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The owner of a beloved taco shop who appeared in 's halftime show has revealed the message of love the Puerto Rican rapper preached to his cast.
Chef Victor Villa of Villa's Tacos was among those making cameos in Bad Bunny's celebratory performance, a show .
But well before he ever took the stage, Bad Bunny's presence at the Super Bowl landed him at the center of a political firestorm, with President Trump decrying the selection and Turning Point USA producing an alternative halftime show in response.
Speculation was rampant about what kind of performance Bad Bunny would deliver in light of the political climate, but what ended up manifesting was an uplifting and jubilant display celebrating Puerto Rican and Hispanic culture, along with a declaration of unity.
The message is one Bad Bunny offered his cast well before the show, with Villa revealing in an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail that the musician, 31, had paused rehearsal to preach the 'power of love' with his cast.
'One of the days that we're rehearsing, he just took a moment to just talk to everybody... about the power of love,' Villa told The Daily Mail in an interview conducted at his busy taco shop.
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Chef Victor Villa, the owner of Villa's Tacos, has revealed the heartwarming gesture Bad Bunny sent his cast ahead of his divisive Super Bowl show
Villa appears briefly at his taco stand and accepts a shaved ice treat from Bad Bunny
Victor spoke with The Daily Mail about his time appearing in Bad Bunny's highly-anticipated Super Bowl performance
'There's too much hate in the world. Enough with the hate. You should be spreading love. Our job is to be spreading love and that's what we should be doing.'
Villa strives to infuse that message not through his everyday actions but into the food he serves.
'That's what I try to do every day, not only through my actions, through my words and my expressions, but through my food. I put a lot of love in our food.'
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Bad Bunny offers Villa a piragua - Puerto Rican shaved ice - as he makes his way through the sugarcane maze
For Victor, his notable cameo was bigger than him
For Villa, the moment represented more than just the personal strides he has made but the sacrifices his family and community made to achieve the American Dream.




