Candace Owens Calls Out Erika Kirk & Turning Point USA For “Scamming Views” & Lying To Americans About Their Super Bowl Halftime Show
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Despite the backlash Turning Point USA faced for its separate Super Bowl Halftime show, its numbers were actually solid.
Two different Super Bowl halftime shows got underway after Super Bowl 60’s second quarter ended in Santa Clara, California. The primary halftime show took place on the field at Levi’s Stadium. Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny headlined that show. He reportedly broke records for viewership. Bad Bunny’s live show also featured Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin as surprise guest performers.
In addition to Bad Bunny’s show, the nonprofit organization Turning Point USA held its own, dubbed the “All-American Halftime Show.” It later turned out to be a pre-taped performance featuring Kid Rock, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, and Gabby Barrett.
YouTube’s viewer metrics showed that Turning Point USA’s alternative halftime show had at least 3 million viewers at one point. It only got bigger as they had around five million concurrent viewers during the airing of the pre-recorded show. As of this writing, more than 20 million viewers have watched the show.
Now, the nonprofit organization is catching major backlash.
Candace Owens Calls Out Turning Point USA
Turning Point might have some explaining to do. Candace Owens has thrust herself into the center of the fallout from their “All-American Halftime Show.”
The organization staged its own alternative to Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl 60 Halftime performance. Shortly after the game, Owens publicly questioned their numbers. She stated they did not match what viewers could see on the main YouTube stream.
Owens took to X on the night of Super Bowl 60 to cast doubt on the organization’s claims about its “All-American Halftime Show.”
“We have an organization that scammed its views by paying platform advertisers, followed by influencers to pretend they broke records,” she wrote.
I am sorry but I hate both options.
On The one hand, we have a half-time show presented without a word of English spoken.
On the other hand we have an organization that scammed its views by paying platform advertisers, followed by influencers to pretend they broke records.…
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 9, 2026
She reacted to the low concurrent count screenshot by saying, “The problem with people who have a lot of money they didn’t earn is that they tend to have no idea how stuff actually works. No, this is not a possible result if you truly had 5.2 million live viewers.”
Owens has been going after Turning Point since Charlie Kirk passed away. It does not look like she plans on stopping anytime soon.
