During his performance, Bad Bunny handed a Grammy to a child, and some viewers wondered if he was Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old boy who was detained by ICE
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- Bad Bunny sparked speculation after he handed his Grammy to a young boy during his Super Bowl Halftime Show
- Some viewers on X wondered if the little boy was Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old boy who had been detained by ICE
- The child in the halftime show was an actor, PEOPLE confirms
After watching Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, some viewers wondered if Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy who was detained by ICE, was featured in his performance.
At one point during his set, the 31-year-old rapper and singer (born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) stopped at a stand that stand that said "Conejo" and handed his Grammy to a young boy that seemed to be watching a recent clip of his recent Grammy speech on TV.
Some X users connected the moment on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., to Ramos, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, on Jan. 20 after returning home from preschool in Minneapolis. The father and son were released from a detention center in Texas on Feb. 1.
One person wrote on the platform, "BENITO GAVE HIS GRAMMY TO LIAM RAMOS? I didn’t even realize that was him I just thought it was like a little version of himself. MY HEART."
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Another user wrote, "Not Liam Ramos. It was intended to be young Benito. The 'dream big/ dreams come true' kinda message."
The child in the halftime show was an actor, not Liam, PEOPLE confirms. According to Philip Lewis, an editor at HuffPost, the child actor's name is Lincoln Fox, per his Instagram account.
In January, ICE agents detained Adrian Conejo Arias and his son Liam Conejo Ramos following their return home from the child's preschool. They were sent to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
On Jan. 31, a Minnesota judge ordered that Ramos and Arias be released from the detention center.
According to the order obtained by The New York Times, Judge Fred Biery of the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas called it an “ill-conceived and incompetently government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children."
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He also pointed out the “government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence.”
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency,” Biery continued, per the Times. “And the rule of law be damned.”
The father-son duo boarded a plane to Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 1, as seen in footage obtained by ABC News.
“I'm happy to finally be going home,” said Arias in footage of the pair boarding a plane
Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 musical event at the big game, making history as the first musician to deliver his Super Bowl Apple Music Halftime Show performance entirely in Spanish. The spectacle featured surprise celebrity appearances by Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, Karol G and more, as well as special guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
See PEOPLE's coverage of the 2026 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, which aired live on NBC on Sun., Feb. 8, from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
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