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Pat McAfee Seeks Truce With Canada, Defends His WWE Elimination Chamber Remarks

March 03, 2025

During last Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto pay-per-view event, Pat McAfee was upset when the Canadian audience booed the United States national anthem.

In an act of revenge, McAfee proceeded to make several derogatory remarks about Canada throughout the evening.

Canada has recently faced tensions with the United States due to remarks made by convicted felon Donald Trump, who suggested that Canada should become the “51st State” and threatened to impose tariffs on the nation. Those 25% tariffs are set to take effect tomorrow.

During a recent edition of his “The Pat McAfee Show,” the NFL icon apologized to Canada and explained his stance.

McAfee said, “Now Canada, listen. There have 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. You booed my country. Now I heard from a lot of Canadians. During the National Anthem at the Rogers Center, overwhelming and very loud boo. First reaction whenever the National Anthem starts up there is for some of these Canadians to start booing. What? Okay. My entire life, my first reaction whenever someone starts booing the National Anthem is, ‘F*ck you.’

I’m very thankful that I’m from Pittsburgh and the United States of America. I’m very proud of the United States of America Is everything perfect? Absolutely not. But my dad went from being a truck driver to a millionaire because he taught his son a work ethic that anything is possible on this land here in the United States. I know that we’re not the only country that has that happen but in my life, that is the case. I’ve also moved out here to Indiana and got a chance to meet a lot of military members. I’ve been to a lot of bases. I know a lot of gold star families. I know people who have been affected from fighting for our country who really see the National Anthem as ‘hey, this is our s*it.’

So anytime I’ve ever heard someone boo the National Anthem, my natural reaction is, ‘Let’s fight.’ That is literally my natural reaction. A lot of Canadians have told me, ‘Why don’t you do a little investigating on why we are booing. Did you hear what your President said?’ Okay, I understand there are political differences at the current moment between us and Canada. I feel like, anytime I think of Canada, I don’t think about what Justin Trudeau does. I don’t think immediately of Justin Trudeau’s decisions. I don’t think immediately of what Canada is doing in the political sphere. I think of Dumpy, I think of poutine, I think of the magical times I had at Niagara Falls as a teenager. […] I understand, now, from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have ever imagined. A lot of terrible things have been said about me and I understand it. You boo my country, I called your country terrible, let’s shake hands. You said you didn’t boo every citizen of the United States, I didn’t say Canadians were terrible, I said your country was. You booed us, I said you’re terrible, let’s shake hands and move along. I still love Canadians. […] My first reaction when you boo our country is, ‘Let’s fight.’ I’m sorry. Let’s shake hands.”

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