Did Danica Patrick donate $7 million to the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show? No, that's not true: There is no proof that the former NASCAR driver has donated $7 million to the show that Turning Point USA announced they would host as an alternative to the official 2026 Super Bowl halftime show starring Bad Bunny. Patrick is a supporter of the organization and appeared on the Charlie Kirk podcast when the organization's Super Bowl halftime show was announced on October 9, 2025. However, there are no legitimate news reports that she has made the $7 million donation, nor has she announced such a pledge on her own.
The claim appeared in an October 13, 2025 post on X.com account @nettermike (archived here). It opened:
Former racing star Danica Patrick has donated $7 million to Turning Point USA to support the upcoming "All-American Halftime Show," following the organization's announcement -- founded by Charlie Kirk and now run by his wife -- that it will host an alternative event to counter Bad Bunny's official performance at Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026, at Levi's Stadium in California.
Patrick is also expected to appear live, calling it an act of "faith, freedom, and unity taking the wheel back from pop culture" on America's biggest stage.
This is what the image looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: X.com account @nettermike screenshot taken by Lead Stories)
The post does not cite a news source or official announcement that Patrick made a $7 million donation to the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show. The conservative organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk announced it would be hosting a show following backlash about the NFL Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny, who has been criticized for singing in Spanish.
Patrick appeared on the Charlie Kirk podcast on October 9, 2025, when the announcement was made that the organization was hosting an alternative concert to the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. Nowhere on the show was a $7 million donation announced or pledge made. Video from the show is posted on the Charlie Kirk YouTube channel and a search of the transcript does not match any mention of such a donation.
Lead Stories reviewed Patrick's social media accounts, finding no such announcement on her Instagram, Facebook or X accounts.
Had Patrick publicly made the donation or TPUSA announced her pledge or donation of $7 million it would have been major news. A Google search found no actual news reports of such a donation. Similarly, the Yahoo! News index of partner news sites and news services (archived here) turned up other claims of her donating $5 million to TPUSA halftime show but no legitimate news reports that the donation had been made.
Lead Stories reached out to Patrick and Turning Point USA and will update this story when a response is received.
