On Feb. 8, 2026, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny gave one of his Grammy Awards to a young boy during his Super Bowl halftime show performance. Many people online claimed the boy was Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old who, along with his father, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota several weeks earlier.
Multiple Snopes readers asked us to confirm whether Liam was the child in the halftime show. One person sent a post with the following caption:
The little boy Bad Bunny gave his Grammy to during the halftime show is reportedly Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy arrested by ICE, and only released after massive protests.
The boy who appeared in the halftime show was not Liam but a child actor named Lincoln Fox. An Instagram account associated with Fox posted about his experience in the performance, and spokespeople for Bad Bunny and Liam confirmed to several media outlets that the claim circulating online was false.
Lincoln is seen at the 9:10 mark in this video of the halftime show. He is sitting in front of a television set watching Bad Bunny win a Grammy. Bad Bunny then hands the boy the award while saying in Spanish, "Always believe in yourself."
Lincoln's Instagram account describes him as
The full post reads:
An emotional, unforgettable day being cast as the young Benito — a symbolic moment where the future hands the past a Grammy. A reminder that dreams come true and that it's never too early to dream big.
Sending love to Liam Ramos. We all deserve peace and love in America, a country built by and home to so many hard-working immigrants.
Lincoln's talent agency, The W Group, also shared clips of the actor, tagging his Instagram account and calling him a "superstar."
Bad Bunny's publicist told NPR that the young boy was not Liam and a spokesperson for Liam's family told Minnesota Public Radio that he was not in the performance.
Liam and his father were released from ICE detention on Feb. 1 and returned to Minnesota. A federal judge temporarily barred federal immigration agents from deporting them. On Feb. 6, a judge granted the Ramos family more time to make a case for their asylum proceedings.
Snopes previously reported on the claim that ICE used Liam as "bait" to lure people out of his home and arrest them. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, disputed the claim, alleging that Liam's father fled from arrest, thus "abandoning his child."
For further reading, we have covered numerous rumors surrounding Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance.