Also, Lil Wayne is flying out his mom for emotional support, and he won't watch the Halftime Show, according to Skip Bayless.
The veteran sports analyst says the NFL sent Lil Wayne an apology letter
Skip Bayless is disappointed that Lil Wayne won't be performing for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
On Wednesday (Feb. 5), the media personality and journalist, Skip Bayless addressed the Super Bowl Lix Halftime Show on “The Skip Bayless Show.”
Skip said that he believes that Lil Wayne should have been chosen and not Kendrick Lamar. He blamed the decision-making on Roc Nation founder Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter who serves as executive producer of the Super Bowl halftime.
“Yes, Lil Wayne is my brother, but anyone can see, this is just so wrong,” Skip said an exacerbated Bayless. “So, dirty, rotten wrong. Just so unfair. Come on, Wayne is New Orleans. And this Super Bowl will be played in New Orleans. So why wasn’t Wayne chosen? I don’t know for sure, but this is what I think: Jay-Z runs the entertainment department for the NFL. So, I’m assuming this was his decision, and his alone. I’m guessing it came down to Wayne Kendrick and Taylor Swift for halftime entertainment…
“But, obviously, Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ was on its way to being the Song of the Year, capped off at the Grammys. And obviously, it’s yet another Drake diss track. And obviously, Wayne and Drake are closely associated. And, so what? So what? Wayne is New Orleans.”
Skip Bayless claims the NFL immediately sent Wayne a letter of apology.
“From nobody in particular, just from the league in NFL letterhead,” he explained. “A letter that thanked him for his years of supporting the league, not just the Packers — his favorite team — but supporting and promoting the NFL, in general, which he has. I mean, he makes weekly appearances on the NFL Sunday pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning on the NFL Network. But, he will not play Sunday’s halftime show, and he definitely won’t watch a second of Sunday’s halftime show.”
Bayless added that Weezy will still watch the game, but not the halftime show—not one second of it.