Pat McAfee, who known as Canada a “terrible country” throughout WWE’s Elimination Chamber occasion on Saturday night time in Toronto, continued to pontificate on the US’ neighbor to the north on Monday.
McAfee publicly torched Canadians on Saturday night time after the U.S. nationwide anthem was booed — a standard prevalence at sporting occasions just lately following the “51st state” rhetoric by President Donald Trump.
“This is the most stacked Elimination Chamber that the WWE has ever had,” McAfee stated on the pay-per-view broadcast. “Kinda sucks that it’s in the terrible country of Canada that booed our national anthem to start this entire thing.”
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Pat McAfee enters the sector through the WWE Royal Rumble on the Alamodome. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
McAfee was ridiculed for his feedback, stating on his “The Pat McAfee Show” that he noticed “the terrible things that were said about me.”
However that didn’t deter McAfee from explaining why he stated what he stated — and he nonetheless stands by it.
“Now, Canada, listen, there’s been some things said to me from Canadians that I guess I respect because of the passion that you have for your country — which I hope you understand that I was showing the same for mine,” McAfee defined on the present. “You booed my country.”
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McAfee stated that the Rogers Centre was very loud with its boos through the anthem.
Pat McAfee throughout Wrestlemania Night time 1 at SoFi Stadium. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“I understand, now, from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have imagined. A lot of terrible things have been said about me, and I understand it,” McAfee continued.
“I didn’t say Canadians were terrible. I said your country was. You booed us. I said you were terrible. Let’s shake hands and move along. I still love Canadians… I hope it gets settled.”
McAfee additionally posted on X after seeing the backlash he was getting for his feedback.
“I’m very proud and thankful that I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America … Canadians have a lot of passion for their country and I understand it…You booed our country and I said you’re terrible..” McAfee wrote in his put up.
The NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off is the place the boos have been heard first, as Crew USA confronted Crew Canada in Montreal after President Trump threatened heavy tariffs on items from the nation, in addition to calling them the “51st state.”
Pat McAfee makes an look through the WWE Fastlane professional wrestling occasion Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, on the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (IMAGN)
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau additionally retorted, resulting in a public feud that leaked right into a hockey rivalry between followers and gamers alike.
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