Bad Bunny being named as the artist for the famous halftime show has massively divided opinion, while it’s already been speculated that Green Day used the Super Bowl pre-show to deliver a message to the Trump administration by singing their classic American Idiot.
It was 34-year-old Charlie Puth who followed Green Day. He was tasked with providing the traditional offering of The Star-Spangled Banner, and by all accounts he did a stellar job.
Yet even he wasn’t completely removed from controversy, with some online commenters satisfied that he wasn’t performing live at all, but lip-syncing.
“Seemed like charlie puth was lip syncing the national anthem,” one person wrote on X, continuing: “Anyone else have the same suspicions?
“It was too perfect. Not one little note was off. Dunno, maybe he was just really good?”
A second added: “We’ve gone too far! Lip syncing the national anthem?
“This used to be an honor to sing it… F*** Charlie Puth. Embarrassing.”
A third penned: “Never seen a more obvious lip-syncing performance than Charlie Puth Clearly pre-recorded.”
“Charlieputh is lipsyncing for his LIFE,” said a fourth.
It’s unlikely we’ll ever know with one-hundred percent certainty whether Puth was or wasn’t lip-syncing, but enough suspicions have been raised to get the internet taking.
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