Bad Bunny slams comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's controversial Puerto Rico joke from Trump rally: 'It wasn't funny'

Bad Bunny is among many who didn't laugh at Tony Hinchcliffe's offensive Puerto Rico joke last October — and if you ask him, it has nothing to do with his sense of humor.

During a Madison Square Garden rally held for President-elect Donald Trump, a week prior to his reelection, Hinchcliffe sparked controversy when he cracked a joke referring to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage." Reflecting on it months later, Bad Bunny admits that the offensive remark made him "angry."

"It was a real moment of frustration," he told The New York Times. "Yeah, I know, he’s a comedian, blah, blah, blah, blah. But that wasn’t a stand-up comedy show. It was supposed to be a political rally."

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Emphasizing the importance of context, he added that upon first watch, he himself didn't realize that Hinchcliffe was a comedian.

"He was in a suit, I was like, 'Oh, he’s a politician'. Then people told me, 'No, it’s a comedian,'" he continued. "It wasn’t funny. For a lot of reasons. I have a great sense of humor. And I like dark humor. But there’s places and there’s circumstances for that."

Bad Bunny, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also addressed the comment during a recent chat with Time, pointing out that he likely wasn't the only viewer who didn't recognize Hinchcliffe's role at the rally.

"Most people don’t know who the f---k you are,” he said of the comedian. "They’re going to assume that you’re a politician at a political rally. So that awakens people who may be there and think the same as you, and say ‘Yes, Puerto Rico [is]….’ And all those racist people, at that moment, [it] gives them empowerment for a joke.”

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At the time, Bad Bunny made his frustrations known without calling out Hinchcliffe directly. After the clip from the rally went viral, the Puerto Rican superstar endorsed Kamala Harris in her bid for the presidency and shared a video to his Instagram Story detailing what would’ve been her plans for the island.

In a separate post, the musician shared a video from his 2021 sold-out stadium concert in San Juan, highlighting his pride in the island. "We are the definition of heart and resistance,” Bad Bunny wrote in a statement that closes the video. “For those who forget who we are, don't worry, we will proudly remind them.”

Alluding to Hinchcliffe's comments, he captioned the post, "garbage."

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Asked whether the Hinchcliffe controversy made him feel pressured to speak out in Puerto Rico's defense, the singer said it ultimately came down to his own emotional reaction.

"Every time that I express myself about something, I do it because I feel it. It’s not because I’m Bad Bunny and I have 40 million followers," he told the Times. "I’m a normal human being and I have feelings and I get mad and I get happy and that’s how I make my music. Sometimes you want to cry, sometimes you want to dance, sometimes you want to fall in love and sometimes you want to talk about political things."

He continued, "That’s how it works: Everything that I say and everything that I do is because I feel it, not because I feel a pressure to say something because I’m a public figure."

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