{"id":23263,"date":"2025-03-03T20:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23263"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:55:22","slug":"video-pat-mcafee-addresses-backlash-for-calling-canada-a-terrible-country-during-wwe-elimination-chamber-after-fans-booed-the-u-s-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23263","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Pat McAfee Addresses Backlash For Calling Canada A \u201cTerrible Country\u201d During WWE Elimination Chamber After Fans Booed The U.S. National Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sports media personality\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/pat-mcafee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat McAfee<\/a>\u00a0has addressed the backlash he\u2019s received from Canadians for calling their nation a \u201cterrible country\u201d during the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a>\u00a0Elimination Chamber event on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Irving performed \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario before the 2025 WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. As they\u2019ve been doing at sporting events since President Donald Trump began calling for the nation to become America\u2019s 51st state, Canadians in attendance booed the U.S. national anthem:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fans in Toronto boo the American National Anthem at WWE Elimination Chamber. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwCUMdEjHV\">pic.twitter.com\/KwCUMdEjHV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1895987988104130613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After WWE play-by-play commentator Michael Cole introduced Pat McAfee and Wade Barrett at the announce table, the former\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0punter turned heel (in Canada, at least) by calling the Great White North \u201cterrible\u201d in a scathing rant:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cKinda sucks that it\u2019s in the terrible country of Canada that booed our national anthem to start this entire thing! But it\u2019s gonna be a historic night for the WWE on the road to WrestleMania.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These are the MOST STACKED Elimination Chambers that the WWE has EVER had..<\/p>\n<p>THEY BOOED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM TO START THIS ENTIRE THING..<\/p>\n<p>BUT IT&#8217;S GONNA BE A HISTORIC NIGHT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEChamber?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEChamber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jy8cAYHftd\">pic.twitter.com\/jy8cAYHftd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1895990214625280487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, McAfee received tremendous backlash from disappointed and agitated Canadians. The 37-year-old addressed his controversial comments and the subsequent criticism on Monday\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/pat-mcafee-defends-himself-anti-canada-tirade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">edition of his show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time I\u2019ve ever heard somebody boo our national anthem, my natural reaction is, \u2018let\u2019s fight.\u2019 That is my natural reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a lot of Canadians have told me, \u2018why don\u2019t you do a little investigating on why we\u2019re booing. Did you hear what your president said?\u2019 OK listen, I understand that there\u2019s political differences at the current moment between us and Canada. But I feel like any time I think of Canada, I don\u2019t think of what Justin Trudeau does. I don\u2019t think immediately of Justin Trudeau\u2019s decisions. I don\u2019t think immediately of what Canada is doing in the political sphere\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I understand now from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have ever imagined,\u201d McAfee said. \u201cA lot of terrible things have been said about me, and I understand it. You boo my country, I called your country terrible, let\u2019s shake hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m very proud and thankful that I&#8217;m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America..<\/p>\n<p>Canadians have a lot of passion for their country and I understand it..<\/p>\n<p>You booed our country and I said you&#8217;re terrible..<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s shake hands and move along \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pG4mvl9jVi\">pic.twitter.com\/pG4mvl9jVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1896613169931686228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Relations between Canada and the United States have been historically strong, but they\u2019ve grown tense during Trump\u2019s push for the country to become the 51st state. As a response, Canadian hockey fans have booed the U.S. national anthem performance at\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHL<\/a>\u00a0games.<\/p>\n<p>The booing carried over at the NHL\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Canadian fans booed the U.S. anthem before their round robin game in Montreal, and Americans responded by booing \u201cO Canada\u201d before the championship game in Boston five days later.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-pat-mcafee-is-still-getting-heat-from-canadians\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pat McAfee Is Still Getting Heat From Canadians<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2195988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-1024x563.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-595x327.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-1536x845.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pat-McAfee-2048x1126.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Pat McAfee on 'College GameDay'\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pat McAfee (Photo via ESPN)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you go through the replies to the X video of his apology to folks north of the border, McAfee is still getting destroyed by unhappy Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>Political differences aside, it\u2019s not the best idea to refer to a nation as a \u201cterrible country\u201d on live television, especially when you\u2019re in that very nation. ESPN has let McAfee and the show\u2019s guests get away with controversial statements time and time again, so he\u2019s not about to be reprimanded here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Sports media personality\u00a0Pat McAfee\u00a0has addressed the backlash he\u2019s received from Canadians for calling their nation a \u201cterrible country\u201d during the\u00a0WWE\u00a0Elimination Chamber event on Saturday. 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