“I can’t overstate what it means to the Latino community that has seen itself persecuted, attacked, racially profiled,” Ana Navarro said.

The View cohosts emotionally defend Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language Super Bowl show: ‘We are all part of America’

"I can't overstate what it means to the Latino community that has seen itself persecuted, attacked, racially profiled," Ana Navarro said.

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Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro review Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show on 'The View'. Credit:

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*The View *stars got emotional while singing the praises of Bad Bunny's soaring Super Bowl LX halftime show performance and what it meant to the Latino community.

Monday's episode kicked off with cohost Sunny Hostin, who is of Puerto Rican descent, making her way to the Hot Topics table while wearing a traditional pava hat in honor of the performance, which saw Bad Bunny powerfully portray his heritage tied to the United States territory and its capital city of San Juan.

Moderator Whoopi Goldberg started the conversation by criticizing Donald Trump for pushing back against the performance, which the president called an "affront to the greatness of America," as Goldberg noted. She then advised that, "You can watch what you want, when you want," and that no one forced him to watch a show in a different language that he didn't understand.

"*You* didn't understand. A lot of people did," Goldberg reminded him, before Hostin became emotional while recapping Bad Bunny's set that included guest appearances from prominent figures in the community, including fellow Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin joining the rapper on stage at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.**

Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on The View.

"You didn't have to understand or speak Spanish to feel the joy and to feel the unity and the message of inclusivity that was there. Of course, I've been going to Puerto Rico since I was a little kid since my mother is from there. It was such an homage to the island," Hostin said. "It was so beautiful to see the sugarcanes in Puerto Rico and the pava hat."

Hostin explained the origins of the headwear, too, noting that it was originally worn by farmers working the sugarcane fields in the area. It eventually became used to denote poverty, Hostin said, before saying that it now "means your connection to the land, to the island, and that's why we wear it with such pride" now.

"The Latino community is under attack right now, I think it meant not only a lot to Puerto Ricans, but to every Latino and every American as well. So, I was verklempt," Hostin finished, referencing the closing portion of the show that saw dancers wield flags representing various nations around the world that have high Latino populations, including the U.S.**

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Panelist Ana Navarro, who was born in Nicaragua, praised Bad Bunny for achieving a version of the American dream through his own story of evolution, after he was "bagging groceries at a supermarket in San Juan" a decade ago, to performing Sunday night at "the biggest stage in the world."

She noted, "The reason he was there is because he believed in himself, and he urged the rest of us to believe in ourselves." She then praised and thanked him and Martin for expressing gratitude toward the Latino community, and, in her eyes, never losing sight of their origins.

"I can't overstate what it means to the Latino community that has seen itself persecuted, attacked, racially profiled, we've seen for the last year our children dragged through the streets," Navarro said in a nod to the ongoing controversial immigration raids occurring around the country under the direction of Trump. "To have Bad Bunny use that platform to say, do not otherize us, we are all part of America, and we are all equal and we all belong, and love is stronger than hate."

Navarro finished her thought by stressing that "micro joys help us deal with macro sadness" — something she said she's experienced "for over a year under Trump, seeing what he has done to my community," leading her to feel "so grateful to Bad bunny for having given me that micro joy" through his Super Bowl halftime show.

Bad Bunny performs at the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

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Trump disparaged the set on social media Sunday night, writing that the "Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!" and stating that "it makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn't represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence." (Bad Bunny and the residents of Puerto Rico are American citizens).

In anticipation of the Spanish-language set by Bad Bunny, conservative organization Turning Point USA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk, mounted its own counter-programming titled the "All-American Halftime Show." The event included a headlining performance by Kid Rock, who also recently criticized Bad Bunny, and drew around 5 million concurrent viewers to the live stream. Meanwhile, early projections report that an estimated 135 million viewers may have tuned in for Bad Bunny's performance, which could put the Puerto Rican musician among the most-watched Super Bowl halftime shows in history.

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC. Watch Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance — also including a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga — in the video above.

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