# TPUSA Halftime show featuring Kid Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422 "2026-02-06T06:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/41 "2026-02-06T18:41:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What’s the big deal? \ ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/42 "2026-02-06T18:43:13Z")
Just because it’s a funny bit … Michael Kosta did the same thing on the Daily Show (a little over two minutes): [**YouTube Vid**](https://youtu.be/WCX2SKsUg0g?t=15) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/43 "2026-02-06T18:48:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Puppy bowl…no game no halftime show. I hear Kristi Noem is putting on a non woke alternative to Puppy Bowl too, it will be more like the Squid Game 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/44 "2026-02-06T18:51:06Z")
I don’t know anything about Bad Bunny, but I plan to watch the show to see what has Republicans so scared. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/45 "2026-02-06T18:54:49Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > It’s actually kind of bizarre how bare the cupboard is for right wing celebrities that they desperately have to cling to 8th-rate celebrities like Kid Rock. Seriously, hasn’t Nicky Minaj been paling with Trump lately? she’s magnitudes more relevant than Kid Rock at this point. What about Kanye? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/46 "2026-02-06T19:00:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Puppy bowl…no game no halftime show. Are they not doing the [Kitty Halftime Show](https://www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-bowl/see/puppy-bowl-xviii--kitty-halftime-show-highlights) any more? > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Yeah, today’s MAGA will excuse any amount of depravity and mediocrity as long as the person 1. Professes a love for Trump and 2. Professes a hatred for the same people they do. Conversely, there is a long history of actors/musicians of waning popularity making a hard turn to the right to exploit the “conservatives will boost anyone who currently spouts the right ideology” rule to extend their careers. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/47 "2026-02-06T19:12:49Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The idea that he’s some sort of wholesome alternative to bad bunny is so fucking absurd too because he’s got songs about having sex with well underage girls and his cultivated (and fake) image is of trailer trash. I mean it’s not like they’re throwing someone wholesome and all-american out there in contrast to what they believe to be the … whatever the fuck they think about bad bunny. It’s not like Kid Rock is going to be some sort of milquetoast, safe for grandma pick either. It’s like they’re saying “we’re not gonna watch your woke ass brown people, we’re gonna strut our trash out there because it’s the best we can do” Yeah, if they truly cared about being “wholesome,” they could have hired Lee Greenwood, Carrie Underwood, and whoever is playing Branson, Missouri these days. This is first and foremost about trolling the libs. Anyway, here’s hoping that Kid Rock has a wardrobe malfunction, maybe while Charlie Kirk’s widow is on stage with him. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/48 "2026-02-06T19:20:37Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Seriously, hasn’t Nicky Minaj been paling with Trump lately? she’s magnitudes more relevant than Kid Rock at this point. What about Kanye? Here is a page that shows pictures of the people who will be performing at the TPUSA halftime show. > **[Turning Point USA's alternate halftime lineup can't compete](https://www.advocate.com/turning-point-halftime#rebelltitem2)** > > See on Instagram | Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Now look at Nicky and Kanye. [![](https://www.vibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nicki-minaj-kanye-west-violent-crimes-1527860265.jpg?w=1024) ](https://www.vibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nicki-minaj-kanye-west-violent-crimes-1527860265.jpg?w=1024) See if you can spot a subtle difference. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/49 "2026-02-06T19:23:48Z")
Fair enough, silly me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/50 "2026-02-06T19:27:39Z")
I wonder who they think will be left to play (or coach) NFL football after the White Nationalists succeed in their evil goal to make an all-White USA? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/51 "2026-02-06T19:42:49Z")
Wouldn’t dream of it unless a meteor strikes and takes out The Merry Widow, but I could just watch the footage on YouTube if indeed it happens. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/52 "2026-02-06T19:52:11Z")
> [@bump](#): > > They’re going to make a bundle off this, by gathering everyone who’s disaffected by the actual halftime show, and presenting them with their kind of performers and their ads. It’s not a public service by any means. > > I’m desperately curious who’s going to be advertising on this alternate halftime show. But it’s TBN. Has that become some big player since I stopped having cable TV? The channel I remember needed so many pledge drives, and never had actual commercials. Of course, the channel I remember, if they did have an alternative to the half-time show, would have a Christian music performer. They do sound more and more like a regular TV channel now, so maybe they have commercials. But are they really that big? And do they think people will stick around long enough? The Super Bowl is well known for its commercials. I’d think the only time they’d really get would be the short half-time show itself. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/53 "2026-02-06T19:59:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But are they really that big? I believe their real “selling point” for these purposes is that they’re a rock-bottom-basic-package cable/SaTV channel and they may have a local Christian OTA station affiliate in many markets, so anyone can tune in w/o needing to subscribe. > [@DigitalC](#): > > What about Kanye? He was apparently back on his meds last time he was heard from. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/54 "2026-02-06T20:01:51Z")
I can’t find out anything about their advertisers. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/55 "2026-02-06T20:03:19Z")
I forgot to mention, too, for those who consider Kid Rock a weird fit and hypocritical to be performing on TBN, and I agree, but he has put out a lot of country music and hyper-patriotic BS that pearl-clutching right-wingers love. I would not be surprised if he stays away from the early stuff that brought him his original mainstream popularity way back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/56 "2026-02-06T20:16:57Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > but he has put out a lot of country music and hyper-patriotic BS that pearl-clutching right-wingers love. The ever-reliable Todd in the Shadows dunks on his recent MAGA-turn and points out it recent MAGAlicious release was bit less successful that you might imagine as part of his Trainwreckords series: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IWil1zQTX0E/maxresdefault.jpg "TRAINWRECKORDS: Kid Rock's "Bad Reputation"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWil1zQTX0E) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/57 "2026-02-06T20:39:11Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Seriously, hasn’t Nicky Minaj been paling with Trump lately? she’s magnitudes more relevant than Kid Rock at this point. What about Kanye? Other than what @Atamasama pointed out, Niki’s fans and Kanye’s fans are for the most part former fans now. Their ideas and their personas might attract some people from the MAGA crowd but their music will not bring in MAGAs. They are definitely not hot musicians of the moment. Kid Rock is almost classic rock at this point. There’s probably a few fans that dropped him due to his politics but from what I know of middle aged white dudes, his fans came right along with him to MAGAville. And he probably was able to pick up some new ones. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/58 "2026-02-06T20:41:29Z")
I thought the whole point of the Super Bowl halftime show was to put on a performance so wretched that you would get off your sorry ass and go to the toilet to empty your gut so you can refill it with more skunked beer and more junk food. Maybe TPUSA was afraid that Bad Bunny wasn’t crappy enough so they had to reach out to Kid Rock and the rest of the pathetic talent-less ilk. The whole thing is almost always an embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/59 "2026-02-06T20:49:09Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > The whole thing is almost always an embarrassment. Say what? That’s an odd take, and over 30 years out of date. In the 80s, it was definitely true. Performers were marching bands and Up With People. It changed in 1992, when the Super Bowl got their ratings lunch handed to them by _In Living Color’s_ alternate show with comedy sketches and actually popular music. The next year, the Super Bowl booked Michael Jackson, and with a few exceptions, has gone for big names and real entertainment since then. You might not like the bands, and sometimes the big productions do border on parody, but the actual embarrassments are few since then. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/60 "2026-02-06T20:52:02Z")
Did you also watch that video by Mic The Snare? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wOyTp-JtueU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Worst Halftime Shows Changed Everything") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOyTp-JtueU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=4)