The Super Bowl LX halftime show proved to be more than just a musical milestone. It was also a big win for Deaf advocacy. Although Bad Bunny made history as the first predominantly Spanish-language headliner, the real breakthrough came when a Puerto Rican Sign Language (LSPR) interpreter provided access to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, a move that directly honors the linguistic rights of the Puerto Rican Deaf community.

For years, the standard for accessibility at major events has been American Sign Language (ASL). However, for the 220,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing residents of Puerto Rico, ASL isn’t always used.

LSPR evolved from ASL in the early 1900s, but has developed its own unique pacing, slang, and cultural nuances that make it a separate language. Despite its importance to the Puerto Rican community, linguistic experts have categorized LSPR as an endangered language. Advocacy for its use is a fight for the survival of a specific cultural heritage, and watching it being performed during the Super Bowl only highlights the importance of maintaining the language.

 Celimar Rivera Cosme was the LSPR interpreter who provided services during the Super Bowl halftime show. Cosme is a native of Puerto Rico. She is hard of hearing and was hired directly by the NFL to interpret Bad Bunny’s set.

However, that doesn’t mean she’s unfamiliar with the superstar. She began working with him in 2022 after an Instagram video she made went viral. According to San Francisco PBS member station KQED, she begged him to include an LSPR interpreter at his shows, and he hired her a week after she posted the video.

According to a 2022 report, approximately seven percent of Puerto Rico’s residents identify as either deaf or hard-of-hearing. This would account for approximately 220,000 people in their overall population of 3.2 million.

“We’ve been fighting not to lose our language, but to keep it,” Cosme told The New York Times in an interview ahead of her performance. “The Super Bowl will be an excellent platform for us to use our language.”

She was also thankful for her opportunity to showcase Puerto Rico’s culture and language during the Super Bowl, one of the most-watched sports events of the year.

“The stakes here are to show that we are friendly people, and also how we dance, our lyrics, our slang,” she told the Times. “Puerto Rico… we might be a small island, but people here have a huge, huge heart.”

In addition, Cosme told KQED that she was “excited” to perform, knowing it would make the people of Puerto Rico “happy” to see their language showcased in such a public way.

“I’m so excited,” she said. “And the deaf people of Puerto Rico are happy that the Super Bowl will be accessible to them in their own sign language.”

She went on to say, “I know I’m going to be the one standing up there, but it’s the deaf community of my island that’s going to shine.”

Candace Cameron Bure is hitting the nail on the head with her children when it comes to sex education.

The American actress claimed that she had to come clean to her kids on the issue of sex and all that it entailed, even though the idea seemed very uncomfortable to some of the parties involved at first. Still, she understood the importance of the conversation and how it must come in a timely manner.

Candace Cameron Bure has remained quite the open book about what goes on in her family, including crediting her son for saving her marriage from a crucial breaking point in 2020.

The star explained during this week’s episode of her podcast “The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast” that she had a very open conversation with her kids about sex as soon as they got older.

Cameron Bure noted that she may have left them a bit uncomfortable all the time with these discussions, but every chance she got, she spoke about it.

Despite their reaction, the star noted that she enjoyed discussing sex with them because she wanted to pass a message of her being a very safe space with such a sensitive topic.

Cameron Bure stressed that she made these talks as fun as possible, and she was very comfortable discussing them to cushion any feeling of embarrassment or shame in those conversations. In her words:

“I think that shame can start very much with that if we’re not really told about our bodies and how they function, how they work, what they’re made for. How God views them. When there’s a misunderstanding there, that can very much develop our view of shame, and when we feel that way.”

Cameron Bure welcomed three kids with her husband, Valeri Bure, one of whom got married in September, over a year after one of her sons tied the knot in January 2024. The actress had raved to US Weekly about being very hands-on during her daughter’s wedding last September.

According to her, her daughter, Natasha, did not have a wedding coordinator, forcing her to step in and become the person who got to listen to her ideas and actualize them, which she found very fun as they got ready for her big day.

The actress had gushed about her kids and their dating lives a few years back, noting that she feels super great about the dating, because she trusts them enough not to make terrible decisions.

Cameron Bure continued that for most of the time, her kids are looking for good people to hang out with, date, or marry, and that makes her feel very proud. She been very open about how much closeness she enjoys with her kids and how they never pass up the opportunity to hang out with her at any time.

The actress described her children as her best friends, who have never judged her harshly and, most importantly, want to be her friend.

According to PEOPLE, the latest bride in the family, and Cameron Bure’s oldest child, Natasha Valerievna, was welcomed in August 1998 and quietly tailed behind her mom into stardom by appearing on the 11th season of ‘The Voice’ at age 17. 

She was chosen to be mentored by Adam Levine, but unfortunately dropped from the race two performances in. Natasha described her audition as grabbing the opportunity before her while getting a good experience out of the growth. 

She has since channeled that energy into appearances in some Hallmark Channel movies, one episode of “Fuller House,” and an “Aurora Teagarden Mysteries” production alongside her mother.

Natasha described her marriage in 2025 as a reminder of how blessed she is to be marrying her best friend, which is also surreal and overwhelming in all the best ways.

The actress welcomed her second child, Lev Valerievich, in 2000 and quickly got involved in the family business, the Bure Family Wines, which was founded in 2006. Cameron Bure revealed in a 2021 interview that he lived in Napa Valley and was a third-year student at Liberty University.

Lev tied the knot with Elliot Dunham in 2024, according to pictures from the actress’s social media account, where she raved about the family gaining a beautiful daughter and a wonderful family to do life with.

Cameron Bure and her husband expanded their family with Maksin Valerievich’s birth in 2002, who attended the Northstar Christian Academy and graduated in May 2021. He also attended Liberty University and played hockey like his dad during his first year.

Last year, the 49-year-old confessed on her podcast that 2020, during the pandemic, was a very trying season for her marriage to Valeri as things went very downhill with their marriage, and she did not think they would make it. Valeri and the Hollywood personality tied the knot in 1996 when she was just 20 years old.

As shared by The Blast, Cameron Bure noted that her first son, Lev, swung in just in time to salvage their dwindling union with a very 45-minute address from his Bible during a session where they talked about faith and marital values.

The media personality stated that her son admitted that, despite his not being married at the time and being super young to give marriage advice, he could still hear the word of God about his parents and their marriage.

Cameron Bure explained that her son’s maturity and calmness joined forces with the wisdom of his words, and they walked away from the conversation with a fresh perspective to put in more work in their marriage and make things work.