Jeanine Pirro Hated ‘Grammar’ Winner ‘Kendall’ Lamar’s Halftime Show
The Fox News came up short in recalling superstar rapper Kendrick Lamar’s name.

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Former TV judge Jeanine Pirro delivered a scathing verdict on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show—although the fact that she called the superstar rapper “Kendall” may have undermined her credibility as a critic.
“I want to talk about the halftime show,” the Fox News legal analyst, 73, said Monday. “Now I got to tell you, what a nightmare. I kept sitting there saying, you know, maybe I just don’t get this guy.”
Pirro might be right about that, seeing as she couldn’t remember the performer’s name—or what award he had won.
“Then I find out there’s this subplot, there’s this drama with Drake,” she went on. “And, you know, he can do a concert, this guy, uh, Kendall Lamar.”
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Pirro’s co-host on The Five, Jessica Tarlov, interjected to correct her, but Pirro didn’t seem to take notice.
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The flub didn’t stop there, though.
“And he won all these Grammars,” Pirro added, eliciting quiet chuckles from her colleagues but no corrections. “But, you know, we had Usher. We had The Weekend, we had Beyonce, and we had Rihanna. I mean, we had performers. I don’t know what the hell this guy was doing.”
The pro-Trump analyst’s critique mirrored the general consensus in the MAGA world—that Lamar’s show was confusing, stylistically alienating, and overall lackluster.
Others, however, praised the performance, which was rich in political symbolism. It featured Lamar’s background dancers in the shape of an American flag, actor Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam, and a line from Lamar about “40 acres and a mule”—all while Donald Trump was in attendance.
The exact message of the show is up for debate.
Lamar performed several of his biggest hits, including “Humble” and “Not Like Us,” his immensely popular diss track against Drake, which earned five Grammys earlier this month.
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