Jill Zarin‘s goals of returning to actuality TV have been dashed after she was fired from E!’s upcoming actuality TV collection, The Golden Life, over racist feedback she made about Dangerous Bunny’s 2026 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.
After Dangerous Bunny’s 2026 Tremendous Bowl efficiency, Zarin, who’s finest often called an unique forged member of Bravo’s The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis, shared an Instagram video wherein she referred to as Dangerous Bunny’s set the “worst halftime present ever.” “All of us agree — it was the worst halftime present ever. It’s 250 years that we’re celebrating proper now in america, and I simply don’t assume it was applicable to have it in Spanish,” she stated. “And, fairly frankly, grabbing his G [groin] space, I feel it was completely inappropriate. You’ve bought all these younger youngsters watching the Tremendous Bowl and he doesn’t should be grabbing himself each 5 seconds as a result of he’s so insecure.”
Zarin continued her rant by speculating that Dangerous Bunny‘s efficiency was a “political assertion” towards U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whereas claiming that the NFL “bought out” by having him carry out. “I don’t communicate Spanish, I’d have preferred to have identified the phrases he was saying, it regarded like a political assertion as a result of there have been actually no white individuals in your entire factor […] I feel it was a political assertion, and I’m not taking a aspect in some way, I simply do, I feel it was an ICE factor and I simply assume that the NFL bought out, and it’s a really unhappy factor. Seventy-five years and, you recognize … disgrace. Disgrace,” she stated.
Why was Jill Zarin fired from The Golden Life?
After her video went viral, Zarin, who has since deleted the submit, was fired from her upcoming E! actuality TV collection, The Golden Life, which was set to reunite her and her former Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis co-stars for a brand new present set in Palm Seaside, Florida. The collection was additionally set to incorporate Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Luann de Lesseps, and Kelly Bensimon.
“In mild of latest public feedback made by Jill Zarin, Blink49 Studios has determined to not transfer ahead together with her involvement in ‘The Golden Life.’ We stay dedicated to delivering the collection in step with our firm requirements and values,” the present’s producers Blink49 Studios stated in a press release on the time.
After her rant, Morgan seemingly shaded Zarin with a submit on her Instagram commending Dangerous Bunny for his efficiency. “Celebrating with my chosen household Dangerous Bunny’s Grammy. ❤️ Whereas additionally reiterating that he’s the primary Latino to win one and simply displaying my love for my Latin associates and supporters. 🫶🏻 Pictured right here with my crew, and my fashions for my Sonja Morgan New York Style present for #NYFW 💃🏻💃🏼💃🏾💃🏽💃🕺🏻🕺🕺🏿🕺🏼,” she wrote earlier than quoting her personal line from The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis: “I’ve an enormous Latin following “ ( and pleased with it!) – Sonja Morgan. Morgan ended her submit with one other message to her followers: “Let’s not be devisive [sic]. Let’s be incluuuuusive.”
Howver, Morgan isn’t the one Housewife to sentence Zarin. Actual Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Decide, who co-starred with Zarin on Season 2 of The Actual Housewives Final Women Journey, tweeted, “What the precise F*#okay”. Actual Housewives of Dubai star Chanel Ayan tweeted: “I needed to unfollow disgusting” with a vomit emoji. Actual Housewives of New Jersey star Margaret Josephs tweeted, “I’m horrified, disgusted and dissatisfied, however that’s my feeling on a regular basis. BUT elated by the NFL and Dangerous Bunny’s lovely illustration of America.”
Zarin’s daughter, Ally Shapiro, whom she shares with ex-husband Steven Shapiro, additionally disagreed together with her mother and recommended Dangerous Bunny’s efficiency. “IMO I beloved it [so much],” Shapiro wrote on her Instagram Story with a clip from the present. “The cinematography was incredible. It was like they put filter over it it regarded like a movie.”
She continued, “Finest halftime present in years. Which truthfully is bizarre to even name it that it was like a real efficiency with a narrative line and actors and the path, lighting every thing was good.”
Even Zarin’s former firm, Zarin Materials, referred to as her out for her submit. “Zarin Materials stands firmly towards racism, discrimination, and rhetoric that seeks to exclude or diminish individuals primarily based on id, tradition, or background,” Zarin Materials wrote in an Instagram submit. “We wish to be completely clear that Jill Zarin has not had possession of or been related to Zarin Materials for a number of years.”
One Housewife seemingly on Zarin’s aspect is her former Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis co-star Bethenny Frankel, who shared comparable sentiments to Zarin in a since-deleted TikTok video. “Can’t wait to get cancelled for this,” Frankel stated within the video. “The query stays. Ought to these leisure autos, whether or not the Grammys, the Emmys, the Oscars, the Tremendous Bowl, ought to this be the place for private, cultural, political beliefs to be expressed?”
“Actually there are main world occasions that happen, whether or not COVID or tragedies, 9/11, and it’s unavoidable that it’s mentioned, however the place is the road?” she stated. Frankel went onto evaluate Dangerous Bunny’s efficiency to “Dave Chapelle expressing himself” by sharing transphobic views onstage in 2021, Richard Gere “entering into bother” by condemning the Chinese language authorities on the 1993 Oscars, and Billie Eilish calling out ICE in her 2026 Grammys speech.
“The place is the road?” Frankel stated earlier than noting that Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos aren’t “allowed to specific any opinions about something occurring” throughout their morning present, Reside With Kelly and Mark. She concluded, “That present… they’ll barely talk about something occurring. It’s an leisure car, and so they preserve it that manner.”
After deleting the video, Frankel appeared to stroll again her feedback by praising Dangerous Bunny’s efficiency in a brand new video. So my tackle Dangerous Bunny and his efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl is that he’s an artist expressing himself, his music and his expertise as a Puerto Rican man in America,” Frankel stated. “Dangerous Bunny is a Puerto Rican man in America on the biggest stage on this planet, which could be very inspirational to individuals as a result of that’s him expressing his expertise in his first language.”
