When Bad Bunny opened the Grammys with a mash-up of his songs, CBS' captions stated he was speaking and singing in 'NON-ENGLISH.' Spanish speakers across social media slammed the network, and now a congressman has joined the uproar.
When Bad Bunny opened the Grammys on Sunday with a mash-up of his songs, fans and other singers stood and danced at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Spanish speakers across social media knocked the program's absence of Spanish-language closed captioning, and Rep. Robert Garcia joined the uproar Wednesday, criticizing CBS and its chief executive, George Cheeks, in a public letter. "Gracias," Bad Bunny said as he began his acceptance speech. "This is easy because I just made this album with love and passion." Moments later, he recited the remainder of his 66-second speech mainly in Spanish. The subtitles only stated he wasn't speaking English.
"CBS owes it to their multilingual audience to do better," Garcia, 45, said in a statement to The Washington Post. "As a proud Latino immigrant, I am committed to ensuring that the millions of Spanish speakers in our country, and Bad Bunny, are treated with the respect they deserve."
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