MAGA’s long-haired sweetheart Kid Rock, 55, is under fire once again after more creepy comments towards teenage girls resurfaced.
In an April 2001 Saturday Night Live appearance, Kid Rock—who is set to perform at the alternative conservative Super Bowl halftime show this Sunday—said that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were old enough to pursue. At the time, the twins were 14-years-old. He was 30 and already a father.
“Why is every guy in America waiting for these chicks to turn 18? I mean, you know what I’m saying? If there’s grass on the field, play ball!” he said on the show’s Weekend Update segment.
Democrats were quick to highlight Kid Rock’s creepy comments about the Olson twins. “The face of the MAGA Halftime Show,” the Democrat’s X account wrote, sharing a post of Kid Rock’s transcript on SNL, paired with a screenshot of the MAGA singer’s appearance on the Update desk.
Kid Rock is performing at Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show” for the Super Bowl this weekend, which has been marketed as the “family values” halftime show. Other performers for the alternative show include Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, and Gabby Barrett.
Among those praising him an advance of his show were Franklin Graham, son of the evangelist Billy Graham
Graham posted on X that half time shows had been “pushing moral boundaries and have become more and more sexualized,” so he would be watching Kid Rock, whose other hits include “You’ve Never Met a Motherf----r Like Me,” “Cadillac P---y,” and 2000’s “F--- That,” in which he sang that he was a “freak” and, “I feel funny, and I smell like sex.”
His upcoming performance comes as conservatives continue to meltdown at the fact that Puerto Rican music sensation Bad Bunny will be performing at the real NFL halftime show for Super Bowl LX.
For months, the MAGA coalition has been furious that Bad Bunny, who openly opposes the Trump administration, was picked to perform at this year’s Super Bowl.
In light of MAGA’s top pick for the off-brand halftime performance, Kid Rock’s behavior has gotten more scrutiny. Creepy lyrics from Kid Rock resurfaced earlier this week. The singer came under fire for the lyrics of his 2001 song “Cool, Daddy, Cool.”
“Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage, see,” the song goes. “Some say that’s statutory, but I say it’s mandatory.”
Representatives for Kid Rock did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Vice President JD Vance promoted Kid Rock’s performance on Tuesday, posting on X a picture of the show’s line-up “including the great Bob Ritchie AKA KID ROCK.” The post remains up on X, even after the replies were flooded with Kid Rock’s “Cool, Daddy, Cool” lyrics.
Kid Rock has been a MAGA staple, notably performing at the Republican National Convention in 2024 and Turning Point USA’s Inaugural-Eve Ball.
He’s also been seen several times at Trump’s side throughout his second presidency. Last year, Trump called him “a good friend for a long time.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Thursday that Trump will be tuning in to Kid Rock’s performance rather than Bad Bunny’s.
“I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny,” Leavitt said. “I must say that.”
Leavitt, a failed congresional canidate, is one of many MAGA personalities who have been complaining about Bad Bunny’s politics.
“It’s so shameful that they decide to pick somebody that seems to hate America so much,” Corey Lewandowski, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s rumored boyfriend and top aide, complained.
Even with the conservative outrage, Bad Bunny is at the top of the Spotify charts headed into Super Bowl weekend.
Last weekend, Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, received a standing ovation at the Grammys after he called out the Trump administration’s now-deadly ICE operations.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say, ICE out,” he said in his acceptance speech. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans.”
