Bad Bunny fans spot unexpected A-list movie star dancing in the crowd saying ‘was not on my 2025 bingo card'
Fellow concert-goers at the vocalist's home-town gig in Puerto Rico did a double take after the Mad Men alum was seen in the crowd.
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Golden Globe award winner Jon Hamm donned a white and blue patterned shirt paired with a white bucket hat and trainers for the lengthy show at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan.
Part of his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency, Bad Bunny 's VIP guest was seen boogying with a glass of drink in hand.
The Baby Driver actor, 54, then busted out a series of energetic dance moves, throwing his right arm in the air, as he embraced the tunes.
His appearance was captured on TikTok where one user confessed: "Seeing Jon Hamm vibing out at the Bad Bunny concert in Puerto Rico was not on my 2025 bingo card."
They added: "A whole vibe" before hailing him "an icon."
Another TikTok user confessed: "I can't stop watching this video."
One put: "He's living his best life" as a fan added: "This man is everything I expected him to be."
A fan then surmised: "Just another reason to love him."
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Jon has previously gushed over the Monaco hitmaker and his talents - and spoken publicly about his plans to head to the gigs.
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The Morning Show star told Today ahead of the August show: "We're hoping to go to Puerto Rico.
"I'm excited because he's doing this residency where he's doing a month and a half of shows in Puerto Rico.
"First of all, I think it's really cool that he's going back to his home, to really give back to the fans.
"He's reserving the first four, five or 10 shows, or whatever it is, for only residents of Puerto Rico, which is so cool."
Meanwhile, on a previous Saturday Night Live episode, he added of the chart star: "He's a really nice guy.
"And he's funny. And he's fun and his music is awesome.
"You can't listen to his music and not smile. I just love his story.
"He's a really nice guy. He's funny."
He then told how the music icon had given him the nickame Jon Jamón which is the Spanish translation of his name.
Meanwhile, Jon isn't Bad Bunny's sole famous fan.
Recently, he sparked a bromance with LeBron James as they headed to a party after another of his home town gigs.
At the time, a source told the US Sun of Bad Bunny's aims for the shows and said: "It's an elaborate thing where he is making the tickets available at a low price, you have to prove you're a fan and a Puerto Rican resident, like people have to get the tickets at the supermarket he worked at when he was a kid."
They added: "LeBron was at the concert, there were a bunch of videos of them together, but before that, they had hung out and played golf together all day."
The insider added that the NBA star is still a newbie at golfing and has been enjoying the sport lately.
They added: "After all that they partied their a**es off at the St Regis property nearby with a lot of beautiful women."
"They have this fun new bromance energy going on."
BUNNY CAREER
Bad Bunny has collaborated with artists including J Balvin, Ozuna, Farruko, El Alfa, Arcángel, and Daddy Yankee.
He's also made guest appearances on songs by Drake, Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, and Will Smith.
He rose to fame almost immediately after he released "Soy Peor" ("I'm Worse") in 2016.
While speaking to Rolling Stone, the musician described himself as being a wallflower, though he developed a reputation at school for coming up with creative raps.
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