The Super Bowl halftime performer who unfurled Sudanese and Palestinian flags in an apparent protest action in New Orleans Sunday night will be banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events, an NFL spokesperson told CNN.

A performer at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show​ who unfurled a flag with the words Sudan and Gaza in a protest over the two wars there will be banned from NFL stadiums for life, the league says.

The NFL said the person was part of the 400-member field cast and had hidden the flag on himself before the halftime show began Sunday night.