Bad Bunny is staging a late-night talk show takeover
On Tuesday night, the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican singer will make two back-to-back appearances on late-night television shows: 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' on CBS and 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' on NBC.
The 31-year-old artist is in the midst of his historic No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan. The 30-night concert series is expected to generate $200 million to the local economy, according to the island's promotional agency, Discover Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny, who moonlights as an actor, is also promoting the long-awaited 'Happy Gilmore 2,' a sequel to the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy, which will premiere July 25 on Netflix. He will play a golf caddy to Happy Gilmore (played by Sandler), an aggro-ex-hockey player turned golf phenom. Both Sandler and Bad Bunny are expected to appear on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers.'
It's an unusual move by the two competing networks to book the same guest on a single night, but as evening newscasts clash with fast-paced content on social media sites like YouTube or TikTok, perhaps the rules can be relaxed for a superstar.
Camaraderie across the TV aisle has grown in recent days, with multiple late-night hosts decrying the cancellation of Colbert's program for what CBS has cited as financial reasons. News of this cancellation came days after Colbert criticized CBS' parent company, Paramount, over the $16-million settlement of President Trump's lawsuit stemming from a '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris.
'And now for the next 10 months, the gloves are off,' said Colbert on Sunday night. His decade-long show will end May 2026.
Earlier this year, Bad Bunny co-hosted 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' to promote his hit album, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' which remains on the Billboard 200 chart since its January debut. During the program, the two disguised themselves while busking in a New York Subway station, first performing a cover of the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way,' then Bad Bunny's single 'Nuevayol.'
For those wondering how Bad Bunny will pull off this New York showdown, fear not: 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' films its Tuesday program on Monday.
Bad Bunny will first appear as a guest on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' on CBS at 8:35 p.m. PST, followed 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' on NBC at 9:35 p.m. PST.
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