Charlie Puth was the artist charged with singing the US national anthem prior to the start of this year’s Super Bowl, and he delivered an impassioned performance.
Yet it wasn’t enough to spare him from certain allegations after some people claim to have noticed something not quite right.
There’s been no shortage of controversy regarding the music for Super Bowl LX, taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California and pitting the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawk.
Bad Bunny being named as the artist for the famous halftime show has massively divided opinion, while it’s already been speculated that Green Day used the Super Bowl pre-show to deliver a message to the Trump administration by singing their classic American Idiot.
It was 34-year-old Charlie Puth who followed Green Day. He was tasked with providing the traditional offering of The Star-Spangled Banner, and by all accounts he did a stellar job.
Yet even he wasn’t completely removed from controversy, with some online commenters satisfied that he wasn’t performing live at all, but lip-syncing.
Charlie Puth sings the National Anthem for Super Bowl LX 👏
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— ESPN (@espn) February 8, 2026
“Seemed like charlie puth was lip syncing the national anthem,” one person wrote on X, continuing: “Anyone else have the same suspicions?
“It was too perfect. Not one little note was off. Dunno, maybe he was just really good?”
A second added: “We’ve gone too far! Lip syncing the national anthem?
“This used to be an honor to sing it… F*** Charlie Puth. Embarrassing.”
A third penned: “Never seen a more obvious lip-syncing performance than Charlie Puth Clearly pre-recorded.”
“Charlieputh is lipsyncing for his LIFE,” said a fourth.
It’s unlikely we’ll ever know with one-hundred percent certainty whether Puth was or wasn’t lip-syncing, but enough suspicions have been raised to get the internet taking.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
