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatising children.”
— mídias poponze (@vitalmidias) February 9, 2026
Father and son flew home to Minnesota on February 1.
The scene wasn’t the only talking point to arise from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show.
The fact that Bad Bunny performed the entire set in Spanish caused quite a conversation online, drawing praise from fans but condemnation from his critics, most notably President Donald Trump.
President Trump called the performance “terrible” and an “affront to the greatness of America”.
